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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Crowd crushes at two charity events in Nigeria kill at least 32 people
Crowd crushes at two charity events in Nigeria kill at least 32 people
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France's Macron backs Ethiopia's debt restructuring efforts
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed full support on Saturday for Ethiopia's debt restructuring efforts, emphasising the need for a swift resolution "in the coming weeks"
December 21, 2024
Africa|Travel|World
38 people are dead and over 100 missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes on the Busira River
Officials say 38 people are confirmed dead, and over 100 missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry — full of people returning home for Christmas — capsized
December 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Over 20 civilians killed in central Mali village attacks
Suspected jihadists killed more than 20 people in a string of attacks on villages in central Mali's insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said.
December 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|World
13 people including children die in stampedes in Nigeria at Christmas charity events
Authorities in Nigeria say At least 13 people, including four children, were killed in two separate stampedes in the country, as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events
December 21, 2024
Africa|Europe|Health|Political|World
France's Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals
A week after Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, the island remains in crisis
December 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|World
At least 13 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
At least 13 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women and children, scrambled for charity, police authorities
December 21, 2024
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Ten people including children die in a stampede in Nigeria at a Christmas food distribution event
Authorities in Nigeria say ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in the capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a Christmas event
December 21, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
US State Dept imposes visa restrictions on multiple people in South Sudan
The U.S. Department of State said on Friday that it is imposing visa restrictions on multiple individuals responsible for the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.
December 21, 2024
Africa|Europe|Health|Political|World
Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation
Crowds in Mayotte have vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing
December 20, 2024
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Zambian police arrest 2 over alleged plot to bewitch President Hichilema
Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft
December 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including at least eight in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and at least 10,
December 20, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
What will Syria's future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries' recent pasts
Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew
December 20, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white people under controversial land reforms to sell it and to be able to borrow from banks using it as collateral
December 20, 2024
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Sudan's RSF fighters say they plan to work with a new government, raising partition fears
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters have said they will work with a planned new government to oversee territories they control,
December 20, 2024
Africa|Political|World
United Nations extends Congo peacekeeping mission
The United Nations Security Council voted to extend the mandate for a long-running U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic
December 20, 2024
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Macron swears in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte
Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without
December 20, 2024
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World Food Programme says three staff killed in Sudan by aerial strike
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that three of its staff were killed in war-torn Sudan's Blue Nile state on Thursday after an aerial strike
December 20, 2024
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Macron tells cyclone-hit Mayotte islanders to be grateful they are French after facing jeers
Macron tells cyclone-hit Mayotte islanders to be grateful they are French after facing jeers
December 20, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported
The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government have declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks
December 20, 2024
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Britain and Mauritius eye swift Chagos treaty amid uncertainty
Britain and Mauritius both want to finalise a treaty over the future of a U.S.-British military base in the Chagos Islands as quickly as possible, they said on Friday, after
December 20, 2024
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Greece recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes
Greece has recovered the bodies of eight migrants who fell into the sea after their speedboat collided with a coastguard boat pursuing it off the island of Rhodes on Friday, the
December 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan's al-Fashir, UN rights chief says
More than 700 people have been killed in al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur state since May, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday, imploring the paramilitary Rapid Support
December 20, 2024
Africa|Economy|Food|Political|World
UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
The U.N.'s food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa
December 20, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Rwanda declares that Marburg virus outbreak is over
Rwanda has declared an end to the country's Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news conference on
December 20, 2024
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Mayotte residents demand more help from Macron after deadly cyclone
People in storm-ravaged Mayotte implored French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to do more to help as he toured the overseas
December 19, 2024
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Crowd crush kills 35 children at funfair in Nigeria, police say
Crowd crush kills 35 children at funfair in Nigeria, police say
December 20, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Congolese president sacks military top brass in major reshuffle
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the chief of staff of the armed forces and dozens of other senior military figures in one of the biggest shake-ups of its kind in
December 19, 2024
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France's Macron says tour of cyclone-devastated Mayotte is a day he won't forget
French President Emmanuel Macron has traveled to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido
December 19, 2024
Africa|Health|Political|US|World
At UN, Blinken tells states backing Sudan's warring parties: Enough
U.S.
