African Episcopal Conferences reject blessings for same-sex marriage
African Episcopal Conferences say they strongly uphold the traditional doctrine on marriage within the Catholic Church, in a consolidated response to the declaration of Fiducia Supplicans by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the...
Nigeria minister suspended over personal bank account
Nigeria's president has suspended a minister over the alleged diversion of more than 585 million naira ($640,000; £500,000) of public money into a personal bank account.
Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was...
Ministers barred from Congo poll for fraud, violence
Three ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month's election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of fraud and violence.
They are among 82 candidates excluded from the legislative, provincial and local...
Bagbin represents Ghana at CSPOC2024: Advocates collaboration on global issues
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is presently representing the Parliament of Ghana at the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CSPOC2024) in Uganda.
The conference, themed around crucial...
Sudan army commanders face punishment over loss of city
Sudan's army chief has lambasted "negligent" commanders after a rival paramilitary group captured the strategic city of Wad Madani.
The army had been criticised for leaving the capital of Gezira state, without putting up a...
Angola leaves Opec oil cartel in output quota row
Angola has announced it is leaving the oil producers' organisation Opec over a dispute on output quotas.
It follows last month's decision by the 13-member cartel and 10 allied nations to further slash oil production...
Tunisia’s historic Kairouan walls collapse, killing three
Three stonemasons have died after a section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan in Tunisia collapsed on Saturday.
Officials say a 30m section of the wall near the Gate of the...
Two killed in attack on Sudan aid convoy – Red Cross
Two people have been killed and seven others injured in a "deliberate attack" on an aid convoy in Sudan's capital Khartoum, the Red Cross has said.
The vehicles - which the charity said were "clearly...
Arrest warrant for Somali president’s son over crash
Turkey has issued an international arrest warrant for the son of Somalia's president, after he allegedly ran over a motorcycle courier, who later died.
A police report said Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamud collided with the...
ECOWAS and MFWA sign partnership agreement
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) signed a historic four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The MoU, signed by the President...