Nigerian acting icon Olu Jacobs, whose career stretched across theatre, television and film, has died at 84. Widely respected as one of Nollywood’s father figures, he helped define Nigeria’s film industry and…
Rwanda is examining how nuclear and isotopic technologies could help raise agricultural productivity, improve food safety and strengthen the country’s resilience to…
Amnesty International is calling on Algeria to halt plans to broaden the death penalty after deadly wildfires tore through parts of the…
The discovery of eight women’s bodies across Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, since July has triggered a major police investigation and growing fears…
Boko Haram has rejected reports that it agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian government, calling the claims untrue. In a video…
Washington has imposed visa restrictions on people it accuses of discriminating against South Africa’s white minority, deepening an already tense relationship between…
Protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s proposed constitutional changes spread across several cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting police to fire…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is urging Egyptian authorities to release Sudanese journalist Attaf Mohamed Mokhtar immediately, after security forces detained…
Three suspects have been arrested in Ghana after French customs seized a cocaine shipment worth $260 million at the port of Dunkirk,…
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are building a parallel system of governance and taxation, drawing revenue from businesses,…
Aliko Dangote is targeting about $1.6 billion in what is poised to become Africa’s largest initial public offering, using the proceeds to…
