By Rédaction Africanews and AP Poor jail conditions led to the deaths of more than 30 miners arrested on suspicion of illegal gold mining in central Nigeria last month, investigators said Tuesday, describing their treatment as “cruel and inhuman”. Thirty-three…
By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press The death toll from an attack carried out by gunmen on a remote village in northeastern Nigeria has risen to at least 62, the country’s national emergency agency has confirmed. Ladan Ayuba,…
By AP and Reuters Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu has ended a brief hunger strike after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his lawyers, his lawyer has said. Lissu, who leads the opposition’s Party for Democracy and…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP South Africa may have set a new world record with a freight train stretching an astonishing 7.6 kilometres, that’s 4.7 miles long State-owned transport giant Transnet says the train, made up of 696 wagons, completed…
The African Development Bank says the project will train 200 entrepreneurs and 50 banking professionals, with a focus on women and young people.
The former wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been freed from remand after seven years while on trial for his attempted murder. Marry Mubaiwa was charged in 2019, after her then husband Gen Constantino Chiwenga accused her of trying to impede…
A controversial Islamic cleric in Nigeria has been murdered outside his home in the northern state of Katsina. Two assailants arrived on a motorcycle and shot Yahaya Masussuka in the town of Dutsin-Ma as he was saying goodbye to visitors…
ENTEBBE, Uganda, 27 October 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – When nine-year-old James Ssemambo developed severe malaria in Kitosi, a village located in Koome Sub County in Mukono district in Uganda, the illness affected far more than his physical health. His…
International Space Station’s use of tabular AI and expanded partnerships demonstrate the art of the possible with SAP AI BERLIN, Germany, 27 October -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced a series of AI innovations at its…
UNICEF says a conditional deal could lower the RTS,S malaria vaccine price by about 40% from early 2027.
