The Bukoba airport in north-western Tanzania has reopened after being closed following a crash that left 19 people dead. The passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land at the airport on Sunday. A local administrator has told the BBC that the first passenger plane was expected…
Malawi’s health ministry will soon launch a second vaccination campaign after receiving 2.9 million doses of the oral cholera vaccine as the outbreak spreads. The World Health Organization (WHO) facilitated the vaccine’s procurement with funds from the Global Vaccine Alliance (Gavi). It comes as the outbreak spread to 27 of…
South Africa has appeared to downplay a warning by the US embassy of a possible threat of a terrorist attack over the weekend in the commercial hub, Johannesburg. The US embassy on Wednesday advised its staff to “avoid crowds of people and other large public gatherings in the greater Sandton…
Kenyan media outlets are reporting the man in charge of a polling station in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has been found dead days after his family reported him missing. Local reports say the body of Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found in a forest in Loitoktok at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro…
The government of Angola has hired a law firm to represent its interests and those of the widow of the former President José Eduardo dos Santos, Ana Paula dos Santos, amid a row within the family on the late leader’s burial. The older children of the former president want to…
7 children are reported to have been killed by an improvised bomb explosion in Togo. Witnesses said they were woken by a loud blast late on Saturday in the Savanes region in the north of the country. Islamist militants linked to Islamic State and al-Qaeda have attacked numerous targets in…