In Sierra Leone, a yoga-program, led by the army, is helping soldiers overcome decades of trauma caused by the civil war of the 1990’s and the 2014 Ebola epidemic.

Sergeant Felixson Musa first shared the […]

The Horn of Africa region is buzzing with a sense of hope and optimism, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General told the UN Security Council on Monday.

Amina Mohammed last month embarked on a five-nation […]

*Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has said his country needs the support of France, Africa and the United Nations now ‘more than ever’.*

Keita made the remarks while declaring three days of mourning […]

As the second largest copper producer on the African continent, Zambia has been trying to expand exports beyond the metal while diversifying its economy and lifting thousands out of poverty, for instance, […]

The second-largest city in Maine, home to thousands of African newcomers, has elected a Somali American to its city council.
Safiya Khalid, 23, soundly defeated a fellow Democrat on Tuesday for a seat on the […]

The Rwandan government on Wednesday reacted to a petition from some British lawmakers urging president Paul Kagame to release two former military officers from prison.
In a letter signed by the Minister of […]

A princess, dates and milk welcomed Ivanka Trump to Morocco on Wednesday as she opened a three-day visit to promote the economic empowerment of women in developing countries.
Morocco’s Princess Lalla Meryem, F […]

U.S. president Donald Trump met with delegations from the Nile Dam countries at the White House ahead of talks with the head of the treasury in Washington.
Trump said the meeting was to find a solution to a […]

Albert Tevoedjre, a Benin political scientist and one of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s most trusted experts on social and economic development strategies for Africa, has died in Porto-Novo, Benin, a […]

Ahmad Ahmad, president of African football governing body, the Confederation of African Football, CAF; has lashed out at racism in football.

Ahmad in a Twitter post described racism in Europe as a case of […]

Nigerian firefighters were battling two fires that broke out almost simultaneously Tuesday at a busy market in central Lagos, the country’s largest city and commercial center.

Balogun Market, where the fires e […]

Zimbabwe police Wednesday blocked government workers from marching to protest for better salaries, a day after dozens of public hospital doctors were fired for striking for more pay.
Strikes have become frequent […]

Mauritians will go to the polls on Thursday, as the reigning prime minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks his first substantive mandate, having taken officer after his father stepped down two years ago.
Nearly a million […]

The inter-community mixed union known as “Grand Bamako” held a press conference this weekend in Bamako.

At the conference, the union announced a boycott of work from Monday 4th to Sunday 10th of November. […]

The Uganda Editors’ Guild has expressed concern and condemned in the strongest terms the attacks and restrictions on journalists covering a fees strike at Makerere University.

The Ugandan police and military is […]

The Uganda Editors’ Guild has expressed concern and condemned in the strongest terms the attacks and restrictions on journalists covering a fees strike at Makerere University.

The Ugandan police and military is […]

*Citrus fruit farmers in South Africa are hoping to expand their market into China.*

The farmers hope to grow the Chinese market, which currently takes up about 10 percent of South Africa’s citrus fruit […]

The World Health Organization, the Congolese government and other partners are concerned about the worsening security situation in areas affected by the Ebola epidemic in the DR Congo.

Members of the various […]

Facebook on Monday unveiled a new logo for the company to distinguish it from its apps.

Facebook which started as a single app 15 years ago, has over the years acquired other apps and diversified its service […]

*We start with the FIFA U17 World Cup in Brazil where 3 out of 4. African teams Angola, Nigeria and Senegal have qualified for the knockout round. The adventure however ended in the group stage for the reigning […]