Africa

The government of Ghana has banned spending and transacting businesses in foreign currencies in the country.  This development was contained in a statement issued by the Central Bank of Ghana,...

A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has sentenced the nation’s former President, Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara. In its ruling, the tribunal said...

The World football governing body, FIFA has snubbed Nigerian Referees after choosing 8 officials from other African countries to officiate during this year's World cup in Qatar.   8 African referees...

Alarmed by the development, the international watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has outrightly condemned the summary execution of an estimated 300 people, including suspected armed fighters during a military operation...

In what would serve as some succor for Nigeria after failing to qualify for the World Cup, multiple award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, best known as Davido, has been featured...

In its more than 40-year history, Burkino Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, has become the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which is often referred to as the...

Cameroon has become the latest African country to ban Shisha pipes after Kenya, Gambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ghana.  According to the health ministry, around 46 percent of Cameroon youth smoke...

The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the international community to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe stating the restrictions are hurting the southern African Nation. The concerned Kenyatta adjudged...

The President of Senegal and current Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Macky Sall, recently held a telephone conversation with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin on securing a "lasting...

History book has again appreciated in Egypt as Radwa Helmi has become the first female judge to preside over a case in the nation’s highest court.  It is imperative to...