December 19, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Blinken announces aid for Sudan and talks about AI risks at UN Security Council
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced $200 million in humanitarian aid for conflict-torn Sudan during his likely final trip to the United Nations while in office
December 19, 2024
Africa|Health|World
As cyclone Chido waned, baby Chido was born in Mayotte home
Early last Sunday, after a night spent working at a small Mayotte maternity ward as a vicious storm devastated the French islands, midwife Lucie Gerard
December 19, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|US
Biden to report to US Congress on UAE assurance it is not supplying weapons to Sudan RSF
President Joe Biden's administration will provide U.S. lawmakers an assessment by Jan. 17 on the credibility of assurances by the United Arab Emirates that
December 19, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria
A man in western Congo has died with hemorrhagic fever symptoms
December 19, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
French President Emmanuel Macron met with anger from Mayotte residents, days after devastating cyclone
French President Emmanuel Macron met with anger from Mayotte residents, days after devastating cyclone
December 19, 2024
Africa|Election|MidEast|Political|World
Libyan rivals agree to work with UN to end political deadlock
Delegations from rival Libyan legislative bodies agreed at talks in Morocco on Thursday to work together with a United Nations mission
December 19, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Political|World
Burkina Faso frees four French spies after Moroccan mediation
Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for a year have been released following mediation from Morocco, France and Morocco said on
December 19, 2024
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20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia
Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country’s Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat
December 19, 2024
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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year
Four French nationals detained for more than a year in Burkina Faso were released this week after negotiations between the two countries and Morocco
December 19, 2024
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UN peacekeepers guard Congolese farmers working their fields
Under a scorching sun in Democratic Republic of Congo, many of the farmers tending to their fields in the troubled eastern
December 19, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|Political|World
Survivors recount 'very apocalyptic' cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte
Four days after the strongest cyclone in nearly a century ripped through the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of Africa, survivors recalled the horror of a storm that caught many by surprise
December 18, 2024
Africa|MidEast|World
At least 20 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast, marking second tragedy in a week
At least 20 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisian coast, marking second tragedy in a week
December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
At least 20 die, five rescued as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday, the second migrant
December 18, 2024
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Several children killed in stampede at a holiday fair event in Nigeria, state governor says
Several children have died following a stampede during a school holiday fair in Nigeria
December 18, 2024
Africa|Environment|World
Cyclone Chido leaves Mayotte reeling. Warmer oceans fueled it
The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90 years, according to officials
December 18, 2024
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Blinken to announce more funding for Sudan at UN on Thursday, official says
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December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|Health|Political|World
Stampede in southwestern Nigerian city causes multiple deaths
A stampede at a religious event in Ibadan, the capital of Nigeria's southwest Oyo state, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, Governor Seyi Makinde said on Wednesday.
December 18, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
Namibia votes and could have its first female leader. But election upsets have shaken the region
A woman who joined Namibia’s independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as the country votes in a presidential election
November 27, 2024
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Mali town at heart of July battle hit by disease and drone strikes
Residents of Mali's northern town of Tinzaouaten, caught in the crossfire of a fierce July battle between Tuareg rebels and the army backed by
November 27, 2024
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France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
France’s Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|Environment|Political|World
Destruction omnipresent in Mayotte, less so the French state, locals say
The destruction wreaked by cyclone Chido on Mayotte can be seen across France's Indian Ocean archipelago.
December 18, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|Political|World
France's Mayotte cleans up after cyclone, total death toll still unknown
Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido, more than four days after
December 18, 2024
Africa|Asia|Europe|Political|World
Mauritius wants to rethink a deal with the UK over remote islands housing a key US base
The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius
December 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Technology|World
Nigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success
In Nigeria, roughly 85 million people do not have access to electricity
December 18, 2024
Africa|Election|MidEast|Political|World
Libyan rivals resume talks in Morocco to break political deadlock
Delegations from rival Libyan institutions resumed talks in Morocco on Wednesday to try to break a political deadlock and prevent the country from sliding back
December 18, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Europe|Technology|World
Congo lawyers say Apple's supply chain statement must be verified
International lawyers for the Democratic Republic of Congo welcomed Apple's decision to stop sourcing minerals from there due to worsening conflict, but said they
December 18, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainees to Kenya and Malaysia
US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainees to Kenya and Malaysia
December 17, 2024
Africa|World
Congo river boat sinks killing at least 22
A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official told Reuters on Wednesday.
December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Ghana Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT bill
Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the
December 18, 2024
Africa|Americas|Education|Political|Travel|World
Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola slavery past
Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century.
December 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Health|Political|World
Cyclone compounds French Mayotte's problems of poverty, overcrowding and dwindling resources
Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the
December 18, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Ghana President-elect Mahama names anti-corruption team
Ghana's President-elect John Dramani Mahama has named an anti-corruption team to gather information on suspected graft, his transition team said in a statement on Wednesday.
