Chad president’s death: Rivals condemn’ dynastic coup’
By BBC Chad’s main opposition parties say the army’s appointment of President Idriss Déby’s son as the nation’s new leader is an “institutional coup”. Déby,
Category : Africa
Tobacco control activists in Africa draw strategies to counter tobacco industry’ use of intermediaries, allies
By Kabuye Ronald The tobacco control activists in Africa especially in Uganda, Zambia and Nigeria have resolved on some of the strategies to use to
Uganda cranes coach, captain are optimistic the team will qualify
By Ahmed Senoga Uganda Cranes assistant coach Abdallah Mubiru and the teams skipper Denis Masinde Onyango are optimistic that the team can seal qualification on
The interesting things about Tanzania’s first female president Samia Hassan Suluhu
By Hannah Marion Namukasa Samia Hassan Suluhu, 61, is a Tanzanian Chapa Cha Mapenduzi politician and the designate president of Tanzania to be sworn into
Tanzania president Magufuli succumbs to heart failure, 14 days of mourning announced.
By Kabuye Ronald Tanzania president John Pombe Magufuli, 61 years of age on Wednesday evening succumbed to heart failure in De Es Salaam hospital. The
Buganda kingdom mourns Zulu King Godwill Zwelithini
By Kabuye Ronald Buganda kingdom in Uganda has mourned the the south African Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini who passed on friday. Addressing a press conference, the
Congo River: At least 60 drowned after boat capsizes, 200 unaccounted for
By BBC AFRICA At least 60 people have drowned after a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. Some 300 people have
Farm workers killed in ‘insane’ Nigeria attack
By BCC AFRICA At least 43 people have been killed in what the Nigerian president has described as an “insane” attack in north-east Nigeria on
Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan
By BBC Africa The number of refugees fleeing the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia – where federal and regional forces are engaged in fighting –