African News
Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic
By: Reuters 24th April 2024 Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases were confirmed across five departments, including the capital Brazzaville. No... →
Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says
By: Reuters 24th April 2024 Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery... →
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
By: Reuters 23rd April 2024 Attacks around the Sudanese city of al-Fashir have shattered a truce that protected it from a year-old war, leading to warnings of a new wave of... →
Top UN officials call on UK to reconsider plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda
By: Reuters 23rd April 2024 Two United Nations top officials on Tuesday called on the UK to reconsider its plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning the move would... →
UK's Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel
By: Reuters 23rd April 2024 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed that nothing would prevent him from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament finally approved the... →
'No ifs, no buts', UK's Sunak promises to start Rwanda flights
By: Reuters 22nd April 2024 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday the first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda would leave in 10-12 weeks, as he set out... →
Contaminated cough syrup in Africa no longer available - WHO
By: Reuters 22nd April 2024 A contaminated batch of Benylin Paediatric Syrup is no longer available in the African countries where it was sold, the World Health Organization... →
Gunmen kill six Nigerian soldiers in ambush, army says
By: Reuters 22nd April 2024 Six soldiers of the Nigerian army were ambushed and killed by gunmen while on patrol in the northern Niger state on Friday, the army said, the... →