The Kaduna state in north-western Nigeria is allowing for full surgical castration of convicted rapists as punishment for their crime.
The state assembly approved the...
Mozambique’s military has denied claims by Amnesty International that it violated human rights of persons suspected of being militants operating in the gas-rich northern...
Guinea's constitutional court has approved 82-year-old President Alpha Condé's third term bid in next month's election.
The West African country's highest court also gave the...
The UN's World Food Programme has said that millions of people in Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe face imminent hunger.
These countries were hit by...
Ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been flown out of the country for further medical treatment.
Keïta, left Bamako on Saturday evening for...
The ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has reportedly suffered mini-stroke and was admitted at a private hospital.
AFP news agency reported that the...
26-year-old Charlette N’Guessan, a Ghanaian technology entrepreneur, has won the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation.
N’Guessan becomes the first woman...
A sex education program being sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zambia has been rejected by top government officials.
UNFPA on its...
The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS has hinted it might lift sanctions imposed on Mali following last month's coup.
The current sanctions imposed on Mali...
A fuel tanker explosion in Central Nigeria has killed at least 25 people.
Schoolchildren are reported among those killed when the tanker exploded after a...
