African News

Pope Francis is set to begin his tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan tomorrow. This is one of his religious activities he has been doing since he took over. He will visit the nations with a message of peace and reconciliation, which many hope will bring a much-needed stop to the conflicts in the nation.The ...

Gunmen opened fire on a group of people who appeared to be celebrating a birthday party in South Africa earlier on today. The police said that 8 people instantly died while three others were left wounded.The birthday celebrant is one of the 8 who died instantly in the mass shooting in Gqeberha, the former Port Elizabeth.“The owner of the house ...

Somali government forces have ended a more than five hours long al-Shabaab siege of the compound housing the Mogadishu mayor’s office. The ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said security forces shot dead six al-Shabaab fighters behind Sunday’s attack. Five civilians were killed and four others were injured, the statement added. The government said the al-Shabaab attackers arrived at the ...

Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, has fired the country’s director of public prosecutions, Steven Kayuni, for allegedly abusing his office to avenge what he saw as a personal slight. The President announced the dismissal during a televised national address Wednesday. Chakwera was reacting to the findings of a commission of inquiry he established last month to investigate the circumstances that led ...

A bomb blast in a church in Eastern DR Congo has killed at least 10 people and injured 39 others. The attack blamed on suspected Islamists happened yesterday. The specifics on the attack are a little hazy but reports say the attack happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province. After the bomb blast, authorities arrested a Kenyan at ...