Uganda on alert as IS-linked fighters cross border
ADF militants, blamed for a series of deadly attacks, entered Uganda on Saturday, the army says.
TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 2024, 11:45
ADF militants, blamed for a series of deadly attacks, entered Uganda on Saturday, the army says.
Shamiso Mosaka was removed from a flight by police officers after crew said she was being “abusive”.
Authorities say the extreme heat could last for two weeks and bring temperatures of up to 45C (113F).
Nigeria has a mass kidnapping problem, and March has been an especially horrific month
President Tinubu vows justice for 16 soldiers killed while on a peace mission in Delta state last week – and more
Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said.
The Gambian parliament will vote on a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) on Monday, which rights groups say could mark a return to women’s rights violations in the largely Muslim West African nation.
In a damning statement, a spokesperson decries Washington’s “condescending attitude” towards Niger.
The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first wind farm.
The United Nations appealed for Sudan’s battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming “catastrophic” hunger.
US envoy to Sudan says he’s seeing increased political will in the region to help bring the Sudan conflict to an end.
Russia says its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has claimed the lives of 14 South African mercenaries out of 35 fighting on the side of Kyiv since the start of the war in 2022.
The singer on life in the US with husband Adekunle Gold and what to expect from her newest album.
If Donald Trump wins November’s US presidential election and returns to the White House, what will it mean for American relations in Africa?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has resolved to lift a 21-year moratorium on death penalty executions as part of measures to stop its citizens, and serving military and police, from working with M23 rebels in the eastern part of the country.
“Peaceful” and “listening” monarch Oba Moshood Olalekan Balogun dies after two years on the throne.
Security forces say they have ended the 12-hour siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by killing all five gunmen.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) says the medical tests were necessary for the tax enforcement work.
There are about 30 African countries where tontines are used, and 14 in Asia. In South Africa, it is known as a stokvel
While Nigerian soldiers search the forests in the northwestern state for the 280 learners kidnapped by gunmen riding motorbikes, desperate families are still waiting for news
Kenya, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi, and Rwanda have joined together against a common enemy: Snakebites.