Africa

A four-year-old girl whose birth defect saw her mother frightened into leaving her at birth has received transformational surgery, thanks to a surgical charity. When Adama was born in a …

Meeting on Tuesday, 18 October 2022, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved the mid term report of the implementation of the Bank’s 2020-2024 Country Strategy …

A passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania on Sunday while attempting to land in stormy weather at an airport in the lakeside city of Bukoba, the state broadcaster …

Kenya Airways flights were disrupted Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a dozen planes, affecting thousands of passengers, the country’s transport minister said. …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his contribution to a stable Africa. Obasanjo headed an African Union diplomatic …

Egypt’s non-oil private sector remained deep in contraction in October, the 23rd straight month of decline, a survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood …

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Ebola’s arrival in the Ugandan capital highlighted the high risk of further spread of the deadly virus, calling on neighbouring countries to boost …

New evidence has emerged that an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia is spreading in Africa, where it could pose a “unique” threat to tens of millions of city-dwellers, …

Somalia’s president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people. Bulldozers were still …

Egypt’s pound fell about 3 per cent to 23.8 against the dollar as trading resumed on Sunday, Refinitiv data showed, after authorities committed to a flexible exchange rate under an …