Uganda's government has said that human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine will start in November this year.
Ministry of health officials are reported by local...
A young Ethiopian journalist has produced and distributed the country’s first Braille newspaper.
Braille is a system allowing visually impaired people to read by using...
Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga has advised the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament.
Maraga says his advice is in line with Kenya's Constitution...
Key opposition figures in Ethiopia have been charged with terrorism-related offences and other criminal activities.
In all 24 persons have been charged including prominent figure...
Security forces in Uganda have launched a manhunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail.
The inmates reportedly killed a soldier after they...
At least ten pupils have been killed in a fire that gutted a school dormitory. The school is located in Tanzania’s’ north-western Kagera region.
Seven...
Ethiopia's government has rolled out new banknotes with enhanced security features.
The new designs for the 10, 50 and 100 denominations were unveiled along with...
At least 51 people have been killed after heavy rains in Niger.
The rains have flooded several towns and villages displacing over 26,000 people.
Niger’s capital...
