Ethiopian Airlines says it has teamed up with all stakeholders including international organizations to conduct forensic investigations to the cause of Sunday’s accident. The probe it said will also help identify victims of those who perished in the crash. In a statement ... Read More

An Ethiopian Airlines jet has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all on board, the airline says. It said 149 passengers and eight crew members were believed to be on flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in ... Read More

Zimbabwe's speaker of parliament is nicknamed "the Headmaster" In our series of letters from African writers, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at whether politicians need better qualifications. Zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in Africa. It is a country ... Read More

President Mahammadu Buhari Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term, the election commission says. The 76-year-old defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with a margin of nearly four million votes. Mr Abubakar's People's Democratic ... Read More

ecowasThe ECOWAS, the AU and the UN has called on all candidates, political parties and all Nigerians to continue to exercise patience, calm and restraint, in order to allow for the full results of the election to be released by ... Read More

Nigerian fuel suppliers, bus operators and some airlines are offering incentives for people to travel to vote in presidential elections this Saturday, including cutting petrol prices and discounts. The electoral commission announced the delay early last Saturday just Nigeria’s 84 million ... Read More

President of Rwanda, H.E Paul Kagame Rwandan president Paul Kagame says the African Union could become a strong body as the European Union despite well documented hurdles. Kagame, who is the immediate past president of the AU (for the year 2018) ... Read More

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi As Egypt takes over the chairmanship of the African Union (AU), the North African country will be keen to restore its erstwhile role as a driving force in the African continent- experts have said. On Sunday, Egyptian President ... Read More

The European Commission added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering, the EU executive said on Wednesday. “The European Commission adopted today ... Read More

President Kagame with Ashish J. Thakkar, Mara Group Founder, at the BPR Atlas Mara Brand Reveal in Kigali during the World Economic Forum on Africa in 2016 In a bid to solve the massive ICT and technology issues that the ... Read More