Zimbabwean rescuers pulled the bodies of at least 22 illegal gold miners out of shafts west of Harare that were flooded earlier in the week, and rescued eight more alive, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.
The accident involving about...
The United Nations has told Belgium to apologise for its colonial past and criticised its newly renovated Africa Museum for not doing enough to exorcise the demons of its exploitation of the Congo.
Filled with more than 180,000 looted items...
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s frail 81-year-old president who has been in power since 1999, will stand for a fifth consecutive term, the state news agency APS reported him to have said on Sunday.
The 81-year-old president, who has been in...
With millions of couples gearing up for February 14th across Nigeria - you’d be surprised to know that the romantic sentiment of Valentine's Day isn’t shared across the world.
According to Listwand, Valentine’s Day has been either made illegal or...
The annual UN report indicates that Of the 257 million hungry people in Africa, 237 million are in sub-Saharan Africa and 20 million in Northern Africa. Also compared to 2015, there were an additional 34.5 million more undernourished people...
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has banned serving soldiers from marrying each other and given those already married an ultimatum to comply with the order within six months.
Those already married must decide who between should leave the military bosses...
An incredibly rare black leopard has been caught on camera in Kenya by a British photographer for the first time in a century.
These remarkable images, said to be the first clear ones in 100 years of the creature, show...
South Africa has been Ranked 21st out of 22 Countries Surveyed for Exposure to Online Risks, according to Microsoft’s 2019 Digital Civility Index (DCI) which was released recently.
The annual study examines the online behaviour of internet users in 22...
As African heads of state and government gather in Addis Ababa this weekend for the 32nd Summit of the African Union, Sudan is deep in its second month of protests sparked by a steep rise in the cost of...
Egypt’s national information outlet, the State Information Service, SIS; has launched a new portal in six languages – three of which are traditional African languages.
The three are; Swahili, Hausa and Amharic the other three being Arabic, English and French....
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
