4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (413+ words) Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom has named television news anchor Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma to succeed King Oyo Nyimba, ​who died last month at age 34. During a press conference in the kingdom’s capital of Fort Portal on Wednesday, the royal clan’s ​succession…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (519+ words) President of The Gambia Adama Barrow is calling upon citizens to remain calm over prolonged power cuts, indicating that his nation is not alone in facing an electricity crisis that has affected multiple parts of West Africa. Barrow’s words come…...

6+ day, 9+ min ago   (441+ words) Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore has sounded an alarm to both religious leaders and the young people of his nation, indicating that there should be a pursuit of active work, rather than an overreliance on religion. Since Traore took…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (105+ words) Face2Face Africa Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has passed away, according to Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi. Hassan died at 08:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Monday at the Emilio Mzena Memorial Hospital while receiving treatment there, Ndejembi said,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (263+ words) The UN General Assembly has voted to formally replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects Africa’s true size. Togo led the “Correct the Map” resolution, with support from African Union (AU) members. The resolution officially phased…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) Ron Kazooba Kawamara, King Oyo Kabamba Iguru IV’s cousin, said he has struggled to find words for the king’s death. Oyo, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he ascended the throne in 1995, died last Thursday aged 34, the prime…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (416+ words) A court in the Netherlands on Friday handed a life prison sentence to a 67-year-old man found guilty of committing war crimes and genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Per Reuters, the convicted man, identified as Eugene N., was handed the punishment after…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (209+ words) A Ugandan king, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he ascended the throne in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of ​his kingdom announced. Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV became king of Tooro, a small ​kingdom in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (516+ words) Grammy-winning Malian singer Salif Keita has announced the cancellation of his “scheduled commercial performances” in South Africa over the country’s recent xenophobic violence that has affected and displaced thousands of African migrants. However, Keita, who is also known as the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (775+ words) Renowned Beninese singer and five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, making her the first Black African to accomplish that feat. Per France 24, Kidjo, 66, was joined by film stars…...