Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness
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The world’s greatest places of 2025, according to TIME
The world’s greatest places of 2025, according to TIME
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US approves $5 billion loan to TotalEnergies for Mozambique gas project
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March 13, 2025
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Sudan's warring parties fueling world's 'most devastating' aid crisis, say aid officials
The conflict in Sudan has created the "largest and the most devastating humanitarian crisis in the world" as the warring parties lay siege to towns and
March 13, 2025
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UN: Sudan war is world's worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids
The head of the U.N. children's agency says the war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, with over 30 million people needing aid this year – 16 million of them children
March 13, 2025
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Namibia's cholera-free decade ends with one confirmed case
Namibia has confirmed the first case of cholera in ten years, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, adding that laboratory confirmation of the
March 13, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe
Anglo American begins consultation to cut jobs amid business overhaul
Anglo American has begun a consultation process in the United Kingdom and South Africa to cut jobs, amid a broader restructuring aimed at refocusing its operations on copper and iron ore
March 13, 2025
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They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama
Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran
March 12, 2025
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EU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates
European Union leaders have announced a 4.7 billion euro, or about $5.1 billion, investment package in South Africa to support green energy transition and vaccine production
March 13, 2025
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Congo weighs attending talks with M23 in Angola as rebels make demands
Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that Angola plans to host next week, two government
March 13, 2025
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Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn
Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the tensions have
March 13, 2025
Africa|Economy|Europe|Political|World
EU pledges 4.7 billion euros to South Africa as Trump brings them closer
European Union leaders announced a 4.7 billion euro ($5.10 billion) investment package during a visit to South Africa on Thursday, at a time when both are on
March 13, 2025
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US aid cuts are hurting Africa's ability to respond to disease outbreaks, health chief says
Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers to discuss other financing options
March 13, 2025
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Southern African bloc to withdraw troops from Congo in phases
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated the mandate of its troop deployment in the Democratic
March 13, 2025
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Arab states to keep talking with Trump envoy on Egypt's Gaza plan
Arab foreign ministers said on Wednesday they would continue consultations with U.S.
March 12, 2025
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Standard Bank forecasts double digit profit growth in medium-term
Standard Bank, Africa's biggest lender by assets, on Thursday forecast headline earnings per share (HEPS) growth of 8-12% over the medium term after its
March 13, 2025
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South Africa's budget may be tweaked further, finance minister says
South Africa's budget may be tweaked further as more talks between political parties will try to overcome differences over a contentious plan to raise value-added
March 13, 2025
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Ethiopia's Tigray regional government appeals for help after factional fighters seize key towns
The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized control of two major towns, leaving several people wounded and raising fears of a return to civil war
March 13, 2025
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Egypt appreciates Trump's decision not to displace Gazans
Egypt said on Thursday it appreciated U.S.
March 13, 2025
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South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid
Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living
March 12, 2025
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Congo and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator Angola says
Angola says the government of Congo and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks next week
March 12, 2025
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Accidents at giant Simandou iron ore project kill more than a dozen workers, prompting inquiry
A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara.
March 12, 2025
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Congo, M23 rebels to begin direct peace talks on March 18, Angola says
Direct peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will begin in the Angolan capital on March 18, Angola's presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.
March 12, 2025
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East African bloc urges South Sudan to free arrested officials
A bloc of East African nations on Wednesday called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift security restrictions as part of efforts to prevent recent
March 12, 2025
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Ethiopia's Tigray region urges federal intervention after town seized
Officials administering Ethiopia's Tigray region asked for federal help on Wednesday as a faction of the main regional party seized control of a town, stoking fears of a return
March 12, 2025
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South Africa's budget remains stuck as parties reject reduced VAT hike
A revised budget presented on Wednesday by South Africa's finance minister was immediately rejected by major political parties,
March 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology
African payments system PAPSS plans to launch FX market platform this year
A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform
March 12, 2025
Africa|Technology|World
Kenya-based content moderators mourn Nigerian colleague who 'was desperate to go home'
Technology workers in Kenya have held a vigil for a colleague who died in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two years
March 11, 2025
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Yemen's Houthi rebels say 'any Israeli vessel' in nearby Mideast waterways again a target
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned shippers that “any Israeli vessel” traveling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target as Israel continues to block aid to the Gaza Strip
March 12, 2025
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Judges finds a huge reduction in staff and funding would be legal at African development agency
A federal judge on Tuesday found that removing most grants and most staff from a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses would be legal
March 11, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|MidEast
IMF approves $1.2 billion for Egypt after fourth review
The International Monetary Fund approved the disbursement of $1.2 billion to Egypt following completion of the fourth review of the country's $8 billion economic reform programme,
March 11, 2025
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Only seven countries met WHO air quality standards in 2024, data shows
Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would
March 11, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Angola will attempt to broker direct talks between Congo and M23, presidency says
Angola said on Tuesday it would attempt to broker direct talks between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the coming days.
March 11, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Uganda says it has deployed troops in South Sudan capital
Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on Tuesday, but South Sudan's information minister denied the presence
March 11, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Countries, global health groups band together as US aid gaps threaten lives
Governments and global health groups are working to try to fill the most urgent gaps in the fight against diseases such as malaria and HIV,
March 11, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
16 are dead and dozens are hurt after a bus flips on a highway in South Africa
A bus lost control and flipped on a highway early Tuesday near Johannesburg’s international airport, killing 16 as some were thrown from the vehicle
March 11, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strands drugs in warehouse
The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of
March 11, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South African lender Absa forecasts mid-single digit revenue growth
South African lender Absa forecast mid-single digit revenue growth for 2025 and fewer bad loans following a 10% jump in its annual profit, driven by improved
March 11, 2025
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US cuts force UN rights office to shut some work, including for Iraq torture victims
The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its projects, forcing it to shut some programmes
March 11, 2025
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Nigeria to appoint ambassadors, 18 months after worldwide recall, sources say
Nigeria's government has started vetting potential candidates to lead its more than 100 diplomatic missions, with appointments expected "very soon", 18 months after
March 11, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation
March 11, 2025
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JPMorgan downgrades South African equities on economic slowdown concerns
J.P.Morgan on Tuesday downgraded South African equities to "neutral" from "overweight," citing concerns over an economic slowdown and the effectiveness of the country's policy reforms.
March 11, 2025
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Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
March 11, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo ex-president Kabila's allies questioned by military prosecutor
Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila appeared before a military prosecutor on Monday in a sign of political tensions over advances by
March 10, 2025
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India's Modi to back Mauritius sovereignty over Chagos, upgrade security ties
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after U.S.
March 10, 2025
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Nigeria's anti-graft agency recovers nearly $500 million in one year
Nigeria's economic crimes commission said it recovered nearly $500 million in proceeds of crime last year and secured more than 4,000 criminal convictions, its highest since the
March 10, 2025
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BRICS' climate leadership aims hang on healing deep divides
Ambitions by the BRICS group to take on a greater climate leadership role, building on success last month at United Nations nature talks, depend on the countries
March 10, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
US open to minerals partnerships with Democratic Republic of Congo
The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted U.S.
March 09, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Islamic State-linked rebels in fresh attack in eastern Congo kill 9 villagers
Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east
March 09, 2025
Africa|Political|World
US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting
The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north
March 09, 2025
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Israel, Hamas signal readiness for next ceasefire talks as mediators push for progress
Israel and Hamas signaled on Saturday they were preparing for the next phase of ceasefire negotiations, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend
March 08, 2025
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International Women's Day protests demand equal rights and an end to discrimination, sexual violence
Women have taken to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence
March 08, 2025
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South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace - U.N. rights body
Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of several
March 08, 2025
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South Africa rejects Musk claim Starlink can't operate there because he's not Black
South Africa on Friday rejected a claim by multibillionaire Elon Musk that his Starlink satellite company could not operate in the
March 07, 2025
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Guinea-Bissau to hold presidential and legislative vote on November 23
Guinea-Bissau on Friday set November 23 for its presidential and legislative elections, according to a presidential decree.
March 07, 2025
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South Africa rejects 'megaphone diplomacy' as Trump backs funding cut
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March 07, 2025
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Soldier returns from deployment and surprises children at school
Soldier returns from deployment and surprises children at school
March 07, 2025
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Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's White Nile State
Nearly 100 people have died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State
March 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
South Africa's defence minister: Congo troop deployment to be relooked at
South Africa's defence minister said there was a need to "relook at" a Southern African mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, where troops from several countries including
March 07, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
General among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter evacuation in South Sudan
A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed on Friday when a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the
March 07, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Mob attacks surge in rebel-held east Congo city Bukavu
At least 11 people were killed in attacks over the past day in the rebel-held Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu as vigilante violence rises following the army's withdrawal,
March 07, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political
Italy government furious as court orders compensation for sea migrant
An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to compensation, Italy's top appeals court
March 07, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Nigeria to receive leprosy drugs after a year-long delay
The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year
March 07, 2025
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Nine Egyptians freed after 19 months in Sudanese captivity
By Mohamed Ezz FAYOUM, Egypt - Nine Egyptians freed after being held for 19 months by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces arrived in Egypt to celebrations on Thursday morning as the Sudanese
March 07, 2025
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UN says 186 missing and at least 2 dead after migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti
The United Nations migration agency says four migrant boats have capsized in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, leaving two people dead and 186 missing
March 07, 2025
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Congo refugees pour into Burundi, conditions dire, says UN
Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its largest such influx in decades, with conditions dire at a crammed stadium camp
March 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Ukraine's Zelenskiy to visit South Africa for talks in April
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold talks in South Africa with President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 10, Ramaphosa's spokesman said on Friday, as the Ukrainian
March 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials in threat to peace deal
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar, Machar's spokesperson said on
March 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South Africa's net foreign reserves rise to $61.733 billion in February
South Africa's net foreign reserves rose to $61.733 billion at the end of February from $61.328 billion in January, central bank data showed on Friday.
March 07, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 14 as new cluster emerges, posing a challenge to health workers
Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease
March 06, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|US
Judge stops immediate shutdown of small US agency for African development
A judge has barred the Trump administration from immediately moving to shut down a small federal agency that supports investment in African countries
March 06, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Netherlands discusses extradition request for cocaine kingpin Leijdekkers with Sierra Leone
Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said on Thursday that he spoke over the phone with his Sierra Leone counterpart Alpha Sesay about the Dutch extradition request for European
March 06, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo ex-president holds talks on political outlook amid rebellion, sources say
Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future as Rwanda-backed rebels seize
March 06, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan launches case against United Arab Emirates at World Court
Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its
March 06, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology
Microsoft to invest $300 million more in South Africa's AI infrastructure
Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($296.81 million) by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in
March 06, 2025
Africa|Science|World
Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
A new study says early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago
March 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|Food|MidEast
Egypt and EU agree 90 million euro deal to boost food security
Egypt and the European Commission have signed a 90 million euro ($93.9 million) soft funding agreement to enhance food security, the Egyptian ministry of international cooperation said on
March 03, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Political|World
World must stick to climate goals despite US, UK envoy says
The world must carry on pursuing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions outlined in the Paris Agreement, despite the United States' withdrawal, Britain's climate
March 06, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN releases emergency aid reserves after 'brutal' cuts from donors
The United Nations has released $110 million from an emergency fund to help neglected crises around the world, including Sudan, after donors like the United States ordered major
March 06, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South African lender FirstRand expects marginally higher second-half profit
South Africa's FirstRand Ltd on Thursday forecast marginally higher second-half earnings than the 10% growth it reported in the first half, but net interest
March 06, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Lesotho insulted after Trump says nobody has heard of the country
Lesotho's foreign minister said on Wednesday he was shocked and insulted by U.S.
March 05, 2025
Africa|Science|World
Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools. They’re trying to determine who made them
Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools. They’re trying to determine who made them
March 05, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|Technology|US|World
Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho. But Musk is trying to do business in the African nation
U.S. President Donald Trump says no one has ever heard of Lesotho
March 05, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Mozambique police fire on opposition march, leader's location unknown
Mozambican police fired on supporters of opposition leader Venancio Mondlane marching in the capital Maputo on Wednesday, injuring at least 10
March 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Ghana consumer inflation slows for second month in February
Ghana's consumer inflation rate slowed for the second month in a row in February, to an annual 23.1% from 23.5% in January,
March 05, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested
South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overran an army base
March 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Kenya's private sector growth holds steady in February, outlook dim
Kenya's private sector held steady in February, expanding at a similar pace to the previous month, a survey showed on Wednesday.
