Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, today completed the first drone deliveries in Nigeria’s Kaduna State.
These initial flights mark the final stage of integration with the local health systems and validation with the regulatory authorities.
Zipline and the Kaduna...
Senegal's president and head of the African Union, Macky Sall, has told Vladimir Putin he should consider the impact of food shortages caused by the invasion of Ukraine.
The two men have been meeting in the southern Russian city of...
The husband of a top Nigerian gospel singer who died in April in Abuja has pleaded not guilty to all charges relating to her death and alleged abuse in their marriage.
Osinachi Nwachukwu's death sparked outrage after her family alleged...
Due to the Soviet Union’s support for the anti-apartheid struggle, South Africa has close historical ties with Moscow. It abstained from a United Nations vote denouncing the invasion of Ukraine and has resisted calls to condemn Russia.
The European Union has aggressively...
Rwanda’s military has accused forces of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo of wounding several civilians in cross-border shelling, and asked regional monitors to investigate.
Rwanda Defence Force spokesman, Col Ronald Rwivanga, said authorities were “engaging” their DRC counterparts over...
Twenty Muslim worshippers have been killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region after an ambush by unidentified armed men, an Islamic leader in the region said.
The violence was unrelated to the conflict in the neighbouring Tigray region, which began in November 2020 and...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to outlaw the payment of ransom to kidnappers while amending an existing law against terrorism in the most populous African country.
The newly passed Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 Amendment Bill 2022...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a looming food crisis that may spark social unrest in sub-Saharan Africa.
The fund has revised its growth projection for the continent downwards to 3.8 per cent from the initial 4.5 per...
A second Ebola patient has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo days after a fresh outbreak emerged in the city of Mbandaka in Equateur province.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the second fatality was a female relative of...
At least 168 people have been killed and 98 injured in tribal clashes in the western Darfur town of Kreinik, a spokesperson for a refugee group said on Sunday.
The violence was the latest in an uptick of such incidents...