King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female prime minister after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in parliamentary elections. The fifty-year-old…

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and president William Ruto are preparing to launch construction of a $16 billion oil refinery in Lamu, expected to become East Africa’s largest industrial project by capacity. Scheduled for…

Fears of renewed war in northern Ethiopia are growing after the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) accused each other of launching military offensives. Federal minister Getachew Reda said Tigrayan…

At least eleven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a house in KwaMakhutha township, near the city of Durban. Police said three gunmen armed with pistols and rifles entered the…

Animal welfare organisations have accused South African ostrich farms supplying the fashion industry of using cruel methods to harvest feathers from living birds. An investigation by World Animal Protection and Collective Fashion Justice…

An estimated 75,000 people with hearing loss live in Ivory Coast, where everyday activities such as shopping, attending school or obtaining medicine can become hugely difficult when communication support is unavailable. In Abidjan,…

Christians in Nigeria are mourning after one pastor was killed and another kidnapped during an armed attack in Plateau State. Hills Emmanuel, formerly of Dunamis Church, and Pastor Gabriel Joseph Dipak of Christ…

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than three thousand people, making it the country’s deadliest recorded outbreak. Official figures report 6,186 infections and 3,007 deaths, with…

International Christian Concern says that In Muslim-majority communities along Tanzania's coast, including Zanzibar, small Christian congregations continue to gather for worship despite growing intimidation, harassment and occasional attacks. Pastors say some congregations have…

SAT-7 has run a series of media workshops helping young Arab women from Egypt and Sudan explore gender expectations, discrimination and freedom of expression through film-making. Fifteen participants aged 18 to 21 created…