Africa

Chris Tamakloe, one of the star performers on Citi TV 39;s Keyboard Idol talent competition, met his untimely death on Saturday, September 19, when a vehicle in which he and his father were travelling was involved in a road accident, at Asutsuare Junction.

Some members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) at Keta Municipal Hospital continue to render services to pregnant women due for deliver despite the Association 39;s strike action.

Learning its lessons from the Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took swift and decisive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, when the first cases were detected in March, the country’s President told world leaders, gathered virtually, at the UN General Assembly. 

An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali’s coup leaders to release former government officials, who have been detained for more than a month. 

Despite the continent-wide approach taken by African countries to combat COVID-19, the pandemic has set back their development aspirations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and villages in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, leaving them completely reliant on humanitarian assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said. 

The BBC and human rights researchers examined a video of a killing in northern Mozambique.

An explosion in Lagos, Nigeria killed 23 people and destroyed a girls’ boarding school. But what caused it?

The 27 wooden coffins are said to have lain undisturbed inside a well at an ancient necropolis.

An overnight blaze leaves a distinctive building at one of Africa's oldest universities a shell.

Sound science "will be the sole basis" for safe and effective therapies to be adopted, the WHO says.

Zimbaqua mine is the first mine in Africa where the workforce is made up entirely of women.

The group, who will appear in court on Monday, faces charges related to deadly violence in June.

Eric Danboy Bagale, a guard under ex-President François Bozizé, was arrested by French police.

Lily is bringing sex education to remote areas in Kenya in her fight to end teen pregnancies.

After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday, in light of a drop in new COVID-19 cases. But Namibia’s economy, which depends heavily on wildlife tourism, has taken a major hit during the period, and the future of the country’s wildlife reserves, otherwise known as conservancies, is far from certain.

As the "worst phase of the epidemic" is overcome, experts delve into the data to learn more about Covid-19.

A young couple who hail from very different backgrounds, has demonstrated that even during a global pandemic, true love always finds a way.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death of former President Pierre Nkurunziza, who ran for a third term in 2015, in a move deemed by opposition to be unconstitutional.