Chinese phones with built-in malware sold in Africa

The malicious code could sign owners up to subscription services without permission.

Uganda-born woman found dead in UK next to ‘starving baby’

The death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.

‘Lack of pay saw me quit football for hairdressing’

Nigerian women's footballer Chinenye Okafor quit playing to become a hairdresser after going unpaid for 13 months.

Sudan and Pompeo ‘discuss removal from terror list’

Sudan is on the US' list of state sponsors of terror as al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden lived there.

Uganda: A factory provides accommodation for workers during Covid-19 lockdown

A factory in Uganda is providing accommodation for workers so that they could keep working during lockdown.

The killing of Hachalu Hundessa and Ethiopia’s identity strife

The killing of Hachalu Hundessa laid bare the deep-seated ethnic animosity in Ethiopia.

Africa declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’

Nigeria is now rid of wild polio having had more than half of global cases less than 10 years ago.

Coronavirus in Kenya: How it turned classrooms into chicken coops

Some Kenyan private schools have found new sources of income after they were forced to close.

Mali coup: No deal on transitional government

A regional delegation failed to convince the military leaders to reinstate the deposed president.

Mali coup: No deal on transitional government

A regional delegation failed to convince the military leaders to reinstate the deposed president.