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Gunmen killed at least 56 people earlier this week in central Nigeria's Benue state, the governor's office said Saturday, sharply revising a previous toll of 17.

The Nigerian government has announced the addition of plumbing, makeup, hairstyling and 12 other new trades (new subjects) to the basic education curriculum.

At least seven people are feared dead after they were swept away by a flooded river in south-eastern Kenya.

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is making another bid for early release from the South African prison where he is serving over 13 years for murdering his girlfriend.

A ceremony was held on Wednesday at a mortuary in Petah Tikva, Israel, to commemorate the life of Clemence Mtenga, a Tanzanian student who was taken hostage in the Hamas attack on Israel.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, has described the violent unrest that swept the country over the past week as an assault on democracy.

The Former President of the Swiss Confederation and current Swiss Minister for Environment, Traffic, Energy and Communications, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga, yesterday started a working tour of Ghana and Senegal.

The former president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has paid tribute to the demise of TB Joshua.

Police in Zambia have started arresting members of the resident doctors association after their leaders announced a strike on Friday.

YouTube has suspended the account of influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua over allegations of hate speech.

An African-based research centre focused on extensive research on Africa-China relations, the Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR), was virtually launched on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

The UN, the US, Canada, the African Union and several European nations have called on Somalia’s political leaders to “show leadership” by reaching an agreement on elections that were delayed due to squabbling over the voting process.

A state funeral is being held in Tanzania's capital, Dodoma, for former President John Pombe Magufuli.

On the 21st of March 1990, Namibia gained its independence. On that day, the founding President and father of the Namibian Nation, Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma declared, “I move in the name of the people that Namibia is forever free, sovereign and independent”

Cote d’Ivoire heads to the polls today in a parliamentary election. 

A Covid-19 antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests that four million people in Lagos state alone have had the virus - more than has been officially recorded for the whole of Africa.

A special plane carrying a consignment of Ebola vaccines has landed in Guinea, which will allow a vaccination campaign to begin later on Tuesday.

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s Prime Minister in 2018, the country was full of promises and excitement for a better future. But this year, hope has turned to horror as headlines of ethnic violence and war have superseded those of peacemaking.