Beyond West Africa

Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said Sunday that the city of 2 million had been mostly spared after the volcano erupted at night and sent thousands fleeing in panic. Residents…

The Coordinator of Africans Rising, a pan-Africanist movement is calling for enhanced efforts to promote and preserve the dignity of Africans living home and abroad. Ms Coumba Toure also calling for an end to systemic racism against people of African…

While coronavirus cases have recently started declining across much of Africa, seven countries are showing an increase of more than 20% in cases, according to a report on Tuesday. Benin, Eritrea, Eswatini, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South Africa have…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo thirty people have been sentenced to death for their role in an anti-police violence to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast in Kinshasa – the nation’s capital. The sentences were handed down over…

The Africa Centers for disease control and prevention AFRICA CDC has urged countries on the continent to increase testing for the coronavirus as more states report different variants of the disease. The African Union’s health agency said testing dropped by…

The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted food insecurity and was hampering the future development of countries across the continent.   QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) advocated…

Sudanese authorities on Sunday deported around three dozen Ethiopian peacekeepers, working on the U.N. mission in Darfur, to a refugee camp. This news was reported by the state-run news agency. Al-Fateh Ibrahim Mohammed, head of the refugee agency in North…

Officials in Congo say an Islamic leader in the eastern town of Beni was killed during evening prayers by unidentified gunmen after days of violent attacks by rebels left at least 19 people dead. According to the head of the…

Authorities in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius issued a disaster alert on Wednesday after heavy rains caused severe flooding making roads impassable to pedestrians and vehicles. State-owned Vacoas weather station issued the alert and warned of impassable roads,…

Casualties were reported as a train derailed just north of the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday. According to a statement from the National Railways Authority of Egypt, the Cairo-Mansura passenger train 949 went off the tracks in the city of…

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority recommended that government lift the pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. It said this should be done provided that specific conditions are met. South Africa suspended the rollout of the…

African leaders have promised their countries' support for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme, developed to scale up financing for Climate Change adaptation in Africa.  This pledge was made during a Virtual Leaders Dialogue on the Africa Covid-Climate Emergency by the…