Ghana declares three days of national mourning for helicopter crash victims

Authorities have announced that flags will be flown at half-mast till further notice in honour of the victims.
7 Aug, 2025
Africa health summit: African countries move to wean themselves of foreign aid

The summit in Ghana called for a new global health architecture that reflects the continent’s priorities.
6 Aug, 2025
Somalia’s president appoints new national security adviser

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed Ambassador Awes Hagi Yusuf Ahmed as his new national security adviser.
6 Aug, 2025
Ghana’s defence, environment ministers killed in helicopter crash

Ghana’s Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed have died in a helicopter crash alongside six other people.
6 Aug, 2025

Ethiopia names ambassador to Somalia as ties warm up after Türkiye mediation

Nigeria issues flood alert for 19 states as rainy season peaks

Nigeria seizes 1,600 endangered birds at main airport bound for Kuwait

Cameroon judicial body backs barring of opposition presidential candidate

Malawi and Zambia named as first nations in US pilot project requiring $15,000 visa bonds
5 Aug, 2025
South Africa says relations with US ‘reached a low’
USA’s attempts to interfere with South Africa’s domestic issues have brought relations between the nations to “a low”, Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola has said.

5 Aug, 2025
Egypt’s Sisi says Israel’s war in Gaza a ‘systematic genocide’
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said on Tuesday that Israel was pursuing “a war of starvation and genocide” in Gaza.

5 Aug, 2025
Burundi’s president names finance minister as new prime minister
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has named Nestor Ntahontuye as the East African country’s new prime minister.

5 Aug, 2025
South Africa urges more countries to stand up to Israel’s ‘genocidal activities’
More countries must recognise a Palestinian state and stand up to Israel to stop its “genocidal activities”, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola has said.

5 Aug, 2025
‘Risk of starvation’ for thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city
The RSF has encircled the city, blocking all major roads and trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians with dwindling food supplies and limited humanitarian access.

5 Aug, 2025
Guinea revokes bauxite mining deal with UAE aluminium firm
A decree announced late Monday said the concession would be transferred to local state-backed firm Nimba Mining SA.

5 Aug, 2025
Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 deportees from US
Rwanda has in recent years positioned itself as a destination country for migrants that Western countries would like to remove.

5 Aug, 2025
70 Al Shabaab terrorists killed in botched suicide bombing in Somalia
Two soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded during operations in Lower Shabelle region, defense ministry said.

4 Aug, 2025
Refugee population in Uganda may surge to 2 million: UN
Uganda is on the verge of hosting 2 million refugees amid emergency funding cuts and escalating crises in the region, the UN has warned.

4 Aug, 2025
Lesotho says damage already done despite reduction of US tariffs from 50% to 15%
A reprieve from a 50% US tariff on goods from Lesotho has come too late to prevent damage to the African nation’s textiles industry, sector players said on Monday.