March 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
South Africa's business downturn eases in February, PMI shows
Business activity in South Africa continued to weaken in February, but the pace of contraction slowed compared with the start of the year, a survey showed on Wednesday.
March 05, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Germany stops new aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict
Germany said on Tuesday it had halted new development aid to Rwanda and was reviewing its existing commitments in response to the African nation's role in the conflict in
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Middle East latest: Arab leaders approve a counterproposal to Trump's postwar Gaza plan
A summit of Arab leaders in Cairo have approved Egypt’s plan to rebuild Gaza without expelling the Palestinians
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera'
Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion and avoid
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt's Sisi meets Syria's Sharaa in Cairo for first time
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, for the first time on the sidelines of the summit held to discuss Gaza's reconstruction in Cairo on
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Israel criticizes Cairo Arab summit outcome, Hamas welcomes it
Israel criticized a plan put forward by Arab states for Gaza's reconstruction on Tuesday, while Palestinian militant group Hamas welcomed it.
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Trial of Tunisian opposition leaders postponed
The trial of prominent opposition figures in Tunisia who have been accused of conspiring against the state was postponed on Tuesday until April 11 by the judge, who
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Arab summit adopts Egyptian Gaza reconstruction plan
An Arab summit convened in Cairo on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said during a closing statement.
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan's RSF and allies formalise vision for parallel government
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied groups signed a transitional constitution on Tuesday that takes them a step closer to setting up a parallel government during a two-year
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Palestinian president welcomes Egyptian plan to rebuild Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he welcomed an Egyptian plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip and urged U.S.
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Newly appointed rebel authorities in eastern Congo bury blast victims
Twelve victims of a deadly blast at a rally last week in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were laid to rest on Tuesday in a ceremony organized by newly appointed rebel
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Moroccan activist defending quake victims gets jail sentence
A Moroccan appeals court on Tuesday increased a jail sentence to one year against Moroccan activist Said Ait Mehdi, who led protests criticizing the government
March 04, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Migrants rescued from energy platform off Tunisia after four days, charity says
A charity vessel has rescued more than 30 migrants including two children who had been stranded for four days on a gas platform in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, the Sea-
March 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political
Norway to extradite man to Rwanda for trial on murder charges in 1994 genocide
Norway will extradite a man to Rwanda on the East African country's request, to stand trial on charges of committing murder during the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Norwegian police
March 04, 2025
Africa|Food|Health|World
Extra 1 million people could be engulfed in Somalia hunger crisis, WFP says
One million more people in Somalia could face crisis levels of hunger in coming months due to a forecast drought during the next crop cycle, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt’s Gaza plan excludes Hamas from future governance
Egypt’s Gaza plan excludes Hamas from future governance
March 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Arab summit draft communique adopts Egyptian plan for Gaza
An Arab summit draft communique on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for Gaza's future and called on the international community and financial institutions to provide support for the
March 04, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Rwanda asking UK for $63 million over cancelled asylum deal, source says
Rwanda is asking Britain for a 50 million-pound ($63.62 million) payment over a cancelled asylum deal, a source close to the government in Kigali said on Tuesday, after London
March 04, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Food
South Africa's Shoprite expands grocery online delivery to lower-income customers
Shoprite Holdings will expand its on-demand grocery delivery service to its namesake discount stores, stepping up a turf war for South Africa's low-income
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Infants as young as one raped in Sudan, UNICEF says
Children under five, including babies, are among victims of sexual violence in the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support
March 04, 2025
Africa|Election|Political
Guinea-Bissau president to run for second term, backtracking on vow to step down
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially stoking tensions
March 04, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
South Africa sees modest Q4 growth on recovery in agriculture
South Africa's economy returned to modest growth in the fourth quarter of last year, helped by a recovery in agricultural output after the sector triggered a
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children's agency says
The U.N. children’s agency says children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024 and that sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war
March 04, 2025
Africa|Americas|Political|World
Rwanda says Canada export permit, business suspension over Congo war 'shameful'
Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was "shameful", adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not
March 04, 2025
Africa|Business|Crime|Food|MidEast|World
How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M's is smuggled from war-torn Sudan
Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says
Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says
March 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
East Congo rebels abduct at least 130 hospital patients, UN says
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the city of Goma last week, the United Nations said on
March 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Israeli fire kills two Palestinians in Gaza amid impasse over ceasefire
Israeli fire killed at least two people in Rafah and wounded three others in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, raising fears among Palestinians that the ceasefire
March 03, 2025
Africa|Economy|Food|Political|World
UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts
The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts
March 03, 2025
Africa|Economy|Election|Political|World
Gabon's military leader announces he will run in April presidential election
Gabon’s military leader has announced that he will run as a candidate in the oil-rich central African nation’s presidential election set for April 12
March 03, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Gabon interim president Nguema will run in April presidential election
Gabon's interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who turned 50 on Monday, announced his decision to run as a candidate in the Central African nation's presidential election set for
March 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment|Food
As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew
Earth's warming climate is causing problems for big coffee producers everywhere and some are looking to a rarely cultivated species that may stand up better to drought and heat
February 28, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
With Gaza tensions high, Egyptians and Israelis warn of a new war
With Gaza tensions high, Egyptians and Israelis warn of a new war
March 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|World
UN food agency shuts Southern Africa bureau during drought, citing low funding
The United Nations World Food Programme, which relies on the U.S. for nearly half its budget, is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to funding constraints
March 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast
Sonatrach and Saudi Aramco cut March LPG prices by 1-3%
Saudi Aramco and Algeria's Sonatrach have cut March's official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 0.9-3.2% from the previous month because of lower oil prices and
March 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Ghana lawmakers reintroduce anti-LGBTQ legislation
Ghanaian lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would become one of Africa's most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, three sponsors told
March 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Congo army desertion trials spotlight a force in tatters
Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel last week to stand trial for crimes including rape and
March 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Food
South Africa's RCL Foods posts profit surge, resumes dividends
South African food producer RCL Foods reported a 38.8% rise in half-year earnings on Monday and declared its first interim dividend in two years, sending its
March 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
South African manufacturing sentiment worsens further, Absa PMI shows
South African manufacturers reported a continued deterioration in business conditions in February, a local purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey showed on Monday.
March 03, 2025
Africa|Environment|Travel|World
'Wildlife corridors' are encouraged to support Kenya's recovering animal populations
As nations mark World Wildlife Day, conservationists in Kenya are warning of shrinking wildlife spaces in a country that generates substantial revenue from wildlife tourism
March 03, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates
Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the
March 01, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo threatened to expel a political mission sent to his country by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), the political and
March 02, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|US|World
Trump wants to protect South Africa’s White farmers. But potential changes to trade privileges would hurt them
Trump wants to protect South Africa’s White farmers. But potential changes to trade privileges would hurt them
March 02, 2025
Africa|Business|Finance|MidEast|Stock Markets
Saudi bourse extends losses on lacklustre earnings; Egypt gains
Saudi Arabia's stock market ended lower on Sunday, extending losses for a fourth session, amid disappointing corporate earnings, while Egypt's stock index was buoyed by
March 02, 2025
Africa|Economy|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt says Gaza reconstruction plan ready, pushes efforts for ceasefire's second phase
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Sunday that Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan, which ensures Palestinians remain in their land,
March 02, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Mauritius prime minister says Trump comments on Chagos deal positive
Mauritius' Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has described as "positive" U.S.
March 02, 2025
Africa|Health|World
A child dies of Ebola in Uganda, raising concern over disease surveillance in outbreak
The World Health Organization says a 4-year-old child has become the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda
March 01, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries
March 01, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Hamas rejects Israel's 'formulation' of extending first Gaza ceasefire phase
Hamas said on Saturday that it rejected Israel's "formulation" of extending the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, on the day the first stage of the deal was set to expire.
March 01, 2025
Africa|Americas|Health|Political|World
USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding
March 01, 2025
Africa|Environment|Europe|World
Four dead after cyclone Garance hits French island of La Reunion
At least four people died after cyclone Garance struck the French overseas territory of La Reunion on Friday, bringing wind speeds of up to 155 kph (96 mph), local authorities said
March 01, 2025
Africa|Political|World
African leaders gather for funeral of Namibia's 'founding father' Sam Nujoma
African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who challenged
March 01, 2025
Africa|Americas|Political|World
Jamaican government urged to 'fully decolonise' with bill to ditch King Charles
Many Jamaicans want their country to ditch King Charles as head of state but a bill presented by the government to do just that has
March 01, 2025
Africa|Health|World
WHO says water contamination is suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness
The World Health Organization says that authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated
February 28, 2025
Africa|Asia|MidEast|World
Bodies of 12 Pakistani migrants who died in boat sinking have been repatriated
Officials say the bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya’s coast have been repatriated to Pakistan
February 28, 2025
Africa|Environment|Political|World
Three dead as cyclone Garance hits French island of La Reunion
At least three people died when cyclone Garance slammed into the French overseas territory of La Reunion on Friday with wind speeds of up
February 28, 2025
Africa|Sports
Dale Whitnell makes two holes-in-one in same round at South African Open
Dale Whitnell has made two holes-in-one in a round that started with him worrying about just making the cut at the South African Open
February 28, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Malawi lowers 2025 growth forecast as inflation spurs protests
Malawi's government trimmed its economic growth forecast for this year in its annual budget on Friday as disgruntled citizens protested in major cities over rising
February 28, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France's Macron concerned about author Sansal's detention in Algeria
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was concerned about the detention and the health of Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal in Algeria, and added that it was time to
February 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo and rebels trade blame for deadly blasts at rally
Democratic Republic of Congo's government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels traded blame on Friday for explosions at a rally in the rebel-held eastern city of Bukavu that killed 13 people and
February 28, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudanese army ally claims major interception of RSF military supplies
Forces fighting alongside Sudan's army said on Friday they had intercepted a substantial quantity of military supplies from a convoy destined for the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
February 28, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
UK development minister quits over PM Starmer's cut to aid budget
British international development minister Anneliese Dodds resigned on Friday in a surprise move triggered by Prime Minister Keir Starmer's
February 28, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
It's been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday
February 28, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan parallel government offers route to diplomatic leverage and arms for RSF
A parallel government being set up by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) aims to grab diplomatic legitimacy from its army-led rival and ease access to advanced weaponry
February 28, 2025
Africa|Environment|Europe|World
Tropical cyclone smashes into French Indian Ocean island, bringing 100-mile-an-hour winds
Tropical cyclone smashes into French Indian Ocean island, bringing 100-mile-an-hour winds
February 28, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Israel wants to extend first phase of Gaza truce by six weeks, Egyptian security sources say
An Israeli delegation in Cairo aims to negotiate to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal by an additional 42 days, two Egyptian security sources said on Friday.
February 28, 2025
Africa|Election|Political
Namibia's top court dismisses opposition election challenge
Namibia's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a challenge against last year's presidential election brought by opposition parties, clearing the way for the ruling
February 28, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
ArcelorMittal South Africa to cease long steel production by April
ArcelorMittal South Africa will cease long steel production by April this year after discussions with the government failed to avert the plant's closure, the company said on Friday.
February 28, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Food|MidEast|World
Morocco urges people to not buy sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations
With Morocco’s sheep herds dwindling at an alarming rate, King Mohammed VI made a rare break with tradition by urging families to forgo buying sheep to sacrifice during the upcoming Eid Al-Adha
February 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Senegal has signed a deal with separatist rebels. But will it end one of Africa's longest conflicts?
Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed rebellion has been raging for over 40 years over calls for independence
February 27, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France's Macron urges Reunion residents to stay safe in face of approaching cyclone
French President Emmanuel Macron urged residents on the French overseas territory of Reunion to hunker down on Thursday as a cyclone barrelled toward the Indian Ocean island.
