Africa News

Kenya awards contract to India's Adani group to build power lines

The concession is worth $1.3 billion

Canada to donate 'up to 200,000' doses of mpox vaccine

Donations aim to address inequity in vaccine access for African nations

US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa

The move comes as the US seeks to repair ties with Africa, where many are unhappy about Washington's support for Israel's war in Gaza and also to counter Chinese influence in Pacific Islands

Rich nations have millions of mpox shots as Africa's outbreak spreads; Will they share?

The shots have been stockpiled for years by countries such as Japan, the US and Canada in case smallpox ever makes a comeback

Striking Kenya airport staff to resume work

The union called on the government to scrap the plan to lease the airport to Adani

Kenya airport strike against Adani takeover disrupts flights

Union says strike would continue until the government scraps a plan to lease the airport to the Indian company

Kenyan court halts proposed Adani lease of country's main airport

Associations in the country have said the lease was unaffordable, threatened job losses, was a fiscal risk and did not offer taxpayers value for money

Malawi villagers cook toxic yams to survive drought

This year's drought is affecting 44% of the African country's crop area and up to 40% of its population of 20.4 million

Kenya starts DNA testing for school fire victims

The children perished after flames engulfed their dormitory at a boarding school in the central Nyeri county as they were sleeping on Thursday night

At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

The fuel truck collided with a vehicle carrying travellers and cattle