Burundi to swear-in president-elect June 18
Burundi says it will swear in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday, June 18. The development comes a week after the death of outgoing Pierre Nkurunziza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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Burundi says it will swear in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday, June 18. The development comes a week after the death of outgoing Pierre Nkurunziza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
There were 717 rapes in Nigeria between January and May this year, amounting to one rape every five hours, the country’s police chief says. Mohammed Adamu described rape as a…
The Kenyan authorities are investigating the disappearance of medical equipment donated to help stop the spread of Covid- 19. The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government included surgical…
Like so many economies that are dependent on tourism, the coronavirus pandemic has hit Tanzania as visitors have kept away. Hotels stood empty and thousands of people working in the…
Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria Ibrahim. Aden Farah, a former vice-president of the Somali regional…
Denise Nkurunziza, the widow of Burundi’s late president, returned home from receiving medical treatment in Kenya hours after the announcement of her husband’s death, the BBC has learnt. On Tuesday…
In an effort to begin the reopening of some of the airports in Nigeria, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) held a skype meeting with Munich Airport International to…
Malawi’s former President, Joyce Banda, has told a campaign rally that the country has no coronavirus cases and accused the government of “faking” numbers, local media reports. Politicians are campaigning…
An outbreak of African swine fever in Nigeria’s largest pig farm co-operative in the south-west of the country has been confirmed. It is the first time in 12 years that…
Ivorian Defence minister, Hamed Bakayoko, has strongly denied allegations of being a drug trafficker. A Canadian website, Vice, has been publishing a series of articles suggesting that he was a…