News

Do you have an idea for The New Times to cover? Submit it here!
News / Africa / More Articles
no image
Africa

Djibouti backs Morocco's decision to cut ties with Iran

Tuesday, May 08, 2018
On May 7 last year, exactly a year ago, he made another visit for treatment in London and returned home 103 days later. (Net photo)
Africa

Nigerian leader heading back to London for medical check

Tuesday, May 08, 2018
Tourists take pictures in Cape Town, South Africa. Net photo.
Africa

Africa’s fastest-growing destinations on Airbnb

Monday, May 07, 2018
The New Times
Africa

Kenya to spend $200M to boost reliability of energy grid

Monday, May 07, 2018
Uganda's ministry of health on Monday said cholera has broken out in the capital Kampala. (Net photo)
Africa

7 hospitalized as cholera breaks out in Uganda's capital

Monday, May 07, 2018
Staff members of Tunisian elections authorities count ballots at a counting center in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, May 6, 2018. (Net photo)
Africa

Early results show Islamist party Ennahda wins Tunisian municipal elections

Monday, May 07, 2018
Libya is a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants hoping to cross the Mediterranean toward European shores. (Net photo)
Africa

Libyan coast guard rescues 316 illegal migrants off western coast

Monday, May 07, 2018
Newborns. Net photo.
Africa

Nigerian lawmakers think paternity leave is a privilege men can’t afford yet

Sunday, May 06, 2018
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (R) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend a joint press conference in Khartoum, Sudan.
Africa

Sudan, Ethiopia pledge not to harm Egypt's water interests

Friday, May 04, 2018
Zanzibaru2019s Minister for health and social welfare, Hamad Rashid Mohammed interacts with the patients on the island.
Africa

Rare disease hits Zanzibar Isles

Friday, May 04, 2018
Zanzibaru2019s Minister for health and social welfare, Hamad Rashid Mohammed interacts with the patients on the island.
Africa

Break out of new disease threatens Zanzibar

Thursday, May 03, 2018
South African gold producers reached a class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners. (Net photo)
Africa

South Africa gold producers, gold miners reach silicosis settlement

Thursday, May 03, 2018
The agreement will allow the two sides to swap a total of 2.35 billion U.S. dollars. (Net photo)
Africa

China, Nigeria ink currency swap deal

Thursday, May 03, 2018
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) visits the 59th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Africa

Zimbabwean president urges officials to adopt new culture for economic growth

Wednesday, May 02, 2018
The New Times
Africa

Blast kills at least 24 in northeast Nigeria: police

Wednesday, May 02, 2018
People walk past a Safaricom shop in Nairobi. Net photo.
Africa

Kenya’s Safaricom wants to become a social network

Tuesday, May 01, 2018
A general view shows the Nairobi river flowing through the Huruma neighbourhood after a six-storey building collapse after days of heavy rain in Nairobi in 2016. Net photo.
Africa

Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 100 in Kenya – Red Cross

Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on a panel discussion with Mo Ibrahim during 2018 Ibrahim Governance weekend. Nadege Imbabazi.
Africa

Why I resigned as Ethiopian Prime Minister – Hailemariam

Sunday, April 29, 2018
One block at a time. Workers lay the recycled plastic-infused blocks in Ghana. Net photo.
Africa

How a Ghanaian entrepreneur uses recycled plastic to make cheaper roads and building blocks

Sunday, April 29, 2018
A Berber salesman sells Berber artefacts in a shop in Marrakesh in western Morocco. Net photo.
Africa

Morocco to introduce an Airbnb tax to protect local hotels

Saturday, April 28, 2018