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A ferry sits on the shore, which according to an official was unlicensed, following an accident in Nampula Province, Mozambique, in this screen grab obtained from a video on April 8, 2024. PHOTO _ REUTERS

Ferry sinks, kills over 100 people in Mozambique

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

A cocoa farmer in his plantations that were affected by drought in Ivory Coast. According to the researchers climate change in West Africa hikes chocolate prices. Courtesy

Climate change in West Africa hikes chocolate prices

Monday, April 08, 2024

President Paul Kagame meets with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in Kigali on April 6, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro

South Africa's Ramaphosa says political solution needed in DR Congo crisis

Sunday, April 07, 2024

Bank of Tanzania. INTERNET PHOTO

Tanzania central bank raises policy rate to 6%

Friday, April 05, 2024

A protester holds a sign during a rally to demand that the United Kingdom make reparations for slavery, ahead of a visit to Jamaica by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as part of their tour of the Caribbean, outside the British High Commission in Kingston, Jamaica on March 22, 2022. PHOTO | REUTERS

Africa, Caribbean unite on reparations for slavery

Friday, April 05, 2024

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Kenyan President William Ruto during a joint press conference. Ghana's President has endorsed Kenyan politician Raila Odinga'’s bid for the next chairmanship of the AU.

Kenya’s Odinga secures Ghana endorsement for AU top job

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, 67, is accused of soliciting more than 2.3 million rand worth of bribes. Courtesy

South Africa's ex-parliament speaker charged in graft probe

Thursday, April 04, 2024

A view of Rusumo One-Stop Border Post at Rwanda-Tanzania border in Kirehe District. File

EAC secretariat to conduct sensitisation on border performance review

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Doctors conduct an operation. Large-scale electrification of rural health facilities in sub-Saharan countries is key to boosting Africa's ability to cope with disease outbreaks. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

Africa's health systems resilience depends on access to energy: WHO

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Tanzania Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said that the construction of the fishing harbor in Kilwa Masoko on the Indian Ocean coastline in the Lindi region has reached 42 percent.

Tanzania's first fishing harbor to be completed in 2025: minister

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister. COURTESY

Faye names Sonko as Senegal's prime minister

Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Former South African president Jacob Zuma looks on during a press conference where he speaks about his political future in Orlando East, Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 16, 2023. PHOTO _ REUTERS

South Africa bars Jacob Zuma from election contest

Friday, March 29, 2024

The MINUSCA Head of Police Component (HOPC), Commissioner of Police (CP) Christophe Bizimungu, who presided over the medal awarding ceremony, thanked the Police officers for their commitment and dedication to the mission mandate, particularly escort and protection of CAR officials, UN personnel and magistrates of the Special Criminal Court of Bangui.

320 Rwandan Police peacekeepers in Central African Republic get UN service medals for protecting civilians

Friday, March 29, 2024

Rwanda’s High Commissioner in Mozambique, Donath Ndamage, speaks to the troops as the Rwanda Security Forces Joint Task Force Commander, Maj Gen Alex Kagame, listens during the former’s one-day visit to Mocimboa da Praia on Wednesday, March 27. Courtesy

Rwandan envoy visits troops in northern Mozambique

Thursday, March 28, 2024

In a wide-ranging interview in Kigali, President Paul Kagame discusses M23, accusations of human rights violations, finding a successor, AU reform, and the UK migrant deal. PHOTO BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO

Kagame: ‘DRC thought the East African Force was there to fight its wars’

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Senegal’s President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Internet.

Kagame congratulates Senegalese President-Elect

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Artist Dawit Muluneh hangs one of his Chinese-character paintings on the wall for exhibition at an art gallery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Ethiopian artist's artwork takes inspiration from Chinese classic I Ching

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

A local driver is pictured beside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, March 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

Chinese-built light rail project operates smoothly in Lagos, Nigeria

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Pupils from All Saints' Cathedral Primary School display health information during the launch of the National Strategic Plan for tuberculosis in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on Jan. 22, 2024. (Photo by Allan Mutiso/Xinhua)

AU officials laud China's support to promote health in Africa

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

President Paul Kagame has condemned “primitive politics” driving the collaboration between Congolese and Burundian leaders and their alignment with the FDLR. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Kagame condemns ‘primitive politics’ driving DR Congo, Burundi, FDLR collabo

Monday, March 25, 2024