Rwanda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was confirmed in the border city of Goma.
A Rwandan government source revealed on Thursday morning that immigration officials at the...
Exactly 185 years ago (August 1) today in Britain, an act of Parliament came into force abolishing slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than
800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number...
Rwanda has opened the much-anticipated Kigali Arena, one of Africa’s largest indoor stadia that will host major regional and international sports events, including the continent’s biggest basketball meet – the
2021 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships.
The 10,000-seat facility, located next to...
Ethiopians planted more than 353M trees in one day as part of a program fighting deforestation, says a govt official.
It would be a world record - previously held by India for planting 66M trees in a day.
Ethiopia is now...
Sierra Leone has won the 2019 Jollof Competition in held in Washington, District of Columbia (DC).
The West African country beat off stiff competition from neighbouring nations Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana.
Nigeria came third, behind Liberia while Ghana managed to vlinch...
55-year-old Obama has topped the list of the world’s most admired women, beating out former titleholder Angelina Jolie, according to the study by YouGov.
Former U.S. first lady, Michelle Obama, left the White House more than two years ago, but...
As Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated for the 10th year, thousands of South Africans will be heading out to spend their 67 minutes in commemoration of the late former president Nelson Mandela's birthday.
Mandela Day was officially declared by...
More than three dozen young African leaders have been recognized among international recipients of the Diana Award, an annual award beginning in 2017, that honors youth for their contributions to positive social change in the spirit of the late...
Families are said to be trading in their own loved ones in a bid for money and influence from some of the country’s most powerful people.
It is believed in the African country that albino body parts will bring a...
The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique on Monday, approved a law on the prevention of early marriage.
Edson Macuacua, Head of the Commission of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and Legality, who lauded the parliament for the legislation, told the...
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