February 27, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|US|World
Trump says he is likely to accept UK deal on Chagos Islands
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was inclined to back a deal between Britain and Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-UK military base in the Chagos
February 27, 2025
Africa|Asia|Economy|Finance
BOJ chief warns of strong global uncertainty due to US tariffs
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday warned of "very strong" uncertainty on the global economic outlook that required vigilance in setting monetary policy
February 27, 2025
Africa|Americas|Health|Political|US|World
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
U.S.-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such
February 27, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds
Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people
February 27, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
South African president slams Afrikaner lobby group's White House visit
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed a visit by a lobby group for the country’s white minority Afrikaner community to the White House this week
February 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Blasts kill 11 at rally in eastern Congo, rebels say
Explosions killed 11 people and wounded 65 at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, the leader of the rebel alliance said, blaming President Felix
February 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders' rally, rebels say
At least 11 people have been killed and scores injured in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu where explosions struck a rally held by leaders of the M23 rebel group that took control of the city earlier this month
February 27, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|Political|World
G20 finance meeting ends without consensus or communique
South Africa voiced dismay on Thursday that Group of 20 talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus, after
February 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Blasts at M23 rally in eastern Congo kill 11, wound 65, rebel leader says
Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 people and wounded 65 others, Corneille Nangaa, head of the rebel alliance
February 27, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Trump's ending of 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts slams programs around the world
Health groups and non-governmental organizations have expressed surprise and outrage and say many humanitarian programs will collapse after the Trump administration’s decision to cut 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts
February 27, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|World
Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say
Growing external debt burdens are crippling the world's poorest countries, a group of former African leaders warned on Thursday as they pushed for a new
February 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan
The U.N. human rights chief warned of the risk of a further escalation of the war in Sudan on Thursday and said that there was a growing risk of deaths from starvation on a wide
February 27, 2025
Africa|Environment|MidEast|Science|World
Cleopatra’s birthplace sees ‘dramatic surge’ in building collapses as sea level rises, study shows
Cleopatra’s birthplace sees ‘dramatic surge’ in building collapses as sea level rises, study shows
February 27, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
South African leader wants to do a deal with Trump to resolve dispute
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he wanted to "do a deal" with U.S.
February 27, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|MidEast
Growth outlook slows again and 'peace dividend' fades, EBRD says
Weak external demand and the impact of conflicts slowed economic growth again in countries covered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),
February 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Ethiopia's Abiy visits Somalia, holds talks with President Mohamud
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday to hold discussions with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's presidency said,
February 27, 2025
Africa|Arts|World
Nigeria's museum agrees with royal ruler on custody of Benin Bronzes
Nigeria's national museum
February 26, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Hamas hands over bodies of four hostages, Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight
February 26, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|MidEast|Political|World
Drought-hit Morocco asks citizens not to slaughter sheep on Eid al-Adha
King Mohammed VI of Morocco asked Moroccans on Wednesday to abstain from performing the rite of slaughtering sheep on Eid al-Adha this year due to a drop in the
February 26, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|Economy|Finance
Japan's top currency diplomat sees no disparity between yen rise, solid economy
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Wednesday he did not see any disparity between recent rises in the yen and a slew of positive economic data
February 26, 2025
Africa|Health|World
What we know about the illnesses that have sickened over 400 people and killed more than 50 in Congo
Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick
February 26, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
France threatens to review Algeria migration pact in row over deportations
France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who are
February 26, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan's RSF operating drones from Darfur base, pictures show
Satellite images show at least three drones and the construction of hangars at an airport in South Darfur held by Sudan's Rapid
February 26, 2025
Africa|Environment|World
More than 100 firefighters battle blazes on South Africa's Table Mountain in Cape Town
More than 100 firefighters are battling two blazes on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain
February 26, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Political|US
UK's Reeves says trade with US can flow amid Trump tariff threats
British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she was confident that U.S.-UK trade and investment would not be derailed as President Donald Trump
February 26, 2025
Africa|Food|Political|World
UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of half a million people
The United Nations’ food agency says it has paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country’s warring sides
February 26, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Guinea-Bissau opposition vows to 'paralyse' country in election timing row
Guinea-Bissau's opposition has vowed to bring the West African country to a standstill on Thursday in a dispute over when the five-year mandate of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo
February 26, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Putin hosts Guinea-Bissau leader as Russia builds Africa ties
President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, the latest sign of a drive by Moscow to build up economic and
February 26, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Political|World
South Africa's G20 presidency to prioritise climate finance
South Africa's G20 presidency this year will prioritise efforts to help developing countries finance their shift to a low-carbon economy, President Cyril
February 26, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Finance|Political|World
No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty
South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several leading economies skipped
February 26, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46
Sudanese officials say the death toll from a military plane crash in the city of Omdurman has increased to at least 46 people, including women and children
February 26, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Hamas says next swap deal with Israel will use 'new mechanism'
Palestinian group Hamas said on Wednesday an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the bodies of Israeli hostages would take place through "a new mechanism" that guaranteed Israel's
February 26, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Finance|Political|World
The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have gathered in South Africa for a two-day meeting
February 26, 2025
Africa|Business|Political|Travel
Nigeria to automate short stay visa approval process
Nigeria is automating its electronic visa approval and issuance process in an effort to boost travel and business, the interior minister said.
February 26, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda sanctions will undermine push for Congo peace talks, proscribed minister says
International sanctions against Rwanda will reduce the incentive for Kinshasa to engage in peace talks with M23 rebels who have made lightning advances in eastern Congo this year,
February 26, 2025
Africa|Business|Political|US|World
Trump ends US initiative to boost electricity access in Africa, Bloomberg News reports
An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by U.S.
February 26, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance
South Africa inflation edges up in first release since basket update
South African inflation edged up in January in the first release since the statistics agency updated its consumer price basket, but the headline rate
February 26, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Haiti gangs launch deadly attack on capital's Delmas neighborhood
Armed gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti's capital before dawn on Tuesday, killing residents in the Delmas 30 neighborhood and
February 26, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers
The Botswana government has signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company after seven years of negotiations
February 25, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Congo weighs cobalt export quotas to revive prices amid supply glut
The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering introducing cobalt export quotas as the world's biggest supplier of the battery metal seeks to
February 25, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
UK suspends some financial aid to Rwanda over violence in eastern Congo as rebels dig in
U.K. authorities are punishing Rwanda over its support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo
February 25, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Eastern and Southern African blocs weigh deployment to eastern Congo
Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now under M23 rebel control, according
February 25, 2025
Africa|Health|World
A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick
Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks
February 24, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in Sudan are 'unbearable,' an aid group says
An international aid worker says all roads around Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur are blocked and the security situation there has become “unbearable.”
February 25, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt rejects proposals to displace Palestinians
Egypt rejects proposals to displace the Palestinian people in order to not "liquidate" the Palestinian cause and to avoid threatening the national security of countries in the region
February 25, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|World
Debt crisis hits new highs in developing nations, relief deal needed, says UN
The debt crisis facing the world's poorest economies is reaching new highs and debt servicing is eating up a growing share of revenues at
February 25, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Botswana, De Beers sign long-delayed diamonds deal
Botswana's government on Tuesday signed a long-delayed 10-year diamonds sales agreement with Anglo American unit De Beers adding a possible extension period of five
February 25, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
South African central bank governor says trade and tax policies pose inflation risks
Global trade tensions and a potential value-added tax hike in South Africa could derail two years of slowing inflation, the country's central bank governor said
February 25, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
UK to suspend bilateral aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict
Britain on Tuesday said it would pause some bilateral aid to Rwanda and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali over its role in the conflict in neighbouring
February 25, 2025
Africa|Americas|Education|Health
Women sew feminine care products for girls around the world
Women sew feminine care products for girls around the world
February 25, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|World
The main ingredients in Sierra Leone's kush are synthetic opioids and cannabinoids, report finds
A new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years
February 25, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
A police union in Haiti demands more protection after gangs kill a Kenyan police officer
Haitian police officers are demanding better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan police officer who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Caribbean country
February 24, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UK will impose sanctions on Rwanda 'soon' in response to Congo conflict
Britain will introduce sanctions soon against Rwanda over fighting in neighbouring Congo, a minister in the UK Foreign Office told Reuters on Monday.
February 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Morocco foils attacks by cell loyal to Islamic State
Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks against national and international targets in the country by a 12-member cell loyal to
February 24, 2025
Africa|Political|World
More pressure on Rwanda as Congo says rebel uprising has killed over 7,000 people this year
Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region
February 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rwanda’s Kabarebe, sanctioned by US over ties to Congo rebels, is Kagame's 'hatchet man'
When Rwanda's ex-spy chief Patrick Karegeya was murdered in South Africa in 2014, his former brother-in-arms James Kabarebe was blunt: "When you choose to
February 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
A witchcraft case involving Zambia's president brings scrutiny of a colonial-era law and traditions
Two men are on trial in Zambia on charges of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country’s president
February 24, 2025
Africa|Business|Europe|Finance|Technology
Prosus to buy Just Eat to create a European food delivery 'champion'
Dutch technology investor Prosus has agreed to buy Just Eat Takewaway.com for 4.1 billion euros ($4.3 billion) to create a "European tech
February 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Children face lethal violence, rape in east Congo war
As Rwanda-backed rebels closed in on eastern Congo's largest city, retreating army soldiers barged into Suzanne Amisi Wilonja's home near the airport to loot, firing indiscriminately and
February 24, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Fighting in Congo has killed 7,000 since January, DRC prime minister says
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of
February 24, 2025
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy|MidEast|World
Somali pirates have used the Red Sea Crisis and war in Gaza to stage a return
Somali pirates have used the Red Sea Crisis and war in Gaza to stage a return
February 22, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
MSF pulls out of famine-stricken camp in Sudan's Darfur due to heavy fighting
Medical charity MSF has been forced to suspend its activities in a famine-stricken camp in Sudan's North Darfur because of heavy fighting in the area, it said on Monday.
February 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Kenyan police officer sent to Haiti to help rein in violent gangs is killed in fighting
Kenyan authorities say one of their officers sent to Haiti to help rein in violent gangs was killed in an operation in the countryside
February 24, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Sudan’s military breaks paramilitary group's siege of crucial city
Sudan's miliary says it has broken a paramilitary group's yearlong siege of the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in their nearly two years of war
February 23, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo's president says he'll create a unity government as violence spreads
Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis
February 23, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan's army makes key advances after RSF signs political charter
Sudan's army said on Sunday it had seized back control of the town of el-Gitaina, just south of the capital, from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and broken the paramilitary group's
February 23, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter to form parallel government, two signatories say
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces signed a charter with allied political and armed groups late on Saturday to establish a "government of peace and unity", signatories al-
February 22, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo president plans unity government in response to eastern crisis
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi will launch a unity government, his spokesperson said on Saturday, as he faces domestic pressure over his handling of an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23
February 22, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Hundreds of Congolese police join rebels in occupied city
Crowds of Congolese police officers who switched to the M23 rebel group sang and clapped in occupied Bukavu city on Saturday, preparing for retraining under the authority of the Rwandan-
February 22, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say
Health officials in Sudan say a cholera outbreak in a southern city has killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days
February 22, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo
Rwanda's government has asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo
February 20, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
US top diplomat Rubio, Kenyan president call for ceasefire in eastern Congo
U.S.
February 22, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Arab leaders in Riyadh discuss 'Palestinian cause' and Gaza developments
Arab leaders discussed on Friday the joint efforts supporting "the Palestinian cause" and Gaza developments, during an informal meeting in Riyadh attended by Gulf states, Egypt and
February 21, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo frees opposition leader and former president's ally Kabund
Democratic Republic of Congo has freed an opposition leader and the president's former right-hand man, Jean-Marc Kabund, his lawyer said on Friday, ending his imprisonment on
February 21, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN Security Council calls on Rwanda to pull troops from Congo
The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on Rwanda's military to stop supporting the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
February 21, 2025
Africa|Environment|World
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history
An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert
February 20, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Influx of 40,000 fleeing Congo war worsens Burundi humanitarian plight, UN says
Burundi is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian situation as more than 40,000 people have fled there in two weeks to escape fighting in eastern Democratic
February 21, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|World
China's Norinco sweetens bid for Congo copper mines as deal stalls, sources say
China North Industries Corp, known as Norinco, has offered to adjust its offer to buy copper and cobalt assets owned by Chemaf SA by raising the Congo
February 21, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|US|World
US aid freeze sows disruption in HIV, malaria product supply chains
The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and
February 21, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Ugandan opposition politician charged with treason
A Ugandan magistrates' court charged detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye with treason on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's pleas that he be transferred to hospital to help
February 21, 2025
Africa|Finance|Political|US|World
UK foreign secretary questions Russia's 'appetite' for peace and challenges Lavrov at tense G20 meet
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa
February 20, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is charged with treason, which carries the death penalty
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason, in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from allegations he plotted to remove the country’s long-time leader by force
February 21, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
A U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of HIV-positive orphans at Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi
February 21, 2025
Africa|Asia|Political|World
China backs Trump's Ukraine peace bid at G20 as US allies rally behind Zelenskiy
China came out in support of U.S.
