China Donates $2m to AU for Capacity Building Efforts

The African Union Commission, AUC, on Wednesday confirmed receipt of two million dollars from the Chinese government. The amount was hand...

World Bank slashes Nigeria’s growth projection amid a slowing global economy

Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for 2019 has been slashed to 2.1 percent, down from the 2.2 percent forecast made by the World Bank last...

Thousands Protest Appointment of Bensalah as Algerian Interim President

Thousands of protesters rejected the Algerian parliament’s choice of an interim president on Tuesday after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bout...

David Beckham Speaks Yoruba And Swahili To Support Cause To End Malaria

British soccer star David Beckham launched a global video appeal on Tuesday to end malaria in which he appeared to be speaking nine language...

India-Pakistan tensions escalate with airstrikes across Kashmir border

India has carried out aerial bombing over the disputed border in Kashmir for the first time since it went to war with  Pakistan  in 1971, es...

US Policy Towards Africa Will Change Significantly in 2019 But Africans Don’t Know This

When many Africans think about US-Africa relations, they still see it through the lenses of imperialism and the Cold War. However, since Cli...

South Africa's Minister, Malusi Gigaba Resigns After Perjury Allegations and Leaked Sex Tape

Embattled South African minister for Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba has resigned his cabinet position, according to the country’s presidency. ...

Kidnapped Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji found

The 43-year-old Tanzanian dollar billionaire Mohammed Dewji (pictured) who was kidnapped 10 days ago in Dar es Salaam has been found. His u...

Rwanda to get faster drone models for commercial deliveries

The drone delivery company Zipline Inc, which operates blood supplies delivery in Rwanda , has released the fastest type of commercial dron...

Six African referees to chosen for World Cup duty

World football governing body FIFA has selected six African referees to officiate at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They are: Mehdi Abid Cha...

Ethiopia's Gudeta SMASHES women's half marathon record in Spain

Ethiopa’s Netsanet Gudeta broke Kenya’s dominance in the World Half Marathon Championships by smashing the women’s only race world record i...

World Bank agrees US$ 600m loan, grant to Ethiopia

The World Bank on Tuesday agreed a US$600 million loan and grant to Ethiopia to finance roads and other infrastructure projects in urban ar...

Nigerians produce Wakanda Forever parts 1&2, a month after Black Panther release

The ever witty and creative Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, just released a spin-off of the global phenomenon, Black Panther . The Marve...

US Rapper French Montana’s Health Center Helps 300K People in Uganda

These are the kind of stories we'll like to see more often. US-based rapper, French Montana has been doing some pretty inspiring philant...

U.S. Embassy issues security alert in Ethiopia as Oromia strike bites

The United States Embassy in Ethiopia on Tuesday issued a security alert following reports of unrest and disruption of transport to and from...

Sierra Leone elections drive prices up causing distress to buyers and sellers

Sierra Leone’s general election has drawn mixed reaction from the business community. Some are optimistic that the new system that will be v...

Rex Tillerson To Make First Trip To Africa as U.S. Top Diplomat Next Week

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria next week on his first trip to Africa as th...