A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Monday, with 360,000 children to be vaccinated between 2018 and 2020. The...
Malawi's refusal to push forward with prosecuting suspects accused of attacking and killing people with albinism has left a persecuted minority on the edge, according to the Association of Persons...
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016. This shows a dramatic increase compared with the 80 million in...
According to the company’s Vice President, the newly acquired StarTimes rights indicates the company’s desire to provide subscribers with the best sports content. Pay TV operator, StarTimes has...
South Sudan and Comoros booked their places in the group stage of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with a aggregate victories. South Sudan thrashed Djibouti 6-0 in Juba on Tuesday to...
Comoros will now play in the group stage of the qualifying campaign for the 2019 AFCON South Sudan and Comoros booked their places in the group stage of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations...
The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses is inviting the over eight million (8,000,000) Witnesses worldwide to participate in a global letter-writing campaign to the Kremlin and Russia Supreme...
A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their presence for the first time in Uganda on Friday. An outbreak of the caterpillars in...
A new vaccine that is cheap to make and does not require refrigeration has shown promise in preventing rotavirus, a contagious and fatal disease that disproportionately strikes children in Africa,...
Sports tourists, who want to attend the Commonwealth Games scheduled for Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15, 2018, will have to liaise with their countries’ National Olympic Committees (NOC)...
Mozambique is battling a cholera outbreak that has infected 1,222 people and killed two, the country's health ministry said Tuesday, warning that it has been unable to slow its spread. Four of...
Ghana’s new administration will be exactly 54 days old when it presents its maiden budget on March 2, 2017. Below are random questions put together by some staff of IMANI on energy, economy,...
NO former African leader has claimed the $5m (£4m) Mo Ibrahim prize this year – the sixth time in 10 years that it has not been awarded. The prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an...
Ghana’s new administration will be exactly 54 days old when it presents its maiden budget on March 2, 2017. Below are random questions put together by some staff of IMANI on energy, economy,...
Uganda was named best English speaking country in Africa Ghana is conspicuously missing in the first three best in English speaking countries in Africa according to a survey conducted by World...
No former African leader has claimed the $5m (£4m) Mo Ibrahim prize this year – the sixth time in 10 years that it has not been awarded. The prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected...
World Linguistic Society names Uganda as top, followed by Zambia, South Africa and Kenya Uganda's government-owned New Vision newspaper has a story this morning which has got everyone talking. It...
There is something unmistakably common in Africa: the continent's aging and long-serving presidents. Its five longest presidencies stretch between 29 and 36 years, adding to a cumulative 169 years....
A South African private equity firm has acquired the Kenyan unit of global insurance broker Aon for an undisclosed amount. Johannesburg-based Capital works have bought out Aon interests in Aon Kenya,...
Malawi's Agriculture Minister George Chaponda has been fired over a scandal that has been dubbed "maizegate". Last month, President Peter Mutharika ordered an investigation into a $34.5m (£27.7m)...
