Emergency services say a tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in Madagascar. The Office for Risk and Disaster Management said seventeen prople remain missing after Tropical Storm Cheneso hit. More than 60,000 people have been displaced since the storm reached the island just over…
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has blamed former long-time leader Robert Mugabe for the country’s severe power outages. Mugabe was ousted in 2017 after nearly four decades in office. Over the last fortnight Zimbabweans have been facing power cuts lasting up to about 18 hours a day. The crisis worsened following…
Kenyan officials have recalled a locally manufactured drug given to HIV patients to suppress the level of the virus in their bodies. The Pharmacy and Poisons board said The decision was taken after the manufacturer, Universal Corporation Limited, noticed that the tablets were stained due to improper packaging. It is…
Hundreds of cargo trucks are stuck on the Ugandan side of Ishasha border crossing, as fighting intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Sostine Buregyeya, a local leader and businessman in Ishasha, told the BBC that some of the trucks had been stuck at the border for three weeks for…
Angolan President João Lourenço has invited the leaders of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for talks on Wednesday to discuss rebel activity in eastern DR Congo. Angop, says the talks in Luanda will also be attended by Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye and former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, the state-owned…
A five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in Ruiru on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, barely a day after its tenants were evacuated. The evacuation was witnessed by the local governor, Kimani Wamatangi, on Sunday after the building developed cracks. According to local media outlets it had more than…