The two main labour unions in Nigeria have declared an indefinite strike as from Monday over what they terms as a disagreement on a new minimum wage with the government. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) both had issued warnings on Friday that they would proceed with the strike shoulkd the government fail to head...

 Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Tunisian counterpart in Beijing on Friday for talks to deepen cooperation between the two countries. Xi held a welcome ceremony for Tunisian President Kais Saied at the Great Hall of the People before the two started a bilateral meeting. Xi said the two countries always supported and helped each other...

 Residents from a village in Papua New Guinea that has been left devastated by a landslide last Friday have appealed for aid. The United Nations has estimated that 670 villagers were killed in the disaster and over 1,000 displaced. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yambali in the South Pacific nation's remote highlands ...

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema arrived in Beijing on Monday for a state visit to China. After holding talks with his host Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the two leaders announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation. The visit is President Nguema's 11th to China. He will also hold meetin...

 Numerous residents sat eagerly at their retirement home to cast their special ballots, avoiding long queues expected on wedneday. The special voting process is for registered voters who are unable to travel to a voting station because of physical challenges such as disability, pregnancy or advanced age. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ...

 An illegal gold mine collapsed in northern Kenya, leaving at least five miners dead, police said Saturday, May 26. The collapse of the Hillo mine in the Dabel area near the Kenyan border with Ethiopia on Friday was attributed to a landslide. Marsabit County Police Commander Patrick Mwakio said the miners died on the spot after the debris-cove...

 Kenyan police sent to check if they were ready to help stop violence in Haiti are coming back home. They said it's not the right time to go yet. They'll be back on Monday. A senior Kenyan official who declined to be named as they are not the official spokesperson said the bases are still under construction and crucial resources including vehi...

 This is Bidibidi refugee settlement in West Nile, Uganda, where thousands of South Sudanese refugees have made a home. Since their government last month announced plans to begin voter registration in June, many are now yearning to go back home and vote in December. If in luck, 18-year-old Noel Amba will be a first-time voter. He arrived at th...

 As South Africa gears up for elections on May 29, one independent candidate is calling for profound change in the country's politics. "There is literally no South African who needs to be convinced why we need to change. There isn't, not one," Anele Mda told the Associated Press on Thursday. Mda did not mince her words when she outlined what S...

 Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid, authorities said Tuesday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which follows a similar pattern to yearslong violence in the region blamed on the fight for control over water and land between nomadic herders an...

 Mourning continues across Iran in the wake of President Ebrahaim Raisi's death Iranians gathered in the streets across the the nation to express their grief over the death of their president and his companions. He was killed alongside the Iranian Foreign Minister in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area near Azerbaijan, state media reporte...

The streets of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, appeared calm on Sunday after the army announced it had foiled a coup attempt earlier in the day. Dozens of gunmen stormed the president's office, calling for his ouster. The army spokesperson, General Slyvain Ekenge, confirmed the arrest of the coup planners. Africanews correspondent Chris Ocamringa report...

 Nollywood filmmakers, Mo Abudu, Funke Akindele, and Jade Osiberu have earned a spot on The Hollywood Reporter's list of the 40 Most Powerful Women in International Film. This list recognizes women who are bringing stories to a global stage and nurturing new voices despite a disrupted film market. Here's how The Hollywood Reporter describes th...

 It's all systems go for the first leg match of the blockbuster Confederation of African Football Champions League final on Saturday. Eleven-time winners, Al Ahly, will face off against four-time champions, Esperance de Tunis, who will be playing in front of a home crowd. The Egyptian side are favourites to win the trophy a record-extending 12...

 South Africa's election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party that has been in power since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC are struggling to keep their parliamentary majority and opinion polls predict that the par...

 At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria's Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano's remote Gadan village "pure...

 After 30 years of ruling South Africa, the African National Congress faces its toughest election yet. Polls suggest it might lose its majority for the first time. Once admired, the ANC's reputation has suffered due to high unemployment, poverty, and corruption scandals. President Cyril Ramaphosa seeks reelection in the May 29 ballot. If the A...

 Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide protests on Monday over recent increases in electricity prices following the removal of subsidies by the West African nation's government. The unions made up of government workers were picketing offices of public electricity utilities in major cities as they asked authorities to counteract price hikes...

 The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Egypt's formal joining of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention during its conflict with the Gaza Strip. Egypt cited escalating Israeli aggression against Palestinian c...

 After decades of instability and conflict in Central African Republic (CAR), one in five Central Africans is either internally displaced or has found refuge abroad. They fled their homes due to ongoing fighting between the country's numerous armed factions, which has seen thousands of people killed. Many have settled in the PK3 camps for inte...