February 20, 2025
Africa|Americas|Environment|Europe|Political|World
Green Climate Fund approves $687 million in investments
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world's largest fund helping developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change, said on Friday it had approved $686.8
February 21, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|US|World
EU's Kallas warns against Ukraine talks giving in to Russian aggression
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday that interactions between the United States and Russia showed Moscow had
February 20, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Tunisian judge releases prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb
A Tunisian judge on Thursday released prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb, a critic of President Kais Saied, his lawyer told Reuters, a move the opposition hopes will lead to the
February 20, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Congo army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with
February 20, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
UK's Lammy sees no Russian appetite for peace with Ukraine at G20
British Foreign Minister David Lammy said on Thursday he saw no appetite from Russia for peace with Ukraine after listening to his Russian counterpart Sergei
February 20, 2025
Africa|Business|Political|Sports|World
Rwanda says DRC criticism of Arsenal, Bayern and PSG deals threatens regional peace
Rwanda on Thursday described recent criticism of its Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain sponsorship deals by the Democratic Republic of Congo's foreign
February 20, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Nigeria keeps benchmark interest rate steady as inflation seen falling gradually
Nigeria's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday after six hikes last year, saying that it was reassured by
February 20, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
G20 foreign ministers gather amid tensions over trade, Ukraine
Foreign ministers from the G20 top economies met in South Africa on Thursday, amid tensions between members over the Ukraine war,
February 20, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Niger commission recommends 5-year transition to democratic rule
A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following national discussions, officials said.
February 20, 2025
Africa|Americas|Europe|Political|World
Caribbean leader tells EU chief: Apologise and pay reparations for slavery
Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European
February 20, 2025
Africa|Finance|Political|US|World
US Treasury's Bessent to skip G20 meeting in South Africa
U.S.
February 19, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease
February 19, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in the wider region
February 19, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
US top diplomat Rubio speaks to Angola about conflict in eastern Congo
U.S.
February 19, 2025
Africa|Arts|MidEast|Science|World
Tomb of ancient Egyptian king unearthed in ‘remarkable’ discovery
Tomb of ancient Egyptian king unearthed in ‘remarkable’ discovery
February 19, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo has asked Chad for military support to help fight rebels, sources say
Democratic Republic of Congo has asked Chad for military support to help fight a spiralling insurgency by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in its eastern provinces, a Chadian
February 19, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Barrick Gold signs agreement with Mali to end mining dispute
Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over its
February 19, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rebel advance causes panic in Congolese border town Uvira
Volleys of gunfire rang out in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern border town of Uvira on Wednesday, local sources said, as clashes broke out among allied forces amid the advance of
February 19, 2025
Africa|Asia|Health|Political|US|World
U.S. aid freeze 'decimates' life-saving work globally, survey finds
Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with
February 19, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President Felix Tshisekedi's
February 19, 2025
Africa|Asia|Crime|World
Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion
Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were sustained during their time in one of
February 19, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congolese church leaders push for peace talks between government, rebels
Congolese religious leaders are aiming to organise peace talks that would bring President Felix Tshisekedi's government, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and exiled
February 19, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
South Africa's white farmers would be among victims if Trump ends growth bill
Donald Trump's axing of aid to South Africa, in response to land reform policies he says will harm its white minority, has raised fears a trade deal may be next,
February 19, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Italy arrests drug traffickers who used migrants as couriers, police say
Twenty-seven people have been arrested in a pan-European raid against two drug trafficking groups, one of which used migrants as couriers, Italy's Carabinieri police said on Wednesday
February 19, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt says Gaza should be rebuilt without displacing Palestinians
Egypt's president called on the international community on Wednesday to adopt a plan to rebuild war-torn Gaza without displacing Palestinians, after a proposal by U.S.
February 19, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Suspected Somali pirates seize a new Yemeni fishing boat in second recent attack
Suspected Somali pirates have seized another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa
February 19, 2025
Africa|Arts|Europe|World
Netherlands to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands has agreed to return more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to Africa, the Dutch embassy in
February 19, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Spain arrests crew of migrant boat after eight deaths, including baby
Spanish police have arrested seven crew members of a crammed migrant boat that arrived in the Canary Islands in December from Senegal over the alleged killing of eight passengers,
February 19, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|Political|World
African leaders approve creation of financial stability fund
African leaders have approved the establishment of a continental financial stability fund, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said, a move
February 18, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Uganda discharges all eight Ebola patients, health minister says
Uganda has discharged eight people after they recovered from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine, its health minister said.
February 19, 2025
Africa|Crime|Environment|World
Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal big cat trade and threaten lion’s survival in West Africa
The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa
February 18, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Burundi troops withdraw in eastern Congo as M23 rebels expand reach, sources say
Burundi is withdrawing its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they had been fighting against M23 rebels, four sources said on Tuesday, in a further blow to Congo's army
February 18, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo
Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo
February 18, 2025
Africa|Political|World
As Congo army retreats from Bukavu, children pick up guns and get killed
Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance in eastern Congo, the U.N. said
February 18, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Police in Haiti name former senator among suspects facing arrest over deadly gang attacks
A former senator is among suspects facing arrest in Haiti in connection with deadly gang attacks on a community near the capital for the past three weeks
February 18, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Gaza Arab plan may involve up to $20 billion regional contribution, sources say
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to travel to Riyadh on Thursday, two Egyptian security sources said, where he is due to
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Attacks by Sudanese RSF paramilitaries leave hundreds dead in White Nile State
Sudanese officials and rights groups say attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force have killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state
February 18, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
UK summons top Rwandan diplomat after M23 advances in eastern Congo
Britain said on Tuesday it had summoned the Rwandan High Commissioner following advances by the Rwandan Defence Force and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo of killing and recruiting children
UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo of killing and recruiting children
February 18, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Burundi's army is withdrawing from DR Congo, four sources say
Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources,
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Northern Mali rebels say army killed 24 civilians, army reports clashes
A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of
February 18, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Middle East latest: Egypt postpones Arab summit on Gaza to March 4
Egypt has postponed an emergency Arab summit to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to remove the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip and take over the territory
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|Election|Political|World
Commonwealth urges Uganda to release detained opposition politician
The Commonwealth called on Tuesday for Uganda, a member of the 56-nation group, to release opposition politician Kizza Besigye, saying his detention undermined
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Attacks by Sudan's RSF leave many dead as force prepares political charter
Attacks by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces have killed more than 200 people over the past three days, activists said on Tuesday, as the paramilitary group delayed signing a political charter
February 18, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
Nigeria's inflation rate drops after statistics overhauled and updated
Nigeria's annual inflation rate stood at 24.48% in January, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, well down from the previous month's
February 18, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Why have Rwanda-backed rebels seized 2 Congolese cities and is there an end in sight?
Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong fighting against Congolese forces
February 18, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Children were executed by M23 in Congo's Bukavu, UN says
Three children were executed by the Rwanda-backed M23 after they donned weapons and uniforms abandoned by the Congolese army in the eastern city of Bukavu, the U.N. human rights
February 18, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|World
South Africa's unemployment rate marginally lower in fourth quarter
South Africa's official unemployment rate fell slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, helped by job gains in the finance and
February 18, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|Science
Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks
South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the
February 18, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory
Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the U.S. can take it over
February 17, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels tighten their grip on second major city in eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels have tightened their grip on Bukavu a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo
February 17, 2025
Africa|Crime|Economy|Political|World
Congo rebels promise security in Bukavu after looting
Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the arrival of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who have pledged to
February 17, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|Economy
Column-Congo emerges as China's strategic copper supplier: Andy Home
China is reaping the rewards of its massive mining investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the form of surging imports of physical copper.
February 17, 2025
Africa|Business|Europe|Political|World
French minister in Western Sahara to back Moroccan sovereignty
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to disputed Western Sahara where she will meet officials and open a French cultural center in a show
February 17, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|World
UN seeks $6 billion to ease hunger catastrophe in Sudan
U.N. officials on Monday asked for $6 billion for Sudan this year from donors to help ease what they called the world's worst ever hunger catastrophe and the mass
February 17, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
South Africa says silence from US on bid for talks, China pledges support
South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola said on Monday that the United States had not responded to attempts to discuss President Donald
February 17, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months
Sudan's government said on Monday it would allow aid agencies to use the Adre border crossing for a further three months as of February 16.
February 17, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Official says Ugandan opposition figure will be tried in civilian court instead of military one
A Ugandan official says a prominent opposition figure facing military trial will be charged before a civilian court instead
February 17, 2025
Africa|Europe|Health|Sports
Soccer star Nabil Bentaleb scores in first game since suffering cardiac arrest last year
Soccer star Nabil Bentaleb scores in first game since suffering cardiac arrest last year
February 17, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
The first openly gay Muslim imam is killed in South Africa, prompting claims of an assassination
A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings
February 17, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|Technology|World
South Africa open to nuclear project bids from Russia or Iran, minister says
South Africa could turn to Russia or Iran to expand its civilian nuclear power capacity, a senior government minister said, a stance analysts say could deepen a
February 17, 2025
Africa|Science|World
An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct. A fossil could offer clues
An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct. A fossil could offer clues
February 17, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Man hailed as world’s first imam to say he was gay is shot dead in South Africa
Man hailed as world’s first imam to say he was gay is shot dead in South Africa
February 17, 2025
Africa|Health|Political
Detained Uganda opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital, lawmaker says
Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, who went on a hunger strike last week, has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated, an
February 17, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
Congo’s government says Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo
February 16, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hard
In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients
February 16, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Militant attack kills six Benin soldiers, army spokesperson says
A militant attack on an army position has killed six soldiers in northern Benin, where government troops are trying to curb cross-border assaults by armed Islamist groups, an army
February 17, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Mauritius' former prime minister gets bail on money laundering charges
A court in Mauritius has released former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on bail following his arrest on charges of money laundering, a magistrate at the court said.
February 17, 2025
Africa|Europe|Sports
Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo completes first ever sub-57 minute half marathon, smashing world record
Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo completes first ever sub-57 minute half marathon, smashing world record
February 16, 2025
Africa|Political|World
M23 rebels advance into eastern Congo's strategic city of Bukavu
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting little resistance from government troops, witnesses and the armed
February 16, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Israeli strike kills three Palestinian police officers in Gaza, Interior Ministry says
An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian police officers east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said, calling it
February 16, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rebels seen in center of key DR Congo city after claiming takeover
Rebels seen in center of key DR Congo city after claiming takeover
February 15, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
UK's Starmer tells hunger-striking mum he will press Egypt to release her son
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son
February 16, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|World
The collapse of a gold mine has killed 42 people and injured several others in Mali
A gold mine has collapsed in the east of Mali, leaving a preliminary death toll of 42 and many injured, according to Malian national television and local authorities
February 16, 2025
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy|World
Over 40 people killed in Mali mine collapse
Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday, the head of an industry union said.
February 16, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism
Some white South Africans have showed support for President Donald Trump and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government
February 15, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Former Mauritius Prime Minister arrested, says Financial Crimes Commission
Former Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has been arrested and is facing money laundering charges, the state-run Financial Crimes Commission said early on Sunday.
