Thomas Sankara, the late president of Burkina Faso, is to be buried where a monument to him already stands. Still, his family refuses to attend the…
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Tems, a Nigerian singer, won a Grammy Award on Sunday, becoming the country’s first female artist to do so. Burna Boy, her compatriot, lost in both…
A Kenyan court has sentenced a former Kenyan police officer to death for the murder of a prominent human rights lawyer and two others more than…
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has denied two letters circulating among Nigerian social media users regarding the alleged activities of presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. According…
Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga, all Nigerian businessmen and entrepreneurs, have been named to Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2023. “Net worths were calculated…
Regional leaders gathered in Somalia have agreed to launch a joint offensive against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. The “search and destroy” operation will bolster the…
The Independent Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for collecting Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) at Local Government Areas (LGAs) by one week. The new…
Tunisian President Kais Saied has issued a decree extending the country’s state of emergency, which has been in effect since November 2015. The state of emergency…
The stateless Pemba community has been officially recognized as an ethnic group by Kenya’s government. President William Ruto stated in a gazette notice that the decision…
A video of a young woman being publicly beaten is being widely circulated in Kenya, with online users incorrectly claiming it occurred in the country. According…