Ex-Tunisian President Marzouki Joins Presidential Race
Tunisia's former president Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday lodged his presidential candidacy file to run for office in early elections scheduled for next fall.
"Democratic Tunisia guarantees every citizen the right to run and the right...
Fears for Ivorian Migrants Returned to Libya
The UN has voiced concern for the safety of 36 migrants who have been turned away by the Tunisian authorities at the Libyan border.
The migrants, from Ivory Coast and include a number of children,...
Congo Medic Arrested Over the Death of WHO Ebola Doctor
Three doctors have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the killing of a
World Health Organization (WHO) doctor, a military prosecutor reported.
Cameroonian doctor Richard Mouzoko was shot dead in an attack in...
The Woman Who Befriended a Warlord
When Betty Bigombe was growing up in northern Uganda in the late 1950s, she walked four miles a day to go to school. She knew getting an education was the only way she could...
Kenyan MP with Baby Ordered to Leave Parliament
Female MPs have walked out of Kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she had taken her baby.
Zuleika Hassan said she had brought her five-month-old baby with her...
Malawi’s Top Court Orders Election Case to Be Heard
Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal rejected an appeal demanding the dismissal of a case about the presidential election results.
A panel of seven Supreme Court judges, led by Malawi’s Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda,
rejected the appeal...
Death Toll in Tanzania Fuel Tanker Blast Climbs to 89
Death toll has risen to 89 in the aftermath of a fuel tanker explosion in northern Tanzania, a health official said on Thursday.
A spokesman for the National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Aminiel Aligaesha,...
Sudan’s Opposition Alliance Names New Prime Minister
Sudan’s opposition Freedom and Change Alliance, on Thursday named Abdullah Hamdook as prime minister, in the transitional government.
"The structures of the Freedom and Change Alliance concerned with formation of the expected transitional authority have...
Africa: Tuberculosis Carried out On Elephants
In South Africa tuberculosis is still the most killer disease with 330 daily victims. It is now attacking wild animals that contract the bacteria from human tuberculosis.
An elephant was found dead in 2016 in...
Ebola: Rwanda Makes Control of Its Border
Rwanda has taken drastic measures on its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to prevent the spread of Ebola.
After the discovery of two new cases in the province of South Kivu in...
