South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN's Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked claims and multiple reports have found no evidence of a "White genocide" in South Africa.
May 21, 2025
The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped slightly in 2024, not because of any shrinking influence but rather the opposite
May 22, 2025
‘What else could Cyril have done?’ South Africans praise calm Ramaphosa after White House ambush
May 22, 2025
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May 21, 2025
The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leader’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House was one of trepidation
May 22, 2025
How the White House orchestrated Trump’s Oval Office ambush of South African president
May 21, 2025
The United States is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan
May 21, 2025
President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers in that country
May 21, 2025
President Donald Trump used a video shown in the Oval Office to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with claims that white farmers are being targeted and killed in the country
May 21, 2025
Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion
April 26, 2025
Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024
May 21, 2025
Federal judge says Trump administration must ‘maintain custody’ of migrants allegedly sent to South Sudan
May 20, 2025
South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits Trump amid fears he could face Zelensky-style onslaught in White House
May 21, 2025
A Kenyan and a Ugandan activist detained in Tanzania after travelling to observe a court appearance by a jailed opposition leader are still in custody, Tanzania's Law Society said
May 21, 2025
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party, according to an official decree, as the country faces fresh fighting between rival armed
May 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House for a meeting that might be tense
May 21, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget, refugee admissions and more
May 20, 2025
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it agreed with Israel to allow delivery of urgent humanitarian aid from the Gulf country to Gaza, the state news agency WAM reported.
May 20, 2025
Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prompting protests from the opposition who said the move violated a Supreme
May 20, 2025
Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum and tin, which Kinshasa has long accused neighbouring Rwanda of illegally exploiting, could be exported
May 20, 2025
Tanzanian authorities arrested and later deported human rights activists from Kenya and Uganda who had travelled to Dar es Salaam to observe a hearing in the treason case
May 20, 2025
Moscow is ready to work toward ending the fighting in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday following a two-hour phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump
May 19, 2025
The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak
May 19, 2025
Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu told his supporters to have no fear as he appeared in court on Monday on charges including treason, as President Samia Suluhu Hassan
May 19, 2025
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Monday that Equatorial Guinea has a legal claim to a cluster of small islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the
May 19, 2025
A suicide bomber in the Somali capital has targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounding 21 others
May 18, 2025
At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu,
May 18, 2025
Severe storms across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 27 people dead
May 18, 2025
Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said on Saturday that eliminating militias is an "ongoing project," as a ceasefire after deadly clashes this week
May 17, 2025
Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated
May 17, 2025
House Republicans are in the final rounds of negotiations over a sweeping budget plan that has been significantly influenced by President Donald Trump's priorities
May 17, 2025
A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis
May 15, 2025
Gabon's ousted former president Ali Bongo has flown to Angola with his wife and son, who had been freed almost two years after being detained following a coup, Angola's presidency
May 16, 2025
U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp and several European companies are in talks with the Trump administration to obtain authorizations to keep their stakes in joint ventures with Venezuela's
May 15, 2025
As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West
May 16, 2025
President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Africa said on Thursday he spoke with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo about a draft
May 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim this week that there is an unreported “genocide” happening against white farmers in South Africa was his harshest accusation yet against a country he has moved to punish over a range of issues
May 15, 2025
President Donald Trump says the United States and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear deal
May 15, 2025
U.S. envoys in Africa will be rated on commercial deals struck, not aid spent, a senior State Department official said, touting it as the new strategy for U.S.
May 15, 2025
On Cristian Giacobone's farm in the heart of Argentina's Pampas plains, workers in the soy fields have been up since dawn, racing to
May 15, 2025
Rwanda's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged at 6.5% in a decision announced on Thursday and said it planned to start buying gold for its international
May 15, 2025
Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges following an appeal to a
May 15, 2025
Congolese authorities have accused Rwanda’s army and the M23 rebel group it backs of killing dozens and kidnapping thousands in the war-torn country’s east
May 15, 2025
President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to hold talks at the White House next week
May 14, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the United States on a working visit next week and will meet U.S.
