Ethiopia’s Sidama people are holding a vote to decide whether to become an autonomy region or otherwise.
Wednesday's referendum could trigger similar action from other...
The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census results has revealed that there are 1,524 intersex persons in the country.
The census was conducted in August...
Kenyans have expressed anger at a video that has gone viral showing police officers brutally beating a university student.
The 22-second clip recorded from a...
South Sudan’s president and a former rebel leader have agreed to delay forming a unity government for 100 days beyond the Nov. 12 deadline.
Uganda’s...
Uganda has launched a new birth control method which requires people to inject themselves with a device at any time of their convenience.
Called Sayana...
Eritrea's government has said that it's investigations uncovered evidence of a US plot to overthrow the government in Asmara in 2011.
A statement released by...
In the nearly 20 years since the Human Genome Project was completed, experts in genetic variants increasingly have raised concerns about the overemphasis on...
Ethiopian officials say at least 78 people were killed during protests last week over the treatment of a prominent activist.
The prime minister’s spokeswoman Billene...
Police in Uganda on Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse protesting Makerere University students who had assembled at the Freedom Square.
Some of the student...
Militants from Somali-based group Al-Shaabab have attacked a Kenyan police station in Wajir, some 683 kilometres from the capital Nairobi.
Local media reported that the...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
