Haiti gangs try to seize capital as police mission struggles/in /by
According to the U.N, the situation has worsened in the last three months, with more than 700,000 people now displaced in the country and the political process facing "significant challenges"
Malaysia, Ethiopia agree to strengthen bilateral ties/in /by
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim held talks in Putrajaya on Saturday in which the two sides agreed to collaborate further in several sectors including agriculture, industry and trade, and investment
Mozambique ruling party calls for dialogue as opposition rejects vote result/in /by
Supporters of opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane have been staging rallies denouncing the results of the presidential election which gave victory to the ruling party's Daniel Chapo
Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fifty years on/in /by
On October 30 1974, he gave boxing one of its most memorable moments when he stopped the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the heavyweight title in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Five decades later it’s still a big part of the Muhammad Ali legend
The battle to save seagrass off Kenya’s coast/in /by
A fishing community living on an island off the coast of Kenya is restoring seagrass meadows to try to improve fish stocks. Seagrass meadows cover less than 0.2% of the world’s oceans, but they store twice as much carbon in a given area as temperate and tropical forests
Statue honouring Tuskegee Airman found days after it was stolen/in /by
Lieutentant Colonel Alexander Jefferson was a member of the US military's first African American flying unit.
Victims of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army disappointed in sentence/in /by
LRA commander, Thomas Kwoyelo, was handed a 40-year sentence for war crimes on Friday.
Zipline partners Nigeria for improved healthcare delivery/in /by
In a bid to improve healthcare delivery, the Nigerian government has partned with US-based drone technology company Zipline to enhance healthcare access using advanced drone delivery systems.
The past Cannot be changed: King Charles at Samoa summit/in /by
King Charles III addressed a summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa, stating that the past is unchangeable while subtly recognizing the demands from some former colonies for accountability regarding Britain's involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Afrobeats superstar, Davido, struts the catwalk at Lagos Fashion Week/in /by
One of Africa’s biggest fashion events, the Lagos Fashion Week runs at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, until Sunday 27 October.