May 14, 2025
The wife and son of Gabon's former president have been transferred from prison to house arrest, though it is unclear when they might stand trial for alleged financial crimes,
May 14, 2025
The Danish Refugee Council, a major humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it will end its relief programmes in six countries and slash 650 additional jobs after the United States,
May 14, 2025
The worst fighting in Libya's capital for years calmed on Wednesday after the government announced a ceasefire, Tripoli residents said, while there was no immediate statement from
May 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace and offered the Vatican as a
May 14, 2025
France's foreign ministry summoned a senior Algerian diplomat on Wednesday to inform him that Paris was expelling Algerians holding diplomatic passports without visas in a response
May 14, 2025
A federal judge says President Donald Trump can use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan citizens who are shown to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang
May 13, 2025
Lawyers for the 2-year-old U.S. citizen who was deported with her mother to Honduras confirmed that the family is lifting its lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump
May 13, 2025
Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and others criticizing him
May 13, 2025
An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist whom it accused of working with Hamas and was
May 13, 2025
Mali's military government announced on Tuesday that it had dissolved all political parties, approving a recommendation publicised last month that spurred unprecedented protests in
May 13, 2025
Tanzanian authorities arrested a senior opposition official as he was departing for a political conference in Belgium, his party said on Tuesday, as fears grow of an escalating crackdown
May 13, 2025
The killing of a powerful militia leader in the Libyan capital on Monday night sparked hours of intense clashes that drove his group from its main stronghold and may prompt a
May 13, 2025
For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer
May 12, 2025
UN mission in Libya calls for de-escalation after fighting erupts in capital
May 13, 2025
President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States
May 12, 2025
The Trump administration has brought a small group of white South Africans to the United States as refugees in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort
May 12, 2025
By Natalia Siniawski The top diplomats from Kenya and the Dominican Republic met in Santo Domingo on Monday and called on the international community to fulfill and expand its promised funding for the
May 12, 2025
The Trump administration welcomed on Monday 59 white South Africans it granted refugee status in the U.S., having
May 12, 2025
White South Africans granted refugee status by Trump administration arrive in US
May 12, 2025
Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March
May 12, 2025
The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a programme initiated by U.S.
May 11, 2025
A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration
May 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war" in his first Sunday message to crowds in St.
May 11, 2025
The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort
May 10, 2025
At least seven people have been killed in two districts of Mogadishu after a flood triggered by severe rainfall swept through the east African nation on Friday
May 10, 2025
Sudanese authorities say a suspected drone attack has killed at least 20 prisoners in the southern region of Kordofan
May 10, 2025
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May 09, 2025
The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week
May 09, 2025
Ugandan opposition leader and pop singer Bobi Wine said on Friday he plans to run for president for a second time and criticised the West for not speaking out more against "gross
May 09, 2025
Nigeria's Senate passed four tax reform bills on Friday aimed at boosting government revenue, nearing completion of a plan that has faced criticism and pushback from
May 09, 2025
An attempt by Mali's military government to stamp out public dissent by banning all political activity will be put to the test on Friday as critics wary of security
May 09, 2025
President Donald Trump says he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital after abandoning his first pick for the job
May 08, 2025
U.S. energy groups are asking President Donald Trump's administration to exempt liquefied natural gas tankers from a new rule
May 07, 2025
Gaza's tiny Christian community said that they were happy about the election of a new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, adding they were also confident he would give
May 08, 2025
Two advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents
May 08, 2025
Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya
May 08, 2025
U.S. law firm Susman Godfrey asked a judge in Washington on Thursday to permanently bar President Donald Trump's executive order against it, calling the
May 08, 2025
The United States will cut $50 million worth of medical aid a year to Zambia because of “systematic” theft of the aid in past years and the government’s failure to crack down on corruption
May 08, 2025
Nigeria has repaid $3.4 billion in emergency funding it received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the country cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic five
May 08, 2025
With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S.
