A stampede at outside a football stadium has claimed eight lives during Malawi’s Independence Day celebrations on Thursday

A collapsed mine has killed 14 miners in Ghana’s Western Region on Monday, according to police.

The head of European Union’s election observer mission, Marietje Schaake, has stated that there are concerns over possible violence in Kenya’s presidential election next month.

According to the AP, the United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team's leader said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe donated $1m to the African Union (AU) Foundation to help end the "donor dependency syndrome" he said on Monday. President Mugabe had to auction 300 cattle from his herd worth $1m (N361,000,000.00) to raise money for the African Union (AU), and made donation of the money at the opening of the AU Heads of State Summit at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has donated $1 million to the African Union (AU), hoping to set an example for African countries to finance AU programs and wean it off funding from outside donors.