Ghana has recorded cases of the most contagious Covid-19 variant, originating from India.
The Indian variant, also known as the Delta variant, is one of...
Ethiopians are voting in regional and parliamentary elections as ethnic tensions deepen and hunger worsens.
It is the first test of the popular vote for the Ethiopian...
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after collapsing while attending a public event.
He was presiding over the national defence...
Ghana's minority lawmakers and anti-corruption campaigners are demanding a probe into the award of a contract for the supply of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines.
It...
The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly killed himself.
The announcement was made by rival Islamist militants in an audio...
Schools in Uganda have been shut down with public gatherings also suspended to contain a surge of infections in a second Covid-19 wave.
Public transport between...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from the regional body over latest coup by the military.
ECOWAS leaders have also...
Police in Ghana's capital Accra have arrested a caregiver for allegedly killing an 11-month old baby.
The caregiver, Clara Ayani-Ampah, 54, was arrested after a...