May 08, 2025
Fighting along the Nile River in South Sudan has prevented humanitarian aid from reaching more than 60,000 malnourished children in the northeast of the country for almost a month,
May 08, 2025
Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow as Putin’s ‘guest of honor’ ahead of Victory Day military parade
May 07, 2025
State media say Mali’s military government has announced the suspension of political party activities in the West African country “until further notice.”
May 07, 2025
Sudan's army said its anti-aircraft systems intercepted drones on Wednesday targeting a naval base in the wartime capital Port Sudan.
May 07, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws
May 07, 2025
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House, among the numerous immigration-related executive orders he signed was one suspending the country’s refugee program
May 07, 2025
Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to
May 06, 2025
The head of Yemen's Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, said the Iran-aligned group will continue their attacks to support Gaza, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV
May 06, 2025
Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's wartime capital Port Sudan on Tuesday, a witness said, part of a days-long drone assault that has torched the country's biggest fuel depots and damaged
May 06, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have restarted peace talks in Qatar, sources said on Tuesday, part of a diplomatic
May 06, 2025
Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope
May 06, 2025
Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users
May 06, 2025
Fact check: Trump makes more false claims about Canada in advance of meeting with prime minister
May 06, 2025
A bombing attack on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital and pharmacy in South Sudan over the weekend was deliberate and may amount to a war crime, the U.N.
May 06, 2025
British maritime security firm Ambrey reported on Tuesday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had launched a drone attack on facilities at Port Sudan, targeting the
May 06, 2025
A magistrate court in Tanzania has ordered that an opposition leader who was charged with treason last month be brought in court in person after he went on hunger strike to protest virtual hearings
May 06, 2025
A Ugandan opposition activist, who President Yoweri Museveni's son said he had been holding captive in his basement, appears to have been tortured, the East African nation's justice
May 06, 2025
Growing up in Nigeria's cocoa farming area of Ikom in the southeast, Anyoghe Akwa did not see much of a future, so instead he decided to move away, study
May 06, 2025
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said it can not rule on Sudan's case accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in Darfur by supplying weapons to
May 05, 2025
A U.S. official says Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end fighting in resource-rich eastern Congo
May 05, 2025
Togo leader Faure Gnassingbe has been given the powerful new role of President of the Council of Ministers which has no fixed term limit, parliament said - a move the opposition
May 05, 2025
Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a process meant to end fighting in eastern Congo and attract billions of dollars of Western investment, U.S.
May 05, 2025
Egypt's net foreign assets jumped by $4.9 billion in March, central bank data showed, apparently boosted by the approval of the fourth review of the country's IMF programme.
May 05, 2025
A Kenyan court on Monday charged four police officers with crimes against humanity over accusations of killing a baby during a crackdown on protests after a disputed election in
May 05, 2025
Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history
May 05, 2025
Top UN court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE
May 05, 2025
The top United Nations court has dismissed a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s deadly civil war
May 05, 2025
Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali’s military government and demonstrated over the weekend in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago
May 05, 2025
Rwanda is in the early stages of talks to receive immigrants deported from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on television late on Sunday.
May 05, 2025
Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to "stop playing both sides with its double talk and decide if it's on the side of civilization or if it's on the
May 03, 2025
Hospital bombing kills 7 amid fears South Sudan is returning to civil war
May 03, 2025
The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State athletic department employees for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball games involving the Cyclones
May 02, 2025
At least seven people were killed and 20 injured and the last remaining hospital and pharmacy in the country's Fangak county were destroyed in bombings, medical charity
May 03, 2025
The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most
May 03, 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it had become the latest African country to grant a licence to tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink and that the company would begin
May 02, 2025
Israel's security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and
May 02, 2025
The U.N.
May 02, 2025
A Haitian woman who moved to South America nearly a decade ago was finally reunited with her daughter through a local visa program that
May 02, 2025
What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia
May 02, 2025
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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%
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