President Mahamat Deby of Chad has called on citizens to keep promoting national unity and patriotism as the country prepares to celebrate its Independence Day. In a televised address to the nation on Independence Day, Mahamat said continued efforts…
By Ameh George The United Nations has urged governments and technology companies to urgently protect children from growing online risks. The UN also called on advertisers, media organisations and researchers to prioritise children’s safety and participation in shaping digital policies.…
Celebrations have turned the northern Nigerian city of Kano into a riot of colour and excitement over the last week as 1,500 couples married at a mass wedding. For days the city’s streets have been buzzing with bridal parties and…
By Ameh George A criminal court in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad and several other former officials to death. The Fourth Criminal Court in the city unanimously convicted al-Assad, who remains abroad and was…
By Agencies Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where half of all children living in displacement sites in the southwest are now suffering from acute malnutrition. The medical charity says prolonged drought,…
By Rédaction Africanews In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 65 civil society organisations are urging President Félix Tshisekedi to abandon plans for a constitutional referendum. In a memorandum sent Monday to the president and the country’s main institutions, the groups…
The Government of the Republic of Gambia has disclosed its intention to undertake a study tour of Nigeria’s foremost intervention agency, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The Gambia’s Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Hon. Prof.…
South African police have launched an investigation after 14 suspected illegal miners died when a mine dump site collapsed on them on Monday night. Eight others were injured and “an unknown number… may still be trapped underground”, police said in…
By Agencies Zambians head to the polls on Thursday in the country’s eighth general election since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, with the economy emerging as the defining issue for voters. President Hakainde Hichilema and his governing United…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP President Donald Trump secretly switched from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft after last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, according to The Washington Post, in an elaborate security operation reportedly prompted by an…