February 16, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels advance and Congolese forces retreat from eastern Congo's second largest city
Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo’s second largest city as residents flee by the thousands to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels
February 15, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo PM demands 'withdrawal of Rwandan troops' after M23 reach Bukavu suburbs
Chaotic scenes unfolded in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu on Saturday after M23 rebels reached its outskirts, while Congo's prime minister declined to comment on a threat by Uganda's army
February 15, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Missing Central African Republic soldiers were kidnapped by Russian mercenaries, advocates allege
Human rights advocates and politicians from the region say Russian mercenaries are believed to be behind the disappearance of two soldiers in Central African Republic
February 15, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Djibouti's foreign minister elected to top African Union post
African leaders chose Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission on Saturday at a summit dominated by fears of the Congo war
February 15, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Uganda military chief threatens to attack eastern Congo town of Bunia
Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighbouring eastern Congo unless "all forces" there surrender their arms within 24 hours, the chief of Ugandan defence forces, General
February 15, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
African leaders elect Djibouti's foreign minister as new leader of the African Union Commission
African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union
February 15, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Sudan's RSF attacks famine-stricken camp as battle lines harden
Sudan's Rapid Support
February 14, 2025
Africa|Political|World
AU summit unlikely to make progress on Congo in face of Rwanda defiance
Congo's war tops the agenda at this weekend's African Union summit but chances of diplomatic progress are slim as rebels advance and Rwanda's leader
February 14, 2025
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Political|World
Military overtones vibrate through renowned Mali arts festival
Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by
February 14, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|US|World
US global disaster response teams unable to deploy following USAID shutdown, sources say
A world-renowned U.S. program for international disaster and crisis assistance can no longer deploy in the event of a major emergency due to the Trump administration's
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Congo fighting leaves 350,000 with no shelter, UN agency says
The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, saying the war had left
February 14, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo rebels say they have entered Bukavu after seizing airport
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels entered eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city Bukavu on Friday, a rebel leader told Reuters, as residents reported seeing the militants in the
February 14, 2025
Africa|Political|World
M23 rebels reach airport near Bukavu in eastern Congo
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have reached the strategic Kavumu airport that services Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, three sources told
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
What's happening in Congo and why are M23 rebels fighting?
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-
January 26, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
Residents and community leaders say that Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo have entered the region’s second-largest city of Bukavu, the latest ground gained since a major escalation of their yearslong fighting with government forces
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Civilian death toll exceeds 80 after east Congo militia attack, says UN mission
More than 80 civilians were killed in a late night attack by the armed group CODECO on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week, UN peacekeeping
February 14, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
European Parliament seeks freeze on EU aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict
The European Parliament
February 13, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Paramilitary forces raid Sudan’s largest refugee camp
Paramilitary forces raid Sudan’s largest refugee camp
February 14, 2025
Africa|Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Political|US|World
Emerging economies most vulnerable to USAID elimination
War-torn countries, those with high levels of debt and U.S. allies such as Jordan have the most to lose if the United States Agency for
February 14, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|Political
Kenya's budget deficit set to narrow in 2025/26, finance ministry says
Kenya expects to have a slightly narrower budget deficit and a modest increase in overall spending in its 2025/26 (July-June) fiscal year compared with the year that ends in June,
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Armed fighters have raped scores of children in eastern Congo, UNICEF says
The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push government forces out
February 13, 2025
Africa
How Trump's USAID cuts impact women in South Africa
Thandiwe Mhlambi talks to Christiane Amanpour about how USAID has bettered her life, and what life may be like without it.
February 14, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|World
Nigerian lawmakers approve $200 million to offset shortfall from US health aid cuts
Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its 2025 spending plan to offset the shortfall from U.S. aid cuts
February 14, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment
Thorny problems with Valentine’s roses: Invasive bugs and toxic pesticides hurt Kenya’s exports
This Valentine's Day Kenya's flower industry is being ravaged by pests, leading some flower farmers to rely more heavily on toxic pesticides
February 14, 2025
Africa|Asia|Crime|World
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World
European naval force helps free ship seized by suspected Somali pirates off Horn of Africa
A European naval force in the Mideast helped free a Yemeni fishing boat seized by suspected Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa
February 14, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.
February 13, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Travel|World
Man whose wife was killed in a hippo attack in Africa sues the US company that booked the trip
A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S. company that arranged the trip
February 13, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Political|World
African leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance
African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial
February 13, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Rwanda central bank holds key rate despite pickup in inflation
Rwanda's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% for the second monetary policy meeting in a row, saying that despite a recent pickup in
February 13, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political
Nigerian lawmakers pass increased budget of $36.6 billion for 2025
Nigerian lawmakers approved a budget of 54.99 trillion naira ($36.6 billion) for 2025, exceeding the proposal submitted by President Bola Tinubu, the parliamentary
February 13, 2025
Africa|Asia|Crime|World
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, army says
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a
February 13, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Humanitarian catastrophe looms in east Congo as rebels push south, official says
The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of
February 13, 2025
Africa|Political|Sports|World
Imane Khelif says she will ‘stand firm’ following legal action after winning Olympic gold
Imane Khelif says she will ‘stand firm’ following legal action after winning Olympic gold
February 13, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
24 people have died in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Zimbabwe, police say
Police say 24 people have died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Zimbabwe
February 13, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|Technology|World
How your phone may be fueling deadly fighting in Congo
Video shows gunfire and clashes in Goma, a key location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a rebel group claimed to have captured the area. Goma is in a conflict-battered province of the DRC and this, CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz explains, may be linked to consumers’ ravaging demand for smartphones.
February 12, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt's President Sisi to stay away from White House if Gaza displacement on agenda
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not travel to
February 12, 2025
Africa|Health|Science|World
Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox strain
Countries outside of Africa are still reporting cases of the clade Ib form of the mpox virus that prompted the World Health Organization to declare the virus a global public health
August 16, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
Ethiopia's election body suspends Tigray regional party's activities
Ethiopia's national elections body on Thursday imposed a three-month suspension on a party that administers the war-scarred Tigray region, saying it had breached laws governing
February 13, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Liberia's president suspends over 450 government officials for failing to declare their assets
Liberia’s president has suspended over 450 government officials who failed to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency on time
February 13, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political
Attorney says opposition figure detained in Uganda for alleged crimes against the state is unwell
A prominent opposition figure jailed in Uganda for allegedly threatening state security is unwell and in need of urgent medical care
February 13, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
February 13, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congolese church leaders meet Rwanda-backed rebels in the east in latest push for peace
Congo’s largest church organizations have met with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east to advocate for peace and dialogue after weekslong fighting
February 12, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Russian Red Sea base deal still on the table, Sudanese FM says
An agreement signed years ago for the creation of a Russian naval base in Sudan remains on the table following talks in Moscow, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yusef Sharif said in an
February 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|World
Barrick aims to reopen Mali mine once it can ship gold, CEO says
Barrick Gold will resume operations at its shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali once authorities in the country allow it to resume gold shipments
February 12, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political
Audit shows Senegal's previous government misreported key economic data
Senegal's Court of Auditors released a long-awaited review of the country's finances on Wednesday that confirmed the previous government
February 12, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance
Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last month seized Goma, the biggest city in the country's east, and
February 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|MidEast|World
Global marine fuel sales jump in 2024 on Red Sea diversions
Global marine fuel sales jumped in 2024 after attacks by Yemen's Houthis starting in late 2023 prompted most shipping companies to divert vessels around southern
February 12, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Protests after 2 sudden deaths force closure of hospital trauma unit in Central African Republic
Families and activists in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, have protested over the government’s closure of a critical unit at the main public hospital following two sudden deaths
February 12, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France, Senegal say in talks to arrange departure of French troops
Senegal and France will set up a joint commission to organize the departure of French troops from Senegal and the restitution of French military bases by the end of 2025, the foreign
February 12, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|US|World
Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices about who to help after USAID funding pause
Christian aid groups are being hard-hit after the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and sidelined the U.S. Agency for International Development
February 12, 2025
Africa|Economy|Environment|Political|US
South Africa's G20 ambitions bump up against reality of Trump
South Africa's G20 presidency was meant to be an opportunity to get rich, powerful nations to pay attention to poorer countries'
February 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines as part of a soft power agenda
Beijing has long used infrastructure development as a means of building influence in Africa. Now, it’s using media as well.
February 12, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Libyan state minister survives assassination attempt in Tripoli, govt says
A Libyan state minister survived an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his car in the capital Tripoli on Wednesday, a government statement said.
February 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Technology|World
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
February 12, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
South Africa business confidence stabilises after surging late last year
South African business confidence stabilised in January, data showed on Wednesday, after surging in the second half of 2024 because of optimism about the country's economic
February 12, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye is on hunger strike, his wife says
A prominent opposition figure in Uganda who is on trial in a military tribunal has begun a hunger strike, his wife said, two weeks after the country's top
February 12, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Education|Health|Political|World
Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
Amnesty International has released a report that details the impact gang violence has had on children across Haiti and called for immediate action
February 12, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
US aid freeze paralyzes NGOs working to help millions of internally displaced people in Somalia
In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun not sure if they can have access to food rations and medication following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decree to freeze most of his country’s foreign aid
February 11, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|World
110,000 people are stranded in eastern Congo as rebels are accused of forced return
The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities controlled by Rwanda-backed rebels after the rebels were accused of forced camp closures
February 11, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt plans to offer 'comprehensive proposal' to rebuild Gaza while Palestinians remain in Strip
Egypt said on Tuesday it plans to offer a "comprehensive proposal" to rebuild Gaza while ensuring Palestinians remain on their land, according to a foreign ministry statement.
February 11, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Congo humanitarian operations hit hard by Trump aid pause, says UN official
A U.S. pause on foreign aid has had a "major impact" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where humanitarian operations last year were 70% funded by
February 11, 2025
Africa|Political|World
M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing a "dangerously deteriorating" situation, as
February 11, 2025
Africa|Entertainment|Political|US|World
Trump's accusations against South Africa spark 'white privilege' self-mockery
U.S.
February 11, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
UAE proposes Sudan ceasefire; army rejects the call
The United Arab Emirates called on Tuesday for a ceasefire in Sudan during the coming holy month of Ramadan, a UAE official said, a call rejected by the Sudanese army, as the
February 11, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|Science|Technology|World
China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid
On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to
February 11, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Islamic State attacks military bases in Somalia's Puntland
The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled the
February 11, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Militia kills more than 35 civilians in east Congo village attack
Armed militants killed more than 35 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of
February 11, 2025
Africa|Economy|Education|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
In search of economic boost, some African countries send workers abroad
They line up by the hundreds to meet recruiters at schools in provincial towns and convention halls in large cities, some carrying advanced
February 11, 2025
Africa|Entertainment|MidEast|Political|Sports|World
What we know about the Super Bowl halftime show demonstrator
What we know about the Super Bowl halftime show demonstrator
February 10, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|US|World
Norwegian Refugee Council NGO to suspend some aid work across 20 countries due to Trump policy
The
February 10, 2025
Africa|Asia|Crime|Political|World
Pakistan says at least 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya
Pakistan says at least 16 citizens died when a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized near the Libyan coast over the weekend
February 11, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality. Just not in the way Trump and Musk are portraying
South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality. Just not in the way Trump and Musk are portraying
February 11, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
At least 55 civilians killed by militia fighters in northeastern Congo
Authorities say militia fighters in northeastern Congo have killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people camp
February 11, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine
Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored under quarantine
February 11, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt tells US top diplomat Rubio that Arab states reject Trump's Gaza plan
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected U.S.
February 10, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Suspected Somali pirates seize boat off Horn of Africa
Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa
February 11, 2025
Africa|Science|World
USGS reports 5.1 magnitude quake in northern Morocco
The United States Geological survey (USGS) said early on Tuesday that a 5.1 magnitude quake hit near Ksar el Kebir in northern Morocco. There were no official reports of casualties.
February 10, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Trial begins for 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians
The trial of 84 Congolese soldiers accused of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians in the country’s conflict-battered east has begun
February 10, 2025
Africa|Education|Health|World
Making a splash in South Sudan: Local students saving lives in remote African villages
Making a splash in South Sudan: Local students saving lives in remote African villages
February 10, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Gaza ceasefire mediators fear breakdown of deal, Egyptian security sources say
Mediators fear a breakdown of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, two Egyptian security sources said on Monday, after Hamas said Israel was not serious about executing the deal and
February 10, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|MidEast
Egypt annual inflation rate inches down to 24% in January
Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation rate inched down to 24% year-on-year in January from 24.1% in December, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Monday.
