Lesotho’s Minister of Health Selibe Mochoboroane says measures are underway to improve Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital to provide the same services that Basotho seek across the border. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

Lesotho health minister says his country must be less reliant on...

Lesotho’s Minister of Health Selibe Mochoboroane has addressed concerns raised by South Africa over Basotho nationals and other migrants using its public health system. Mochoboroane...
Diplomatic Crisis Looms as Burkina Faso Accuses Ivory Coast of Foul Play in Traore’s Death

Diplomatic Crisis Looms as Burkina Faso Accuses Ivory Coast of Foul...

The remains of Alain Christophe Traoré, widely known as Alino Faso, have been repatriated to Burkina Faso from Ivory Coast, sparking national mourning and...
Tragedy in Sokoto: At Least 40 Missing After Boat Capsizes en Route to Market

Tragedy in Sokoto: At Least 40 Missing After Boat Capsizes en...

At least 40 people are missing and feared dead after a passenger boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto State on Sunday. The vessel, carrying...
Opposition Rallies in Ivory Coast Warn of Democratic Backsliding

Opposition Rallies in Ivory Coast Warn of Democratic Backsliding

Thousands of Ivorians took to the streets on Saturday in a rally organized by former President Laurent Gbagbo to oppose incumbent leader Alassane Ouattara’s...
ADF Militants Kill 9 in Brutal Cinema Attack in Eastern DRC

ADF Militants Kill 9 in Brutal Cinema Attack in Eastern DRC

At least nine people were killed in a brutal attack by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants in Oicha, North Kivu, on Saturday night....
East Africa on Edge as DRC Rejects Kenya’s Consul Pick for M23-Held Goma

East Africa on Edge as DRC Rejects Kenya’s Consul Pick for...

Tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya have escalated after Kenyan President William Ruto announced the appointment of a consul general...
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, Elias Magosi

SADC remains ‘unequivocally’ committed to DRC sustained peace

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, Elias Magosi, has reaffirmed the regional bloc’s “unequivocal” commitment to promoting lasting peace in the eastern Democratic...
Congolese Refugees in Rwanda Express Hope and Fear Over UN-Backed Repatriation Plan

Congolese Refugees in Rwanda Express Hope and Fear Over UN-Backed Repatriation...

Congolese refugees living in Rwanda’s Mahama camp have mixed feelings about a newly endorsed United Nations roadmap for voluntary repatriation to the Democratic Republic...
Devastating Floods Wreck Havoc in Nigeria’s Yobe State, Displacing Hundreds

Devastating Floods Wreck Havoc in Nigeria’s Yobe State, Displacing Hundreds

Heavy seasonal rains have triggered severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria, destroying more than 200 homes and affecting at least 600 people in Potiskum, Yobe...
Leaders to attend SADC Summit in Madagascar

Leaders to attend SADC Summit in Madagascar

President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 45th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government this weekend. The summit is...
Namibia pledges billions to expand water and sanitation access

Namibia pledges billions to expand water and sanitation access

The Republic of Namibia has pledged to scale up investment in water and sanitation infrastructure through domestic financing, concessional loans, grants and private partnerships...
UN Warns of Famine Risk in 17 Areas of Sudan as Hunger Crisis Worsens

UN Warns of Famine Risk in 17 Areas of Sudan as...

The United Nations has declared that 17 areas in Sudan, including parts of Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, Khartoum, and Jazira, are now at risk...