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Ethiopia to impose lifetime bans on drug cheats

Haile Gebrselassie, former Ethiopia"s long distance runner and Olympic champion, now president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation. Photo Credit: Reuters   Ethiopia, one of five countries the...

Uganda gets $151 mln loan from African Development Bank for toll road

Uganda will expand a major road linking its capital Kampala with Rwanda after signing a deal on Thursday for a $151 million loan from...

Floods in southwest Congo kill at least 50

Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left another 10,000 homeless, authorities...

Boko Haram militants used kidnapped girls as human shield to avoid air strikes from Nigeria army

A student who escaped when Boko Haram rebels stormed a school and abducted schoolgirls, identifies her schoolmates from a video released by the Islamist...

Drone-based blood deliveries in Tanzania to be funded by UK

The Zip drones are launched from a catapult. Photo Credit: DFID The UK government is to fund a trial of drone-based deliveries of blood and...

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu orders military to fight army worms

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has called in the air force to help contain an invasion of army worms in maize fields, his spokesman has...

Berlin truck attack: Tunisian ‘linked to Anis Amri’ held

Twelve people died in the lorry attack. Photo Credit: AFP A 40-year-old Tunisian man has been detained in Berlin in connection with last week's attack...

Zaha named by Ivory Coast in Nations Cup squad

Wilfried Zaha was named on Wednesday by the Ivory Coast in a 24-man preliminary squad for the African Nations Cup finals, days after meeting...

Congo opposition leader sentenced to five years in prison

A court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a political opposition leader to five years in prison on Wednesday, a human rights advocate said,...

Gender equality faces a setback in Nigeria as top Muslim cleric rejects equality bill

The Sultan of Sokoto says Muslims should be allowed to uphold their religious beliefs. Photo Credit: AFP.   Getting the needed support for gender equality bill...

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