February 10, 2025
Africa|Political|World
South Africa's military reinforces beleaguered Congo mission
South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and diplomatic
February 10, 2025
Africa|Political|World
The South African land law that prompted a Trump executive order is being challenged in court
South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new land expropriation law that was roundly criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump
February 10, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
South African party accuses white group of treason over Trump attack
The party of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma on Monday filed a treason complaint against AfriForum, a group championing the white Afrikaner minority, after
February 10, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Botswana sees 3.3% growth in 2025 amid upturn in diamond market
Botswana's economy is forecast to grow 3.3% this year after a contraction in 2024, due to an expected recovery in the global diamond market, its
February 10, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Migrants' bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says
Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday, adding that one of the sites is
February 10, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped
February 10, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
South Africa halts search for trapped illegal miners over safety concerns
South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due
February 10, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|World
The stark divide that South Africa's land act seeks to bridge
The township of Fateng Tse Ntsho houses some 7,000 Black South Africans, its huddle of corrugated metal roofs surrounded on all sides by vast
February 09, 2025
Africa|Business|Celebrity|MidEast|Political|World
Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony
The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony
February 09, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump's Gaza plan infuriates key allies
Egypt has announced it will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to discuss “new and dangerous developments” after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip
February 09, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt disapproves of statements by Netanyahu in US media, foreign ministry says
Egypt disapproves of the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in U.S. media describing them as "misleading accusations", the foreign ministry said late on
February 09, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges
Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against
February 09, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
'No thanks', white South Africans turn down Trump's immigration offer
U.S.
February 09, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan to form new government after regaining Khartoum, say military sources
The formation of a new Sudanese government is expected to happen after the recapture of Khartoum is completed, military sources told Reuters on Sunday, a day
February 09, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World
2 mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants found in southeastern Libya
Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the chaos-stricken North African country
February 09, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Bodies of migrants recovered in southeast Libya, attorney general says
Libya's security authorities recovered at least 28 bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the desert in southeast Libya, the country's attorney general said on its Facebook page
February 09, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Ethiopia says debt restructuring negotiations in final stage
Ethiopia is in the "final stages" of negotiations with its creditors in an ongoing plan to restructure its debt, its finance minister, Ahmed Shide, said on Sunday.
February 09, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt to host emergency Arab summit on 27 February to discuss 'serious' Palestinian developments
Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on 27 February to discuss what it described as "serious" developments for Palestinians, according to a statement from the Egyptian foreign
February 09, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Mali army says 25 civilians killed in convoy ambush
Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday, the army said late on Saturday.
February 09, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Why is Trump punishing South Africa and who are the Afrikaners he wants to give refugee status to?
U.S. President Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order stopping all aid and assistance to the country over what he called a human rights violation against a white minority group
February 08, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government
February 08, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing
February 07, 2025
Africa|Americas|Political|US|World
Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks
Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority have responded to a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks
February 08, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers
Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers
February 08, 2025
Africa|Election|Political
Ex-banker Thiam renounces French citizenship to run in Ivory Coast election
Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam has renounced his French citizenship to meet eligibility conditions for Ivory Coast's presidential election in October, as his party mulls
February 08, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt condemns Israeli suggestion of Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia
Egypt condemned statements by Israeli officials suggesting the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory as "irresponsible" on Saturday.
February 08, 2025
Africa|Americas|Health|Political|World
Trump’s aid freeze keeps life-saving programs shut, sparks “mayhem”
In Ghana and Kenya, insecticide and mosquito nets sit in warehouses because U.S. officials haven’t approved urgent anti-malaria campaigns.
February 08, 2025
Africa|Political|World
African leaders call for direct talks with rebels to resolve Congo conflict
Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged
February 08, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Over 50 people killed in convoy ambush in northeast Mali, sources say
More than 50 people were killed near Mali's northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said.
February 08, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era
February 07, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
A family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region
February 08, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Bodies of migrants recovered in two locations in Libya, security and Red Crescent say
At least 29 bodies of migrants have been recovered in two locations in the southeast and west of Libya, a security directorate and the Libyan Red Crescent said on Thursday.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|World
Children's bodies a 'battleground' in Haiti as sexual violence surges, UNICEF warns
Sexual violence against children in Haiti has surged in the last year and their bodies have been turned into "battlegrounds," UNICEF warned on Friday.
February 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Worst may be coming in east Congo conflict, says UN rights head
The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual
February 06, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
Laila Soueif is a mathematician, a university professor, a political activist
February 07, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt galvanizes Arab momentum against Trump's Gaza plan
Egypt said on Friday it had been in contact with Arab partners including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to firm up the region's rejection of any displacement of
February 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
US warns of sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials over conflict
The U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials ahead of a summit meant to address the escalating conflict in eastern Congo, according to a
February 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda accuses Congo of planning large attack
Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour's border.
February 07, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Threat of disease in DRC "multiplied" by conflict, WHO says
Conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has "multiplied" the risk of the spread of diseases, including cholera, malaria, tuberculosis and the deadly mpox virus, the
February 07, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance
The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city
February 07, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Puntland offensive deals blow to Islamic State in Somalia
Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will
February 07, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Reid G. Miller, longtime AP international correspondent and editor, dies at 90
Longtime Associated Press journalist Reid G
February 07, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety
February 06, 2025
Africa|Economy|Food|MidEast|Political|US|World
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
The U.N.
February 07, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|World
South African president alludes to Trump's threat in speech to the nation: 'We will not be bullied'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U_S_ counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation that his country would “not be bullied.”
February 06, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt lobbies against Trump plan to empty Gaza of Palestinians as Israel prepares for it
Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the territory of its population
February 06, 2025
Africa|Economy|Food|Health|MidEast|Political|US|World
Halt in U.S. aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global
February 06, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|World
Another cobalt bust but this time it's different: Andy Home
The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how long it's going to last.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to shore up security mission after US funding limbo
More than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission whose future has been in limbo, after the U.S. froze some funding
February 06, 2025
Africa|Health|Science|World
US CDC sends health alert on Uganda's Ebola outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak of Ebola cases in Uganda.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Americas|Economy|Political|US|World
Trump's aid cuts imperil emerging market investment cash
The United States' decision to freeze and potentially scrap its core aid agency jolted countries receiving its funding and could make it harder
February 06, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance
Zimbabwe central bank keeps policy rate at 35%
Zimbabwe's central bank said on Thursday that its monetary policy rate had been kept unchanged at 35%.
February 06, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Palestinian who survived 1948 Nakba rejects Trump's Gaza relocation plan
"We are staying here and dying here."
February 06, 2025
Africa|Europe|World
Morocco foils 78,685 migrant attempts to reach Europe in 2024
Morocco stopped 78,685 migrants from illegally crossing into European Union territory in 2024, up 4.6% from a year earlier, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid
Africa's leading public health official will write to the U.S.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|World
Aga Khan IV to be buried in Egypt on Sunday
The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community, will be
February 06, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Tshisekedi to join regional summit on eastern Congo conflict
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders starting on Friday to discuss the conflict in its east,
February 06, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Swiss aid group says three workers killed in Congo attack
A Swiss aid group said on Thursday that three of its local employees were killed during an attack while on a humanitarian mission in eastern Congo where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
February 06, 2025
Africa|Health|Travel|World
Travelers and health-care providers should be on alert due to Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, CDC warns
Travelers and health-care providers should be on alert due to Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, CDC warns
February 06, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
Kenya central bank sees minimal effect on shilling from Trump aid freeze
Kenya's central bank governor said on Thursday that bank officials did not see much effect on the exchange rate from U.S.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
February 06, 2025
Africa|Asia|Crime|Political|World
Bodies of 4 Pakistanis who died on a migrant boat journey off West Africa return home for burial
The bodies of four Pakistanis who drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off West Africa last month have been repatriated
February 06, 2025
Africa|Health|Political
Uganda's LGBTQ community faces anxiety and uncertainty after U.S. aid freeze
A non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ people in Uganda says its work is being threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s suspension of foreign aid
February 06, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
US top diplomat Rubio will not attend G20 meeting in South Africa
U.S.
February 06, 2025
Africa|Business|Political|World
South African leader spoke to Elon Musk about misinformation after Trump attack
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S.
February 04, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
'I won't leave. Put that in your brain.' Palestinians reject Trump's call to expel them from Gaza
Stunned Palestinians rejected President Donald Trump's proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory and rebuild it for others
February 05, 2025
Africa|Economy|Finance|MidEast|Political
Tunisian president sacks finance minister, names a judge as new minister
The Tunisian president on Wednesday sacked Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri and named Michkat Khaldi, a judge, as new finance minister.
February 05, 2025
Africa|Americas|Health|Travel|World
US officials advise travelers to be careful in Uganda because of Ebola
U.S. health officials are telling Americans to take precautions if they travel to Uganda because of an Ebola outbreak
February 05, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on
February 05, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu
February 05, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive
Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of
February 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Daughter of South Africa's ex-president Zuma charged over 2021 riots
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January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Malawi orders troops to prepare withdrawal from eastern Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered defense forces to begin preparations for a withdrawal of its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a statement said on
February 05, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Tunisian court hands lengthy prison terms to top politicians
A Tunisian court sentenced a number of top politicians, former officials and journalists to long prison terms on Wednesday, defence lawyers said, the latest move in what critics say
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Europe|Political|World
Britain and Mauritius deny reports the cost of Chagos Islands deal has doubled
Britain and Mauritius denied on Wednesday media reports that London could end up paying double the amount in a renegotiated deal to
February 05, 2025
Africa|Crime|Education|World
At least 17 students die in fire in northern Nigeria
At least 17 students died in a fire in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state on Tuesday night, a state police spokesperson said on Wednesday.
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|World
Kenya has begun talks with IMF for new lending program, finance minister says
Kenya has already started talks with International Monetary Fund officials to secure a new lending program when the current one expires in April, its finance
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Health|Political|Technology
South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump's funding threat
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law
February 05, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Italy says International Criminal Court made an 'immense mess' out of Libyan warlord arrest warrant
Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
Trump or BRICS? The quandary for Africa's miners and governments: Russell
Beyond the short-term volatility and uncertainty created by U.S.
February 05, 2025
Africa|Education|Science|World
These apes can tell when humans don’t know something, study finds
These apes can tell when humans don’t know something, study finds
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
South Africa business activity contracts again in January, PMI shows
South African private sector activity contracted sharply in January as output fell due to lower sales, a survey showed on Wednesday.
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Kenya private sector activity expands weakly in January, PMI shows
Kenya's private sector activity expanded for a fourth straight month in January but only modestly and at a slower pace than in December, a survey showed on Wednesday.
February 05, 2025
Africa|Crime|Economy|Finance|Political
Uganda detains 9 finance ministry officials over central bank hack
Uganda's police have detained nine finance ministry officials as part of an investigation into accusations of hacking the central bank's electronic systems that resulted in theft
February 05, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Musk's dad says he arranged son's call with South African leader
South Africa's president needed to call Elon Musk on Monday evening.
February 04, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Soldiers from El Salvador join UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
Seventy soldiers from El Salvador have arrived in Haiti to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of the capital
February 04, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|US|World
Mauritius welcomes prospect of Trump examining Chagos deal
Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S.
February 04, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Congo calls rebels' ceasefire declaration 'false communication' as reports of fighting continue
Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false communication,” while the United Nations on Tuesday noted reports of heavy fighting with Congolese forces in the region
February 04, 2025
Africa|Lifestyle|Sports|Travel|World
Man makes unexpected discovery while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Man makes unexpected discovery while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
February 04, 2025
Africa|Asia|Health|MidEast|Political|World
UN warns maternal deaths in Afghanistan may rise after US funding pause
A U.N. aid official said on Tuesday that a U.S. funding pause would cut off millions of Afghans from sexual and reproductive health services, and the continued absence
February 04, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency session on Congo
The U.N.
February 04, 2025
Africa|Political|World
'I don't know': Rwandan president on if his country's troops are in DR Congo
In an exclusive interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, CNN's Larry Madowo pressed the country's leader on the uptick in violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kagame has been accused by the Congolese government of supporting the rebel group M23 in the DRC. UN experts believe that an up to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are supporting M23 fighters there.
