News24.com | OPINION | Burundi’s 2020 elections: What is at stake?
2020-03-10 11:44 Beyond the national dynamics, the 2020 elections offer an opportunity for improved relations between the Government of Burundi and the international community, especially the West, writes Patrick Hajayandi…
News24.com | Malawi court to hear president’s appeal against vote annulment
Malawi’s Supreme Court will hear next month an appeal by President Peter Mutharika against a ruling that annulled his May 2019 re-election, an official said on Monday. In February, the…
News24.com | DRC hopes to declare end to Ebola outbreak in April
Democratic Republic of Congo health officials said on Monday they were “keeping fingers crossed” to declare the end of the devastating 19-month epidemic next month. While the world’s attention has…
News24.com | Influential Nigerian traditional ruler dethroned
The influential traditional ruler of northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano was removed from his position on Monday after a long-running row with the authorities. The emir of Kano is…
News24.com | At least 35 killed in Ghana bus collision: officials
Thirty-five people, including women and children, were killed on Monday when two buses collided on a busy road in Ghana, officials said. The accident, which happened in the Bono East…
News24.com | In starving South Sudan, peace is no guarantee of a meal
The villagers hear the distant roar of jet engines before a cargo plane makes a deafening pass over Mogok, dropping sacks of grain from its hold to the marooned dust…
News24.com | WATCH | Ethiopians mourn Boeing MAX crash victims a year on from disaster
A year later, the crash site – now surrounded by an unfinished wooden fence – sees little activity besides visits from mourners bearing flowers. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of…
Coronavirus: US priest who shook hands with more than 500 worshippers infected with virus
‘Several hundred’ people ordered to self-quarantine after church closes due to risk of infection
News24.com | PICS | Sudan PM unharmed in assassination attempt: top aide
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived unharmed an assassination attempt using explosives in the capital Khartoum on Monday, said his top aide. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s…