Despite holding 30 percent of the world’s mineral reserves, the continent received less than 10 percent of the global average spent on mining ...

"Hell, yeah. It's the best. It's amazing. I think that it feels like an honor, actually, I think, you know, especially Red Sea is especially, ...

Tanzanian popular singer, Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, popularly known by his stage name Diamond Platnumz, is once again surrounded by another controversy ...

In a press release that accompanied the episode, a Spotify representative confirmed that the couple's Archewell Foundation made donations to ...

12 Goma mechanics students have built Max Mad a vehicle with waste material. The prototype is operational after two years of work students now ...

Patients at the flagship hospital in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are dying due to shortages of life-saving drugs and oxygen, according ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, calls for a mssive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's ...

Ethiopians from the Tigrayan region living in South Africa gather outside the US embassy, and the European Union's building in Pretoria. They ...

On Tuesday morning, a drone strike hit a university campus in Mekele, causing an unknown number of injuries.

Authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds, even thousands, of people in the capital after deadly unrest in the country's ...

Rumours have swirled on social media about him possibly contracting coronavirus.

"The celebrations are beautiful, but we cannot be fully happy," says Aziza Moustafa, a Tigrayan woman who celebrates Ashenda, a traditional Ethiopian ...

It’s that time of the year again when we look back on the news year and pick a person or institution that impacted the news over the course of ...

At least four people, including two children, were killed and nine wounded Friday in an Ethiopian air strike on Mekele, capital of the rebel ...

Ethiopia, "after repositioning a massive military force in Eritrea, has now launched a joint offensive with the invading forces of Eritrea" against ...

Tewodros Tefera provides medical services in Sudan as he records horrifying accounts from his patients escaping the violence in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Bobi Wine joins an elite group of past winners that includes Congolese surgeon Dr. Denis Mukwege and anti-CFA activist Kemi Seba who won the ...

The strike, which could not be independently verified, comes two days after the Tigray rebels said they were ready to participate in African ...

Fighting has been going on since Wednesday morning between militiamen and federal forces in the Ethiopian holy city of Lalibela (north), located ...

Ethiopian authorities and the Tigray rebels have accused each other of blocking humanitarian aid convoys that were supposed to reach the northern ...

UNICEF has condemned an attack by Ethiopian forces in the Tigray region which is thought to have hit a kindergarten killing four people including ...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit Nigeria in May for talks on the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded ...

Thursday's move came even though there is still no agreement between Ethiopia and its downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan about the GERD's ...

Having been a bad sensation for authorities in his home country over his constant criticism, Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has now ...

At 0-2 by the end of the first half, Cameroon made a spectacular comeback during Saturday's game against Burkina Faso.

The United States and the European Union have called for an investigation into the killings in the town of Merawi

Home to the largest Orthodox population outside Europe, Easter is the most celebrated religious holiday in Ethiopia.

Tundu returns home from Belgium where he spent three years seeking medical attention following an aggressive attack that saw him shot six time.

Hajj Siraj Mohammed has spent five decades managing the famous al-Nejashi Mosque in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region but it was devastated when ...

In an exclusive interview with Africanews, Uganda's opposition leader also said the east African country was ripe for a 'non-violent' uprising

As fighting in Africa's second most populous country Ethiopia has spread south from its epicentre in Tigray, so has the humanitarian impact. The ...

Centuries-old manuscripts and scrolls are being offered on websites for few hundred dollars raising suspicion on the conditions of their acquisition.

"If this is continued I think that it is very good. But this seems to be the first step. Medicines also, the hospitals say that there's not yet ...

Around 300 protesters gathered in Geneva in front of the United Nations headquarters on Monday to call for an independent investigation into ...

Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday cancelled its scheduled flights from Wednesday to Friday to the capital of Amhara, Bahir Dar, the last airport ...

The war in Tigray started last November during President Donald Trump's administration. But while Washington called for both sides to stop hostilities, ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described the violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region as "ethnic cleansing".

Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in part of Ethiopia's blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, a new report by the ...

The popular singer and lawmaker, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has led a political pressure group known as People Power calling for President ...

Eritrea is one of Horn of Africa's least impacted nations.

Abiy also tells lawmakers that his government allocated a budget for the Tigray region for the next fiscal year. Hundreds of people -- mostly ...

Somaliland's top diplomat said that China cannot dictate the countries' foreign policy

Tigray has been the theatre of fighting since early November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations against the Tigray ...

Five months after it began, the armed conflict in Ethiopia has turned into what witnesses describe as a campaign to destroy the Tigrayan minority. ...

Forces in Ethiopia's Amhara region are continuing a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" of part of neighbouring Tigray under their control, despite ...

Political tensions are rising in Tanzania ahead of the October general elections in which President John Magufuli plans to seek re-election.

"I was attacked by security operatives and beaten up with impunity. Just because I had a beautiful car and girls were sending me flying kisses ...

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine has accused the country’s president Yoweri Museveni of his current ...

"I'm black and to some extent I have experienced some racism, but having seen Meghan's interview with Oprah and then hearing that some members ...

More than 1,000 students arrived in Addis Ababa on Saturday after being evacuated from the fast-moving conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Senegal's Ousmane Sonko spent his first night in police custody after his arrest on Wednesday in Dakar over rape charges and his young supporters ...

The May 15 event dubbed Africa Women’s Sports Summit is the brainchild of one of Africa's influential sports journalists, Juliet Bawuah.

Harris' playlist showcases her appreciation for the diverse and vibrant music scene across the African continent and highlights some of the best ...

"What is keeping us down for now vice president is the debt overrun. We carry a debt burden that is really is making it difficult for us to continue ...

"I think that the world needs the United States to be a climate leader in our fight for climate justice. And what climate leadership means is ...

Next week, the municipality must announce the 200 collection points where the inhabitants will be able to obtain 25 liters of water per day starting ...

From Beledweyne in Central Somalia through to Bafoussam in Western Cameroon, the Central African Republic's capital Bangui and parts of northeastern ...

China has expressly condemned the diplomatic overtures with its envoy in Somalia meeting with President Farmaajo in the wake of Taiwan - Somaliland ...

Lesotho last year announced the continent's first licence to grow cannabis legally.

Two main opposition African politicians have taken to social media platform Twitter to exchange solidarity for the struggle to advance democracy ...

Ethiopia boasts the continent's best national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, which has made the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, not ...

Despite being a largely ceremonial leader with the Prime Minister - in this case Abiy Ahmed - being leader of government business, the role of ...

Martin Fayulu petitioned the country's highest court over the December 30 polls, but the Constitutional court quashed his appeal by confirming ...

On July 29, 2023, over 60,000 people reportedly turned out to watch the Grammy winner in his first stadium headline show in the United Kingdom.