February 04, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Anglican Church in South Africa admits failures in handling of sexual abuse claims
The Anglican Church leadership in South Africa has admitted to failing to disclose sexual abuse allegations against its former member John Smyth, who mistreated children in the 1970s and 1980s in the U.K. and Zimbabwe before fleeing to South Africa, where he died in 2018
February 04, 2025
Africa|Election|MidEast|Political|World
Libya's UN Mission forms panel to propose ways to solve election impasse
The U.N.
February 04, 2025
Africa|Political|World
South African president and Elon Musk discuss ‘misinformation’ after Trump aid threat
South African president and Elon Musk discuss ‘misinformation’ after Trump aid threat
February 04, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near M23 conflict, sources say
Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels
February 04, 2025
Africa|Economy|Food|MidEast|World
Ukraine wants to open food hub in Egypt, minister says
Ukraine is studying the possibility of opening a logistics hub in Egypt for supplies of Ukrainian agricultural products to the region, agriculture minister Vitaliy Koval said on
February 04, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
February 04, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
Nigeria union suspends planned protest over telecom tariff, enters talks with government
Nigeria's largest labour union has suspended a planned nationwide protest against a 50% hike in telecommunications tariffs and will negotiate with the government to
February 04, 2025
Africa|Health|Science|World
Uganda starts clinical trial of vaccine for Sudan strain of Ebola
Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast
Egypt's non-oil private sector posts growth in January, PMI shows
Egypt's non-oil private sector expanded in January, marking its best performance in over four years and its first growth since August as output and sales volumes increased, a
February 04, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people
Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast|World
Oil tanker attacked last year crosses Red Sea as Houthi ceasefire holds
Liberian-flagged crude oil tanker Chrysalis, which was attacked by Yemen's Houthis last year, sailed through the Red Sea this week, the Suez Canal said on Monday, in one of the first
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
How Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homeland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s polices, claiming a “massive” human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law
February 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma have announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region for humanitarian reasons
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo demands international sanctions 'to stop Rwanda'
The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in eastern Congo and keep the
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Eastern Congo rebel alliance declares ceasefire starting on Feb. 4
The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, the group known as the Congo River Alliance said in a
February 03, 2025
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that's home to the country's elite
Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and had been largely untouched by criminals
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda’s president says he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in DRC
Rwanda’s president says he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in DRC
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|World
M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears
As Rwanda-backed M23
January 31, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump attack on South Africa exposes divisions over race and land
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended his land reform policy on Monday against an attack by Donald Trump that laid bare deep
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment|Political|World
Nigeria moves to restart oil production in vulnerable region after Shell sells much of its business
The Nigerian government is in talks with local communities to restart oil production in a region that’s previously suffered environmental damage after oil giant Shell’s sale of its onshore business in the country
February 03, 2025
Africa|Lifestyle|MidEast|Political|World
Gazans in Egypt reject displacement, grapple with decision when to go home
Weeks into the ceasefire in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians who left for neighbouring Egypt are grappling with the question of when they might go home, though they
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment|Political|World
Africa takes GDP recalculation campaign to G20, but scepticism abounds
African countries plan a fresh push at international summits this year for standard measures of economic strength such as GDP to have better recognition of
February 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Senior Islamic State Somalia commander captured in Puntland
A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
Cost of insuring South Africa's debt against default hits six-month high
The cost of insuring South Africa's debt against default rose to its highest since early August on Monday, after U.S.
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|World
What is behind Trump's aid threat to South Africa over land?
President Cyril Ramaphosa defended South Africa's land policy on Monday after Donald Trump's threat to cut off funding because of what he said were land
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
How two former employees are driving Mali's hardball talks with Barrick Gold
Two former company executives with inside knowledge of Barrick Gold's operations in West Africa are helping to drive Mali's demands for a payment of around $200 million from the Canadian
February 01, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Suspected al Shabaab gunmen abduct local officials in northeast Kenya
Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work, local
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
Ghana consumer inflation slows to 23.5% year-on-year in January
Ghana's consumer inflation dipped slightly to 23.5% year-on-year in January from 23.8% in December, the statistics service said on Monday.
February 03, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies
Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the major city in eastern Congo last week
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
South Africa denies ‘confiscating land,’ after Trump threatens to cut off aid
South Africa denies ‘confiscating land,’ after Trump threatens to cut off aid
February 03, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy
South African factory conditions worsen for third straight month, Absa PMI shows
South African manufacturers reported a deterioration in business conditions for the third month in a row in January, a local purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey showed on
February 03, 2025
Africa|Asia|Political|World
Taiwan says S.Africa gives March deadline to move office from Pretoria
The South African government has given Taiwan a deadline of the end of March to relocate the island's de facto embassy outside of the capital city Pretoria, the Taiwanese Foreign
February 03, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump to cut off funding for South Africa over expropriation act
U.S.
February 02, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|US|World
South Africa says its expropriation act is not exceptional after Trump says he will cut off aid
South Africa's foreign ministry said on Monday that its expropriation act was not exceptional, after U.S.
February 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Attack on South Sudan cattle camps kills 35, community leader says
Unidentified attackers raided cattle camps in a southeastern area of South Sudan last week, killing at least 35 people and wounding 46, a community leader said.
February 03, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Congo's displaced fear violence, rape if they return home
Widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her three children have little to eat and sleep on the hard ground, but like many others at a makeshift displacement
February 02, 2025
Africa|Health|Science|World
Ugandan health authorities are set to begin an Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse
Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala
February 02, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Paramilitary group attacks an open market in Sudan, killing 54 people and wounding scores
Sudan’s health authorities say a paramilitary group has attacked an open market in the city of Omdurman, killing 54 people and wounding scores
February 01, 2025
Africa|Health|MidEast|Political|World
Sick and wounded children begin crossing into Egypt as Rafah crossing opens after several months
A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing through Gaza’s Rafah crossing into Egypt for treatment
February 01, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Trump says U.S. carries out airstrikes on Islamic State in Somalia
U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Somalia on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the
February 01, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia
The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term
February 01, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Italy takes back 43 migrants it planned to process in Albania in 3rd failed attempt to keep them out
An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome
February 01, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egypt's Sisi, Trump discuss Gaza; no mention of Palestinian transfer
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S.
February 01, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Arab nations reject Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan
Powerful Arab nations have rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan
February 01, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Congo health ministry says 773 bodies in Goma hospital morgues
There were 773 bodies in hospital morgues in and around the eastern Congolese city of Goma as of Jan. 30 following this week's offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, the Democratic Republic
February 01, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
At least 54 people killed in Sudan market attack, health ministry says
At least 54 people were killed and 158 wounded on Saturday in a strike by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a market in the city of Omdurman, the health ministry said in a
February 01, 2025
Africa|Crime|Economy|World
Mali gold mine accident kills more than a dozen, including women and children
Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the national
February 01, 2025
Africa|Asia|Europe|Travel|World
How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
February 01, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Arab foreign ministers reject Trump call for transfer of Palestinians
Arab foreign ministers on Saturday rejected the transfer of Palestinians from their land under any circumstances, presenting a unified stance against U.S.
February 01, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Ugandan leader pledges to continue using military courts despite ban
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday his government would continue to prosecute civilians in military tribunals even after the country's top court banned the
February 01, 2025
Africa|Business|Europe|Political|World
Horst Koehler, former German president and IMF chief, dies at 81
Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in Africa, died on Saturday after a short illness at the age
February 01, 2025
Africa|Political|World
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012
February 01, 2025
Africa|Americas|Europe|Political|World
UK's Starmer wants 'strong protections' for military base in Chagos Islands deal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong protections", including from "malign influence", for a U.S.-
January 31, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France to propose UN resolution to 'increase pressure on Rwanda' over DRC conflict
France will propose a draft resolution to the U.N.
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes
The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels were quickly expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region’s major city
January 31, 2025
Africa|Business|Crime|Europe|World
Swiss criminal court convicts commodities firm Trafigura in Angola bribery case
Switzerland’s top criminal court convicted a multinational company for the first time, ruling against commodities trader Trafigura in a case of bribery linked to lucrative oil industry contracts in Angola
January 31, 2025
Africa|Celebrity|Education|Entertainment|World
World’s most popular TikTok personality Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador
Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency
January 31, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
January 31, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Egypt's president Sisi congratulates Syria's new president Sharaa, statement says
Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was appointed on Wednesday by armed factions, and wished him success in achieving the
January 31, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels seeking to expand their grip on eastern Congo in a weeks-old
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime
Kenya's wave of deadly violence spurs women to fight back
From the young woman brutally murdered and dismembered in a short-term rental apartment to the Olympic runner set on fire by her estranged boyfriend, a surge in
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels captured a key city?
Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped
January 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Travel|World
Tourist trampled to death by elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at South Africa park
Tourist trampled to death by elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at South Africa park
January 31, 2025
Africa|Business|Crime|Europe|World
Trafigura and former executive found guilty of bribing Angolan official
Switzerland's top criminal court convicted trading house Trafigura and a former senior executive of corruption on Friday in an unprecedented case over
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
UN rights office warns of summary killings and rape in eastern Congo
The worsening conflict in eastern Congo has led to a surge in human rights violations including summary executions, the bombing of displacement camps, reports of gang rape and other
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Uganda's top court bans military prosecution of civilians
Uganda's top court said on Friday that trying civilians in military courts was unconstitutional and ordered any ongoing prosecutions to stop immediately.
January 31, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Egyptians protest Trump displacement plan at Rafah border crossing
Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare state-sanctioned protest against a proposal earlier this week by U.S.
January 31, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology
Africa's big copper countries set their sights on the profits of trade
Africa's biggest copper producers, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, are working on deals to gain exposure to metal trading
January 31, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast|World
Suez Canal Authority says stability returning to Red Sea
Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to take that into
January 31, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
2 associates of Benin’s president sentenced to 20 years in prison for coup plot
Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African country
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and seek to gain political power
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Having seized Goma, Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern
When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw.
January 30, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali
January 31, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|World
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid to put pressure on Rwanda to withdraw its support
January 30, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023
January 30, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Comoros president says a 'child' will replace him, opponents see succession plan
(The Jan. 24 story said the president's comments confirmed accusations he had been grooming his son to take over.
January 24, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Comoros president Assoumani denies he intends to hand power to son
(This Jan. 25 story has been corrected to clarify that President Assoumani's remarks have been interpreted in different ways by the government and his opponents.
January 25, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Congo checks 12 possible Ebola cases, African health body says
Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, Africa's main health body said on Thursday, though first
January 30, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Hamas confirms killing of its military leader, months after airstrike
Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, on Thursday confirmed the killing of its military leader Mohammed Deif and deputy military commander Marwan Issa in combat.
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains
The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to
January 30, 2025
Africa|Health|World
Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola in capital Kampala, one dead
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover
DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover
January 30, 2025
Africa|Health|World
WHO cites reports saying 45 dead in Congo fighting, warns of disease risks
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that over 2,000 people have been wounded by fighting in and around Congo's city of Goma and 45 people have died, citing unnamed
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Trump says crisis between Rwanda and DRC is a 'very serious problem'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described the crisis between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo as a "very serious problem."
January 30, 2025
Africa|Political|World
French minister visiting Congo and Rwanda to try to end crisis
France's foreign minister was due in Rwanda on Thursday after talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of efforts to prevent a
January 30, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France hands over last military base in Chad
France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities
January 30, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political
Daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma arrested on terrorism charges over riots
A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has been arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly inciting violence during deadly riots that shook the country in 2021
January 30, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|World
Smaller economies' medium term default risk could have risen
Some of the world's smallest economies, especially in Africa, could be at increased risk of being unable to pay their debts in the medium term, even as
January 30, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|World
Morocco stops German feed grain imports over foot-and-mouth disease
Morocco has halted imports of feed grains from Germany following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the head of Morocco's grain trade federation (FNCL) said on Thursday.
January 30, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political
Nigeria union rejects telecom tariff hike, plans nationwide protest
Nigeria's main labour union has rejected a government-approved 50% hike in telecommunications tariffs and announced plans for a nationwide protest on Feb. 4.
January 30, 2025
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning that lives are at risk
The U.N. human rights chief appealed on Thursday for $500 million in funding for 2025 to support its work such as investigating human rights abuses around the world from Syria to
January 30, 2025
Africa|Economy|Political|World
UK warns Rwanda of threat to aid over its involvement in DRC conflict
Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise the over $1 billion of aid it receives every year.
