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Fifty-seven million South Africans told to to stay home during unprecedented three-week total lockdown. South Africa has started a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown, joining other African countries…
View More 'Unprecedented': South Africa goes into coronavirus lockdown
South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. All but essential movement…
View More South Africa begins three-week coronavirus lockdown
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE (REUTERS) – Militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack in northern Mozambique just south of the site of gas projects…
View More Islamic State claims Mozambique attack close to gas projects
As confirmed cases top 550, President Cyril Ramaphosa announces sweeping measures in a bid to stem outbreak. People across South Africa are bracing for a 21-day lockdown…
View More South Africans brace for 21-day lockdown as virus cases rise
In our series of letters from African journalists, South African filmmaker and writer Serusha Govender reports on the growing anger fuelled by a spate of…
View More ‘Our children are dying, but the president doesn’t care’
Opposition boycotting vote allege referendum is a ploy by President Alpha Conde to remain in power. Voters in Guinea are casting ballots in a contested referendum…
View More Guinea votes in contested referendum and parliamentary poll
With 30 African nations reporting coronavirus cases, governments implement drastic measures to check the pandemic. The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30…
View More African nations impose restrictions as coronavirus crisis looms
A routine question from her doctor about menstruation set Kenyan Julian Peter, now 29, down a path that led her to discover she was born…
View More ‘The day I discovered I was born without a vagina’
A Canadian woman and an Italian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 are said to be in good health and spirits after arriving in…
View More Abducted Canadian and Italian turn up safe in Mali
Africa was largely spared the rapid spread of COVID-19, which has infected thousands and killed nearly 5,000 so far. Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Guinea announced…
View More Coronavirus spreads to more African countries
Crashes are common on highways in Ghana because of poor maintenance, disregard for traffic regulations, and bad roads. Thirty-five people, including women and children, were…
View More 35 killed in Ghana bus collision and fire
Henry Tumukunde held on treason charges, accused of seeking backing from Rwanda to remove President Yoweri Museveni. Ugandan police have arrested Henry Tumukunde, a retired…
View More Uganda arrests former general planning to run for presidency
Under Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed, the city of Ambo has turned from being a symbol of freedom into a…
View More The city cutting long hair and the internet
All 157 people on board Boeing 737 killed in plane crash en route to Nairobi, Ethiopian Airlines says. None of the 157 people on board…
View More Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on board