Electricity shortages that have been plaguing Zimbabwe are set to worsen after an authority that manages the country’s biggest dam said water levels are now too low to continue power-generation activities.
The Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam...
United Nations experts have called on authorities in South Sudan to investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine.
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday that...
United Nations experts have called on authorities in South Sudan to investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine.
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday that...
Chad is to try 401 people detained during and after deadly anti-government protests last month, prosecutors said on Friday.
Officially, around 50 people -- including 10 members of the security forces -- died when police opened fire on the demonstrators...
A teacher at the Association International School in Accra, Seth Abakah, has won the Instill Education Social Media Competition.
The competition targeted teachers from the three main countries of Instill’s operations – Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
Competing with more than...
The third round of consultations for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc have begun in Kenya's capital Nairobi with a plan to discuss reforms that will facilitate disarmament of...
The Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) said one of its offices was burnt down on Sunday in the southeastern state of Ebonyi, three months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in Africa's most populous country.
"Our Izzi local government office in...
The third edition of the Dakar carnival ended on Saturday( Nov. 26). This year’s guests of honour were the Hal Pular ethnic group.
During three days, hundreds of dancers, instrumentalists and artists paraded through the streets of Senegal’s capital to...
The ceasefire between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army appeared to be holding on Monday in eastern DRC, but no movement to withdraw from areas occupied by the rebellion, as called for by the Luanda summit, appeared to...
Ivory Coast politician, Charles Blé Goudé, once seen as a divisive figure, has flown home after being acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
His charisma and fiery rhetoric led to his nickname “street general”.
But as a key ally of...