The World Health Organisation (WHO) will officially rename monkeypox in light of concerns about stigma and racism surrounding the virus that has infected more than 1,600 people in more than two dozen countries.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s Director General, announced on...
Nigerian police have rescued 24 babies and four expectant mothers from an illegal maternity home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, a spokesman said on Thursday.
“In a covert operation on Tuesday, our men burst a child trafficking...
Somalia’s president nominated on Wednesday Hamza Abdi Barre, a former chairman of the Jubbaland state election commission, as prime minister.
“I ask the parliament to approve him as soon as possible. I ask the prime minister to fulfill the work...
The United Nations’ (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended part of its food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.
The move to suspend aid will affect almost...
Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso over the weekend, a local and a security source said on Monday.
The attackers struck on Saturday night in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province,...
M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the eastern town of Bunagana on the border with Uganda, local activists said on Monday, in a setback for Congolese forces who had said a day earlier they had...
Bola Tinubu, 70, widely credited with reshaping Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos, will lead the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into next February's presidential election but he faces a reinvigorated opposition, allegations of corruption, and health issues as he eyes...
Former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu will lead Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into next year's general elections after a landslide victory in the party primary.
Mr. Tinubu, 70, secured more than half of the votes at the party's convention.
He...
Belgium's King Philippe has decried the racism meted out in the Democratic Republic of Congo under the colonial rule of his ancestors.
"This regime was one of unequal relations, unjustifiable in itself, marked by paternalism, discrimination and racism," he said.
King...
While Raila Odinga comes from a famous family in Kenya, the political crown has eluded him throughout his decades-long career – just as it eluded his father, who served as vice-president after independence from the UK.
Aged 77, Mr...