Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The U.N. Secretary-General told Ethiopia’s government Wednesday that it should show him any documents or evidence the country has to substantiate accusations related to the expulsion of seven senior humanitarian officials from the country. In a rare and ... Read More

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered sign language to be used on all television stations and at official functions, and to be recognized as a national language. Chakwera said he was concerned with challenges deaf people in the country face largely ... Read More

Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Germany have provided 530,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Ghana. The 530,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine from the four governments of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Germany will arrive in Accra via the COVAX facility on Wednesday, ... Read More

Archbishop Desmond Tutu gestures after receiving his coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in Cape Town, South Africa, May 17, 2021. As Desmond Tutu turns 90 on Thursday, he remains indisputably the moral voice of South Africa. But age is catching up with him. The ... Read More

President Emmanuel Macron Mali's foreign ministry summoned France's ambassador to Bamako on Tuesday over comments by President Emmanuel Macron that it said were unfriendly and disagreeable. This is the latest salvo in a tense dispute between Mali and its key military partner ... Read More

Journalist Tesfalem Waldyes, the founder and editor-in-chief of Ethiopia Insider. Journalist Tesfalem Waldyes, the founder and editor-in-chief of Ethiopia Insider, an Ethiopian news and analysis website, was released Tuesday after spending three days in police custody. “I just talked to him,” said ... Read More

South Africa's biggest metalworkers union on Tuesday launched an indefinite strike, seeking pay rises and threatening to block supplies of parts to make new cars and accessories, industry and union officials said. With around 155,000 members organised in the sector, the ... Read More

Rotting fruit lies beneath mighty mango trees in northern Mozambique - an area empty of the people who would usually pick them. Over the last four years, many villages and towns in Cabo Delgado have been abandoned - but in the ... Read More

Frances Haugen said the company repeatedly prioritised profits over its users safety A former Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the company's sites and apps "harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy". Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old former product manager turned ... Read More

Mark Zuckerberg Investor confidence in Facebook weakened a bit on Monday amid continued political pressure and a rare lengthy outage of the company’s apps, sending shares down 4.8% and zapping away billions from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune. Zuckerberg’s fortune declined by $5.9 ... Read More