Africa News of Monday, 19 May 2025

Nigeria: Access Bank Faces Charges Over Alleged Diversion of N826 Million

Zimbabwe: Suspect Nabbed for Theft of Armoured Cable Valued At U.S.$7,000

Nigeria: Tinubu Declares 22nd National Sports Festival Open As Ogun Hosts Colorful Ceremony

Nigeria: First Holdco, Ecobank, Prestige Top Stock Pick This Week

South Africa to pursue appeal against Nigerian pastor acquitted of rape

Defiant Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appears in court

Nigeria's fierce political rivals share joke at pope's inaugural mass

Somalia: UAE Strongly Condemns Suicide Attack At Army Camp in Somali Capital

Somalia: Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 10 At Army Recruitment Drive in Somalia

BBC uncovers child sex abuse in South Africa's illegal mines

Kenya's ex-justice minister 'deported' from Tanzania

Namibia: Kasama Road Renamed in Honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma

Ethiopia's Untenable Red Sea Ambitions

Ghana's Cocoa Risks EU Rejection If Contaminated With Heavy Metals - Netherlands Ambassador

Ghana: Accra Plains to Become Administrative Capital - President Mahama

Namibia: Corruption Accused Trio to Appear in Katima Mulilo District Court

Namibia: Fishermen's Protest to Resume Pending Presidential Confirmation

Liberia Investment Conference Held in Accra

Ghana: 24-Hour Economy Industrial Park for Volta Region Takes Off

Kenya: Court Rejects Ecobank's Bid to Appeal Sh103mn Advocate Fee Dispute

South Africa: Tributes Pour in for South African Music Icon Manqoba Ntombela

Namibia: Walvis Bay Prioritises Road Repairs in Budget

Nigeria: Govt Urged to Revamp Education Curriculum, Increase Teachers' Salaries

Africa CDC and Unitaid Partner to Strengthen Equitable Access to Health Products in Africa

Rwanda: Economy Remains Resilient Despite Global Uncertainties - Central Bank's Nsengiyumva

Uganda: In Uganda, Ebola Comes to an End, but Vigilance Continues

Zimbabwe: ZIFA Condemns Stadium Violence - Two Injured During Abandoned Match Pitting Shabanie Mine Vs Gwanda Pirates

Zimbabwe: Chivayo Hits Back At Financial Allegations, Labels Reports 'Political Vengeance'

Nigeria: 1 Dead, 3 Rescued As Building Collapses in Lagos

Nigeria: Starlink Speed in Nigeria Slower Compared to Other African Countries - Report

South Africa: Grant to Prevent Malnutrition Is in Limbo

Nigeria: Govt Needs $10 Billion to Salvage Power Sector - Minister

Nigeria: Borno - How Boko Haram Killed 90 Farmers in 5 Months

Somalia: Heavy Fighting Enters Second Day On Border Between Somali Regions

Somalia: Somali Govt Confirms Suicide Attack At Mogadishu Recruitment Camp

Somalia: Somali PM Urges Youth to Join National Defense and Embrace Democratic Transition

Nigeria: SSS Arrests Wanted Suspected Kidnappers At Hajj Camps

Nigeria: Time to Deal With Alarming Shortage of Doctors in Nigeria's Hospitals

Nigeria: Drivers of Conflict in Nigeria's Middle Belt Are Beyond Climate Change

Ghana Health Service Confirms 3 Cases of Monkeypox

Liberia: Dreams Turned Nightmare - Liberian Footballers Reportedly Stranded, Unpaid in Albania

Sudanese Displacement to Egypt Reshapes Views On FGM

Africa: It Is Time for Africa to Forge Its Own Path to Security

Chad: Opposition Leader Arrested

South Africa: Donkey Sanctuary's Promised Land Turns Sour

Africa: Another Year, Another Rise in Food Insecurity - Including Famine

Africa: Tanzanian Professor Janabi Nominated for WHO Africa Director

Sudan's Women 'Bear the Brunt of War As Maternal Deaths Surge'

Zimbabwe: Cloverdale Farm Evictees Living On Roadside After Demolitions, Blame Zanu-PF-Linked Land Barons for Illegally Allocating Them Stands