Africa

DR Congo’s military used newly deployed jets to bombard M23 positions in the east of the country on Tuesday, officials said, with some residents of rebel-held territory fleeing across the border. A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the M23…

Uganda will close schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died, the country’s first lady said on Tuesday. Janet Museveni, who is also the education minister, said…

Former South African leader Jacob Zuma has accused his successor of having bought his position as head of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), a month before a crucial party meeting. The ANC is set to gather in mid-December to…

The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Republic of Senegal have unveiled plans for the eighth edition of AFRIMA. Chinonso Ihekire, Communications Manager, AFRIMA,…

More than 200 elephants and hundreds of zebras and gnus have died in Kenya’s worst drought in four decades, the country’s tourism minister said on Friday. The crisis has affected nearly half of Kenya’s regions and at least four million…

The Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front have agreed to end hostilities and proceed on a detailed programme of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration for TPLF combatants. They have also requested support to…

The African Union (AU) have called for the inclusion of Youths in various arms of government, as a strategy to enhance good governance in the continent. Dr Tunji Asaolu, the Nigerian representative of AU- Economic, Social and Cultural…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), has inaugurated a multinational project to create jobs and improve livelihoods for youth in three African countries. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ezekiel Chukwuemeka, AfDB Group,…

Eleven people, mostly children, have perished in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday as pupils were sleeping. “The cause of the fire is currently unknown but so far 11…

A suspected jihadist attack on three lorries and a motorcycle in western Niger near the border with Mali killed 11 people, local sources told AFP on Sunday. The attack took place on a remote road in the so-called “three borders” region…