Africa

According to a statement from the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, the zookeeper had taken some guests to see the lion’s feeding routine after hours on Saturday evening. “The zookeeper, apparently, feeling comfortable with the animal, left the safety protection gate open and proceeded to feed the animal. He was mauled …

Ethiopia dominated Sunday’s Berlin marathon, with winners in both the men’s and women’s races and runners in five of the six podium places. Milkesa Mengesha, 24, beat Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut by just five seconds in the men’s event, pulling clear in the final stretch to finish in two hours, three …

A highly-publicised online beef with fellow Nigerian singer BNXN (formerly Buju) kept both singers in the headlines in recent years. The spat was fuelled by fans comparing the two artists and came to a head when the pair competed for a prize at the Headies, a Nigerian music award show, …

Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss. There are no specific treatments or a vaccine for the virus but a range of blood products, drug and immune therapies are being developed, according to the World Health Organization. Rwanda says it is …

Seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators, police say. Two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape were targeted, police said, with 12 women and one man killed in one …

According to the Reuters new agency, RBZ said in a statement that its Monetary Policy Committee made the move to allow greater exchange rate flexibility. RBZ explained that the measures would address “emerging exchange rate risks, anchor the inflation expectations and stabilise prices in the near to short term”. On …

Thousands in Ethiopia’s capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition. On Thursday, believers gathered in a large public plaza in Addis Ababa for rituals, …

The police accused the protesters of blocking roads, dismantling police barriers and obstructing traffic in the city. There were reports that a pregnant woman named Vera Lamptey was among those arrested and is in police detention. But the police have denied this. Many in Ghana have condemned the police, including …

This season Arsenal have celebrated their African heritage and connection with the continent with their away kit, with its colour scheme matching the pan-African flag. Sierra Leone-born Foday Dumbuya designed the jersey and its official trailer was filmed in the country’s capital Freetown. “It was nice to take it back …

Nigeria was last year ranked 145 out of 180 countries in the Transparency International’s perceptions of corruption index, with bribery named more prevalent in government offices. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have ordered investigations into a viral video, which Bobrisky has called …

Sudan is at breaking point. After 17 months of a brutal civil war which has devastated the country, the army has launched a major offensive in the capital Khartoum, targeting areas in the hands of its bitter rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The RSF seized most of Khartoum at …

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Witnesses reported intense aerial bombardments and heavy fighting on Thursday as army troops crossed two key bridges over the River Nile – which had separated government-controlled areas in Omdurman from the regions controlled by the RSF. Since early in the war, the paramilitaries have been in control of nearly all …

Human rights group Amnesty International has accused both government troops and the armed separatists of killings, rapes and torture of civilians. A Cameroonian official told the BBC that Norway and Cameroon had a security agreement, which could see Cho being extradited in the coming days. Cho, who describes himself as …

Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, the state prosecutor has said. Ex-sports minister Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday while handing over six bags of money to the head …

On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift picking and sorting roses. Anne (not her real name) is a single mother and one of thousands of the predominantly female workers in Kenya’s flower industry, harvesting …

The activist, educated at the UK’s renowned Cambridge University, was arrested over the weekend along with over 40 others after they clashed with the police. He was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Some protesters have said that they have been denied food and water since they were detained …

Pudemo says the attempt on its leader’s life comes ahead of planned protests next month calling for multi-party elections. The country, formerly known as Swaziland, allows independent candidates to stand for parliament but does not allow political parties to participate. King Mswati III has been on the throne since 1986 …

Ms Ogunleye has now released a second video on Tiktok, in which she calls for the investigation to be made public and describes how she was raped and given an injection by those she accused. “Firstly I want to thank [army spokesman] General Onyema Nwachukwu for posting me on all …

When the new Saudi Women’s Premier League campaign gets underway on Friday, Al-Nassr striker Clara Luvanga will be looking to pick up where she left off. The 19-year-old Tanzanian opted to swap Spain for Saudi Arabia last October and made an immediate impression – despite her decision raising a few …