Africa

By:BBC AFRICA It has been two months since electricity, telephone, internet, banking and transport services were cut in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. Since then, it has become increasingly difficult to get information about the situation in Tigray. But some, who have managed to reach an area close...

By:BBC AFRICA More than 200 people have been killed following fighting in western Ethiopia. The state-appointed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission said the rebel Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) had killed about 150 people. Local officials told the BBC that fighters from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups clashed...

By:BBC AFRICA Nigeria’s state oil company has made a profit for the first time in its 44-year history, the government has announced. President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the senior petroleum minister, said this was in line with the "prudent management of resources". The 2020 profit of...

By:BBC AFRICA A government-licensed recruiting agency based in Nigeria’s capital Abuja is conducting interviews for doctors to work in Saudi Arabia. It is coming at a time resident doctors across the country under the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors are on a strike over poor pay...

By: BBC AFRICA Mali's former Prime Minister Boubèye Maïga has been arrested over alleged corruption during the purchase of a presidential plane seven years ago. His lawyer Kassoum Tapo said details about his Thursday arrest were still unclear. Mr Maïga is said to have been involved in...

  South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived in Addis Ababa, for a one-day working visit to Ethiopia. Upon arrival at Bole International Airport, he was received by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other Ethiopian officials. According to Ethiopian State-run Fana, President Kiir is expected to...

By:BBC AFRICA Morocco has rejected reasons put forward by Algeria in its decision to sever diplomatic relations with its North African neighbour. Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra announced his country’s decision on Tuesday to cut all ties with Morocco for "hostile acts". Algiers accused its neighbour of...

By: BBC AFRICA The youngest competitor at the Paralympic Games, 14-year-old Ugandan swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe, has set a personal best record. She said she hoped her success would help change attitudes towards people with disabilities in her home country. Kukundakwe failed to make the 100-metre breaststroke final...

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* welcome the convening of the National Consultative Council (NCC) on 21 and 22 August, and commend the regular NCC consultation towards furthering the electoral process.  We note the finalization of the Upper House elections in Puntland and South West State  and...

By:CAIRO SCENE Egypt is establishing the first major specialised hospital for maternity treatment in Djibouti, where women and their children will be cared for during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. The Ministry of Health and Population has announced that the hospital is a gift from...