The U.S. government has cancelled more than 6,000 visitor visas tied to birth tourism violations while introducing strict new concurrent medical exam and vetting rules for green card applicants.
EthioPay-IPS has surpassed 1.1 million transactions in a single day. EthSwitch will present Ethiopia’s instant payment experience at the AfricaNenda SIIPS 2026 launch in Mauritius on Nov. 19. EthSwitch Brings Ethiopia’s Instant Payment Scale to AfricaNenda’s SIIPS 2026 Report Launch
Every $1 invested in healthcare can generate up to $4 in economic growth. across Sub-Saharan Africa. Explore how Novartis Sub-Saharan Africa and strategic public-private partnerships are accelerating early diagnosis and treatment for cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and malaria.
Beyond K-pop, television dramas and modern skyscrapers, one Korean working father shares the everyday experiences that reveal another side of South Korea.
A High Court in Mombasa has handed a cumulative 200-year sentence to self-styled pastor Paul Mackenzie for forcing 190 children to starve to death in the Shakahola Forest.
The Ministry of Youth and Sport has signed a milestone pact with the Great Ethiopian Run to use the iconic mass-participation sporting event to spearhead nationwide community engagement and climate advocacy before COP32 in 2027.
Discussions at the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute highlight the need for stronger public-private collaboration and a proposed national shared laboratory, as the government cites advances in crop development, livestock genetics, vaccines and industrial processing technologies
The Imo State Police Command has detained Ifeanyi Chukwu Joseph following a fatal altercation that led to a teenager falling from a two-storey building in Ikeneagbu. Operatives intervened to save a 26-year-old man from a lynching attempt after a 17-year-old girl sustained fatal injuries falling from a building during a dispute.
In a historic move to force accountability, Madagascar’s President Colonel Michaël Randrianirina has prohibited all government officials from sponsoring their children’s education overseas using taxpayer money.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio has secured guilty pleas from an international cyber-fraud ring that stripped over 130 elderly victims of their life savings involving Ghanaian Twin Brothers and an American Woman.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama have led global congratulations to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after his dramatic run-off victory, hailing it as a massive triumph for the Global South.
The Oyo State Police Command has safely rescued a newborn girl and arrested a 40-year-old medical doctor and a 23-year-old mother for allegedly selling the baby for ₦2 million.
President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning following a fatal Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ATR-42 aircraft crash in Ondo State. The surveillance plane, carrying 25 people—including 20 passengers and 5 crew members—crashed into a swamp in Igbokoda with no survivors reported. National flags have been ordered to half-mast as a comprehensive board of inquiry begins.
With a $19M investment, Burkina Faso opens Raffinor-BF to refine its 94+ tonne annual gold output locally. Read how the country plans to become a West African processing hub.
Hardline Iranian lawmakers are reportedly drafting a explosive "triple‑urgency" bill to demand Tehran's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and greenlight a swift nuclear weapons test.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is throwing his weight behind Africa's decades-long campaign for a permanent voice on the UN Security Council. Speaking at the 18th BRICS summit, Putin argued that the powerful body must expand to include Africa, Asia, and Latin America to reflect the modern global balance of power rather than the world of 1945.
