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Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Ghana’s former Ambassador to the United States, has been decorated with an honorary black belt title at the African Goju Martial Arts Awards. The renowned politician was honoured with the black belt for his…

Lebanese officers have fired tear gas at hundreds of people, mostly retired members of the security forces, who had gathered near government buildings in the capital to protests against deteriorating economic conditions. Crowds on…

In an effort to overthrow Bola Tinubu's election as the president-elect, four opposition parties in Nigeria filed legal complaints on Tuesday. Hours before a constitutional deadline to contest the election results expired, Atiku Abubakar…

Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the dominant party in the Tigray region from a list of “terrorist organisations”, a significant step towards establishing an interim regional government following the end of a two-year civil war.…

The World Health Organization reports that Tanzania has identified eight cases of Marburg, a high-death highly contagious fever with symptoms that are often similar to those of Ebola (WHO). The World Health Organization…

Zimbabwe has awarded civil servants a 100% salary increment as part of efforts to improve their welfare, the government-owned daily The Herald reports. The review includes an improved $250 Covid-19 allowance for all civil servants and an…

A court in Chad on Tuesday handed life sentences to more than 400 rebels over the killing of former President Idriss Déby. The former president died of his injuries in April 2021 following clashes with rebels in the north of the country.…

At least 10 fishermen drowned on Tuesday when a Moroccan fishing trawler sank off the coast of disputed Western Sahara. Five sailors were rescued while two crew members were still missing, the authorities said, with a search underway.…

Israel's parliament has voted to allow Israeli citizens back into the sites of four settlements in the occupied West Bank which were evacuated at the time of the disengagement from Gaza in 2005. There has been international criticism of…

Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a…