Africa

US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos revealed on Friday that the US had called on all Sudanese parties to immediately and unconditionally accept a humanitarian truce …

Voters in Uganda dumped three of the country’s most outspoken homophobes when they went to the polls for national elections in January. David Bahati, Asumani Basalirwa and Sarah Opendi were responsible for …

The siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El-Fasher was accompanied by atrocities that bore the “hallmarks of genocide,” a United Nations fact-finding mission reported Thursday. The U.S. Treasury …

Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representatives on Wednesday approved an eight-month extension for the National Dialogue Commission.  This is a second extension since the commission was formed over four years ago …

Village business units registered as commercial agricultural ventures are transforming Zimbabwe’s rural landscape, long associated with subsistence farming.  These community-based, commercially run village business units (VBUs) are located in rural …

The government has revealed that it is in negotiations with Angola and other countries to facilitate the employment of Zambian health personnel abroad as part of efforts to reduce unemployment …

The former United Nations Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has revealed fresh details surrounding the collapse of Libya’s planned 2021 presidential elections, preparations for a confidential meeting in Abu …

Rwanda’s Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology, and Innovation has entered into a strategic collaboration with Oracle to roll out a nationwide digital skills development program. Formalized through a Memorandum of …

Egypt blocked plans Tuesday for a nightclub event themed around US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious parties, and arrested its organiser, the interior ministry said. The event, promoted as “A …

Zimbabwe’s Cabinet backed a draft law on Tuesday to change the constitution and allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until at least 2030. Mnangagwa, 83, was due to …