January 30, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Forty-five people arrested in Africa in anti-terrorism and drugs stings, says Interpol
Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and the financing of terrorism, said global police body
January 30, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
International Criminal Court has Putin, Netanyahu in its sights, yet its courtrooms are empty
The International Criminal Court has found itself without a single trial ahead for the first time in years
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed rebels take more towns as they expand control after seizing east Congo's largest city
Rebels backed by Rwanda have captured more towns in eastern Congo as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered region
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south
As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda urges ceasefire in Congo, negotiations with rebels, foreign minister says
Rwanda, which diplomats say backs M23 fighters who seized Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo this week, called on Wednesday for a ceasefire across eastern Congo and for
January 29, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|MidEast|World
Ship fire in Red Sea not linked to Houthi attacks, maritime center says
A fire aboard the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia on Tuesday was not linked to Houthi attacks, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center said on Wednesday.
January 29, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Hamas will free 3 Israelis and 5 Thais in next hostage release Thursday
Israel and Hamas say the militant group will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, along with five Thai nationals in the next hostage release on Thursday
January 29, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Despite waiver from U.S. on aid freeze, health and humanitarian groups uncertain if they can proceed
Health and humanitarian groups around the world were still uncertain on Wednesday if and how they could resume work after
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
ECOWAS pledges to 'keep door open' after 3 coup-hit West African nations exit regional bloc
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
January 29, 2025
Africa|Lifestyle|World
Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable 'clowns of the dog world'
A woman in South Africa has rescued more than 2,500 pugs over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in a trailer home for a while and generally reset their lives to help as many dogs in need as they could
January 29, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Victims of Libyan war crimes suspect express dismay, fear after Italy frees him
Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday over Italy's decision last week to release a Libyan policeman wanted by the International Criminal
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo's defeated foreign mercenaries head home with 'big relief'
Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by
January 29, 2025
Africa|World
Plane crash in South Sudan kills 20 oil workers
A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan's Unity State crashed on takeoff from its oilfield airport on Wednesday, killing 20 people, the region's information minister
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congolese civilians caught in a growing rebellion face a terrible choice
Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s interior and seek the protection of an army in disarray, or cross into nearby Rwanda, which is accused of backing the rebels
January 29, 2025
Africa|Business|World
20 killed when a Chinese oil company's flight crashes in South Sudan
South Sudanese authorities say 20 people were killed when a small plane chartered by a Chinese oil company crashed in a remote part of South Sudan
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
What happened in Rwanda's 1994 genocide?
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma.
April 07, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Sisi says Egypt will not take part in 'act of injustice' displacing Palestinians
Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, an "act of injustice" that would threaten Egyptian security, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday in his
January 29, 2025
Africa|Political|World
West Africa bloc announces formal exit of three junta-led states
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc following their
January 29, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Italy sends 49 more migrants to Albania for processing following earlier court rejections
An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|US|World
Rubio tells Rwandan president US wants ceasefire in Congo
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January 29, 2025
Africa|Economy|Health|Political|US|World
A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions
U.S.-funded aid programs worldwide have begun firing staff and preparing to shut down their operations as an unprecedented Trump administration freeze on foreign assistance brings their work to a sudden halt
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Refugees and surrendering Congolese soldiers stream into Rwanda
Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, hoping to reach safety after rebels captured the
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
Congolese security forces have tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
US urges UN action to stop Rwanda, M23 rebels in eastern Congo
The United States urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to consider measures to halt an offensive by Rwandan troops and M23 rebel forces in
January 28, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
January 28, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Trump's order will stop aid group feeding malnourished children in Ethiopia, sources say
The Trump administration's freeze on U.S. foreign aid globally has included a stop-work order to a program run by aid group Action Against Hunger helping severely
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Congo harder to stop this time
After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting their way into Goma's city outskirts,
January 28, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
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January 28, 2025
Africa|Asia|Economy|Health|MidEast|World
China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries
China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox,
January 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo protesters storm Kinshasa embassies over conflict in east
Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Tuesday, drawing tear gas from police, in an
January 28, 2025
Africa|Asia|Business|MidEast|World
Crew abandon HK-flagged container ship in Red Sea after fire, sources say
The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo's M23 rebels control Goma airport, diplomatic and security sources say
Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters.
January 28, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
Trump order set to halt supply of HIV, malaria drugs to poor countries, sources say
The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in
January 28, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Travel|World
‘Things are really changing for them’: Why explorer known as ‘Indiana Jones for girls’ is walking across Saudi Arabia
‘Things are really changing for them’: Why explorer known as ‘Indiana Jones for girls’ is walking across Saudi Arabia
January 28, 2025
Africa|Crime|Health|World
Goma hospitals overwhelmed with wounded, dead bodies in the streets, UN agencies say
Dead bodies were scattered in the streets of Goma and hospitals were overwhelmed with patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds, a day after Rwanda-backed rebels
January 28, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Four more South African soldiers killed in Congo, defence department says
Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, taking the number of South African
January 28, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
With fear and fist-bumps, Goma residents greet Congo's M23 rebels again
Residents of eastern Congo's largest city of Goma greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation on Monday, some staying indoors and others coming out to cheer in what
January 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan's West Darfur region
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office will be seeking arrest warrants for those accused of atrocities in Sudan’s West Darfur region, which has seen reported ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces that have been fighting government forces for 19 months
January 28, 2025
Africa|Travel|US|World
US opens probe into sudden movement on United Airlines flight from Nigeria
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January 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on Monday,
January 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key city of Goma
Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces
January 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
At least 22 Nigerian soldiers killed as insurgents counter military assault
At least 22 soldiers have been killed and several wounded in Nigeria's northeast after insurgents deployed improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers to ward off attacks by the
January 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN
Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over yet," senior U.N. official in
January 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
South Sudan lifts nationwide curfew imposed after riots over Sudan killings
South Sudan has lifted a nationwide curfew imposed more than 10 days ago after a night of deadly rioting in the capital over the alleged killing of South Sudanese people by the army
January 27, 2025
Africa|Business|Europe|Finance|MidEast|US
Goldman Sachs promotes Duffner to head activism defense in EMEA, memo says
Goldman Sachs on Monday tapped veteran banker Stefan Duffner to lead the investment bank's activism and shareholder advisory work in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at a
January 27, 2025
Africa|Election|Political|World
Congo's ex-election chief turned rebel boss builds insurgency
In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power.
January 27, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
After whirlwind gains, Sudanese military leaders hail 'turning point'
After a week of whirlwind gains for the Sudanese army and allies in the capital Khartoum, leaders hailed a turning point in the civil war, speaking to reporters
January 27, 2025
Africa|MidEast|World
How Gazans returning north are checked for weapons
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians returning to their homes in northern Gaza have passed through checkpoints in a central zone of the enclave where scanners check for
January 27, 2025
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Europe|Fashion and Beauty
Imane Ayissi celebrates African craftsmanship with modern elegance at Paris Couture Week
Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection that celebrated heritage while embracing modernity
January 27, 2025
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists arrested in East Africa, says Interpol
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across east Africa over the last two months, the global police body Interpol said
January 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'
Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations describe a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government say the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.”
January 26, 2025
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France condemns Rwanda's action in Democratic Republic of Congo
France expresses its solidarity regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo and condemns actions by Rwanda in the country, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday.
January 27, 2025
Africa|Americas|Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Political|World
To weather Trump, emerging market investors look to the frontier
The new era of unpredictability, marked by tariff threats and rising global tensions, is prompting emerging market investors to look for shelter in frontier markets
January 27, 2025
Africa|Political|World
UN Security Council demands M23 stop offensive in eastern Congo
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January 27, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Arab allies and confounds a Republican senator
President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with both countries' governments and perplexed a congressional ally
January 26, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Leader of Congo's rebel alliance say they have taken Goma
Congolese rebels said on Sunday they had taken Goma, the biggest city in the east of the mineral-rich country, after a lightning advance that has forced
January 26, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan army chief visits Khartoum headquarters, vows to defeat RSF paramilitary
Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to
January 26, 2025
Africa|Health|MidEast|Political|World
About 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan
January 26, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Sierra Leone says it is investigating reports that Dutch drug kingpin took refuge in country
Sierra Leone's information ministry said on Sunday it was investigating media reports that European cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is in the country and benefiting from high-level
January 26, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
Airstrike kills at least 70 seeking care at last functioning hospital in North Darfur capital as Sudan’s civil war rages
Airstrike kills at least 70 seeking care at last functioning hospital in North Darfur capital as Sudan’s civil war rages
January 26, 2025
Africa|Crime|World
Islamist militants kill at least 20 Nigerian troops, security sources say
Suspected Islamist fighters killed at least 20 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, after attacking an army base in a remote town in
January 26, 2025
Africa|Political|World
International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city
United Nations and army officials say fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead
January 25, 2025
Africa|Health|Political|World
WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan healthcare after 70 killed in drone strike
The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan's North Darfur
January 26, 2025
Africa|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment
Benedict Cumberbatch explains how a near-death experience changed his outlook on life
Benedict Cumberbatch explains how a near-death experience changed his outlook on life
January 24, 2025
Africa|MidEast|World
Yemen's Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unilaterally released 153 war detainees
January 25, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo severs ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates
Congo has severed all diplomatic ties with Rwanda and South Africa said on Saturday that nine of its peacekeepers had been killed amid a surge in fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels in
January 25, 2025
Africa|Environment|MidEast|Political|World
Fighting in Sudan's civil war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show
Fighting around Sudan’s largest oil refinery has set the sprawling complex ablaze, sending thick, black smoke over the country’s capital, Khartoum
January 25, 2025
Africa|Business|Food|Health|Science
‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’
‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’
January 25, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Moody's revises Kenya's ratings to 'positive' on potential liquidity risks easing
Global ratings agency Moody's revised Kenya's outlook to "positive" from "negative" on Friday, citing a potential ease in liquidity risks and improving debt affordability over time.
January 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
European cocaine kingpin has high level protection in Sierra Leone-sources
By David Lewis, Stephanie van den Berg and Reade Levinson NAIROBI/THE HAGUE - One of Europe's most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level
January 24, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudanese army claims major victory in Khartoum; RSF disputes
The Sudanese army has broken a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of its command centre in central Khartoum, the army said on Friday, in what would be a major victory in
January 24, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Congo provincial military governor dies in rebel offensive
The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the front line during an offensive by M23 rebels, the army said on
January 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Economy|Political|World
Nigerian soldiers killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers in the past week, army says
The army says Nigerian soldiers have killed 79 militants and suspected kidnappers over the past week in an operation targeting a decades-long insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast and attacks by various armed groups in the northwest
January 24, 2025
Africa|Travel|US|World
Six people injured in mid-air jolt that forced DC-bound United plane to make emergency landing in Nigeria
Six people injured in mid-air jolt that forced DC-bound United plane to make emergency landing in Nigeria
January 24, 2025
Africa|Environment|World
Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded
A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone
January 24, 2025
Africa|Environment|World
More than 100 dead dolphins found on Somali coast, cause a mystery
More than 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, with officials yet to establish what caused their deaths.
January 24, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
US lawmakers find UAE provides weapons to Sudan RSF; UAE denies this
Two U.S. lawmakers will keep trying to block arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, having determined that the UAE is providing weapons to the paramilitary
January 24, 2025
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Israeli military says it remains deployed in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said on Friday that it remained deployed in southern Lebanon while maintaining the terms of the ceasefire deal.
January 24, 2025
Africa|Political|World
Governor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say
Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma
January 24, 2025
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|MidEast
Egypt and Eni-Total consortium to sign deal on processing Cypriot natural gas for export
Officials say Egypt and a consortium made up of energy companies Total of France and Italy’s Eni will sign a key agreement next month to transport natural gas from an undersea deposit inside Cypriot waters to Egypt, where it will be liquefied and processed for export
January 24, 2025
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Scores of Ethiopians die in long-running Amhara conflict, rights body says
Ethiopian forces and Amhara militiamen have both in recent months killed dozens of civilians, caught in a conflict plaguing the country's second-largest
January 24, 2025