The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday announced the resignation of its Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Jennifer Blanke, with effect from...
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says. A government statement says that he was admitted to hospital...
Coronavirus is beginning to gain a foothold in Africa, a continent once perceived as one of the safest grounds to the disease. More than three months...
Up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, the World Health Organisation warned...
By Dr. Lola Dare Africa, where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have surged to nearly 6,000 in recent days, faces a potential human and economic catastrophe because...
Egypt’s former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died Tuesday at age 91 at Cairo’s Galaa military hospital, his family and state TV said. His son Alaa Mubarak...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to lead a revolution into infrastructure development across Africa, a challenge he said if realised would see an end...
Zimbabwe gave former leader Robert Mugabe a state funeral on Saturday with African leaders paying tribute to a man lauded as a liberation hero but whose...
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe will be buried early next week in his village and not at a national monument for liberation heroes, his family said...
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country’s first democratically elected leader, died Thursday at the age of 92, his office said. The veteran politician,...
