Air India’s new Ethiopian CEO faces financial and safety turbulence
Air India has appointed a new chief executive as the airline grapples with mounting challenges, including heavy financial losses and…
Outrage as Ugandan football captain beaten to death in street gang attack
Ugandans are mourning the death at 27 of one of the country’s best-known footballers after he was beaten by suspected…
Nigerian security forces rescue more than 300 abductees
More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s presidency says, in what it…
South Africa plans new rules on ex-leaders’ foreign trips after Zuma’s visit to India
In 2022, the commission concluded that Zuma had hired and fired ministers central to the running of the country’s economy…
Nigeria’s president orders a 80% salary increase for junior soldiers
Announcing the salary hikes, the president praised the courage and sacrifices of members of the armed forces confronting “the scourge…
Mysterious elephant deaths in Kenya raise questions around pesticides
The chief vet of Kenya’s Wildlife Service, Dr Isaac Lekolool, told us that they had found traces of cyanide in…
Le Clos’ home destroyed by fire after he sets Commonwealths record
Chad le Clos says his apartment in South Africa was destroyed by a fatal fire – the night after the…
Arrests in Egypt after people allegedly impersonate judges
Several people have been arrested in Egypt over an alleged plot by fake judges to defraud people of their money.…
World’s oldest president reshuffles army as his absence stokes unease
After an unexpected coup three years ago in neighbouring Gabon, which toppled the Bongo dynasty sending shockwaves across the continent,…
Zimbabwe funeral held for family believed to have been murdered in the UK
Speaking to the BBC, family spokesperson and relative Leon Khumalo described Nothabo, who had built a life in the UK…