Google is marking Black History Month in the UK with a Doodle of 18th Century composer and influential arts figure Ignatius Sancho. He was born
Category: Africa
Lupita’s children’s book ‘coming home’
A children’s book by Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o has been released in East Africa in the Swahili and Luo languages, she has said in
Detained Hotel Rwanda hero ‘being told what to say’
The family of a man who inspired a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide say he is being “dictated to by Rwandan authorities” on what
Kenya to take part in Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials
Kenya will participate in final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. It will be the second African country
Zambia to reopen schools and bars
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has announced the reopening of schools and bars as Covid-19 cases begin to slow. Addressing parliament in Lusaka on Friday, Mr
Nigeria’s state passes law to castrate child rapists
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14.State governor Nasir Ahmad
Rwandan man ‘badly beaten by police’ dies
A Rwandan man died in hospital after being badly assaulted by a police officer who was enforcing a night-time curfew on the outskirts of the
Covid-19: Dozens of South Sudan medics test positive
South Sudan’s health ministry says about 78 frontline healthcare workers have tested positive for Covid-19. One male healthcare worker has died, according to a health
Egypt withdraws from latest Nile dam talks
Egypt has temporarily withdrawn from the renewed talks on the future of a giant hydropower project on the Nile River being built by Ethiopia. The
Another Nigerian airline sacks employees due to COVID-19
A Nigerian airline has sacked more than 100 pilots and engineers in another wave of sacking in the troubled aviation sector. Bristow Helicopters has been