Ugandan lawmakers approve $568 million loan for Museveni’s government
Uganda’s total stock of public debt jumped 18% to $29.1 billion last year on the back of increased domestic borrowing, according to the finance ministry.
30 May, 2025
Heavy rains in Nigeria kill at least 21 people
At least 21 people have been killed in north-central Nigeria after their homes were recently destroyed by heavy rains.
29 May, 2025
At least 10,000 killed in two years in north, central Nigeria: Amnesty
The number of people killed in violence committed by insurgent groups and criminal gangs topped over 10,000 in two years in central and northern Nigeria, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
29 May, 2025
Mauritanian elected new president of African Development Bank
Mauritania’s former Economy Minister Sidi Ould Tah has been elected to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina as president of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
29 May, 2025
DRC’s ex-President Kabila ‘relaxed’ as he makes Goma appearance
Nigeria’s Tinubu declares economic stability despite soaring prices
ECOWAS at 50: West African bloc caught between ambition and reality
Cholera outbreak in Sudan’s capital kills 70 in two days
South African woman sentenced to life in jail for selling daughter
29 May, 2025
Nigerian TikTok personality jailed for ‘spraying’ cash at party
Celebrating with bank notes, known as “spraying”, is common at Nigerian weddings and parties, but prohibited by law for insulting the national naira currency.
28 May, 2025
Rwanda joins criticism of M23 ‘parallel administrations’ in eastern DRC
Twelve African countries condemned the “territorial advances and installation of parallel administrations” by the M23.
28 May, 2025
Celebrated Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o dies at 87
Celebrated Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87, his family said on Wednesday.
28 May, 2025
Sudan women and girls in ‘constant’ fear of gender abuse
Sexual violence is a “near-constant risk” for women and girls in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Doctors without Borders (MSF) has warned .
28 May, 2025
Guinea jails opposition figure for ‘insulting’ General Doumbouya
A Guinean appeals court has upheld a two-year jail term for a key opposition figure convicted of “offending and insulting” military leader General Mamady Doumbouya.
28 May, 2025
Kenya’s president urges Africa to unite on defence strategy
Kenya’s President William Ruto inaugurated the 2025 African Chiefs of Defence Conference on Wednesday, and urged a unified continental approach to security.
28 May, 2025
Senegal’s President Faye opens dialogue on political reform
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has formally opened a national dialogue aimed at steering the West African country through political reform and “consolidating democracy.”
28 May, 2025
UN warns of unexploded landmines for Sudanese returnees
The UN agency called for the launching of awareness campaigns that alerts the population of Sudan.
28 May, 2025
ECOWAS ‘confident’ Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will return to bloc
West African regional bloc ECOWAS has said that it is confident that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will return to the body after officially exiting in January 2025.
28 May, 2025
Why Kenya’s new approach to disability rights is more than a law
Kenya’s new disability law mandates accessibility in education, employment, public spaces, and civic participation, turning long overdue rights into enforceable obligations.
