FILE - Joel Meyer, French ambassador to Mali, speaks to the press in Bamako, Jan. 21, 2022. Mali said it is expelling the French ambassador because of "hostile and outrageous" comments by former colonial power France about Mali's transitional government. A statement ... Read More

Exactly one week after Burkina Faso’s president was overthrown in a military coup, the African Union has suspended the west African nation. The AU’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department announced on Twitter Monday that it had voted “to suspend the participation of ... Read More

Malawi’s government says is registering low numbers of teenagers taking the COVID-19 vaccine. This is largely because parents and guardians are reluctant to give consent to have their children get the shot.Malawi started administering the Pfizer vaccine to children ages ... Read More

Sudanese domonstrators take part in a rally to protest against last year's military coup, in the capital Khartoum, on Jan. 30, 2022. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sudan's capital and other cities across the country Sunday for the ... Read More

The Gatuna-Katuna crossing at the border of Uganda and Rwanda is reopening Jan. 31, 2022, according to the Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ugandan traders welcomed Rwanda's announcement Friday that it will reopen its border after being closed for three years. The ... Read More

Some of the nurses and doctors at the biggest hospital in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region are having to beg for food to feed themselves, one of the medics has told the BBC. They have not been paid for eight months, forcing ... Read More

The United States will soon ship more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the African nations of Kenya and Morocco, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. "As the president has said, America will be the arsenal ... Read More

Reports that Russia is connected to this week's coup in Burkina Faso have made their way to the Pentagon, though U.S. defense officials decline to say whether the allegations have merit. Burkinabe soldiers went on national television late Monday, announcing they ... Read More

Komla Dumor The BBC has begun the search for a future star of African journalism with the launch of the seventh BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. The search for the next worthy winner of the Komla Dumor award launched with an ... Read More

The West African bloc ECOWAS will meet virtually on Friday to discuss the crisis in Burkina Faso, where army officers have deposed President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the group said. The 15 member Economic Community of West African States, which includes Burkina Faso, ... Read More