December 18, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Election|Political
Mozambique's post-election unrest to hit economic growth, says IMF official
Mozambique's 2024 economic growth is likely to be revised down from a previous forecast of 4.3% due to post-election civil unrest and the impact of Cyclone Chido
December 18, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|World
Mayotte authorities fear hunger, disease after cyclone; death toll rises in Mozambique
Authorities in Mayotte struggled on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend's
December 17, 2024
Africa|Economy|Technology|World
Power supply restored after major outage hits Kenya, affects internet access
Kenya suffered a widespread power outage on Wednesday that affected most of the country, with electricity supply restored about six hours later, the nation's leading power utility
December 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies
United Methodist News Service reports that a religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze
December 17, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|World
Authorities impose overnight curfew in cyclone-ravaged Mayotte as France rushes in aid
An overnight curfew goes into force Tuesday evening as Mayotte struggles to recover from Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years
December 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Technology|World
Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in
December 17, 2024
Africa|World
At least 25 are killed and dozens are missing after an overcrowded boat capsizes in Congo
Local officials and residents say an overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing
December 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Israeli airstrikes kill families in two Gaza homes; tanks bear down on Mawasi
Huge Israeli airstrikes killed extended families in homes in two parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza medics said, with Israel's military saying it
December 17, 2024
Africa|Europe|Health|World
'Tens of thousands' may be dead, Mayotte hospital worker says
Tens of thousands of people could have died in Mayotte after a devastating cyclone and doctors are also bracing for a surge in disease, a dental surgeon at the islands' only hospital
December 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Pirates demand $10 million in ransom after hijacking Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 captives
An official says that the pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom
December 17, 2024
Africa|Europe|World
France rushes aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido leaves hundreds feared dead
France is rushing rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after the island group off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century
December 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
South African rand weakens ahead of Fed decision
South Africa's rand weakened against a stronger dollar on Tuesday as investors turn their attention to the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
December 17, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Economy|Finance
Brazilian digital lender Nubank invests $150 million in Tyme Group
Brazilian digital bank Nubank said on Monday it has invested $150 million in Tyme Group, a Singapore-based digital bank backed by China's Tencent with 15 million
December 17, 2024
Africa|Environment|World
At least 34 killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique, UN agency says
At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall there on Sunday, the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, citing figures from the
December 17, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Iran's president to make rare visit to Egypt for D-8 summit
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take part in a summit of big Muslim countries in Egypt on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, the first visit by an
December 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Kenyan man sentenced to 50 years in jail for killing LGBTQ activist
A Kenyan court has sentenced a man to 50 years in prison after he was convicted of the murder of gay rights activist Edwin Kiptoo nearly two years ago.
December 17, 2024
Africa|Asia|MidEast|Political|World
Indonesia's Prabowo heads to Egypt for D-8 economic summit
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto headed to Egypt on Tuesday to attend meetings of a group of eight major Muslim developing countries, known as the D-8 Organization for Economic
December 17, 2024
Africa|Election|MidEast|Political|World
UN announces initiative to overcome political deadlock in Libya
The top U.N. official in Libya has announced a new initiative to overcome a three-year deadlock and move the divided oil-rich North Africa nation toward a national election
December 16, 2024
Africa|Environment|World
‘It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte’: Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
‘It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte’: Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
December 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Uganda's court orders government to pay LRA war crime victims
A Ugandan court has ordered the government to pay up to 10 million Ugandan shillings ($2,740) to each victim of Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo, the first senior
December 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
WTO fixes date for major meeting in Cameroon in early 2026
World Trade Organization members agreed on Monday to hold the next ministerial conference in Cameroon in early 2026, the global trade watchdog said in a statement.
December 16, 2024
Africa|Economy|Political|Sports|Travel|World
Morocco to double airport capacity by 2030
Morocco plans to expand its airport capacity to 80 million passengers by 2030 from 38 million currently, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said.
December 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Cameroon's Biya warns of disaster for Central Africa financial stability
Cameroon's President Paul Biya warned on Monday of "disastrous consequences" for the countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa if urgent action is not
December 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Women held as sex slaves in Sudan's South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says
Women from Sudan's South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human
December 16, 2024
Africa|Environment|World
Rescuers comb debris for survivors, count dead in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Emergency workers searched for survivors on Monday and battled to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory,
December 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
A Kenyan man gets 50 years in prison for the murder of a gay rights activist
The housemate of an LGBTQ+ activist in Kenya has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was discovered in a metal box almost two years ago
December 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|MidEast
BP, ADNOC's XRG agree Egypt gas JV Arcius Energy
BP and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's international investments arm XRG said on Monday they have closed a deal for a new natural gas joint venture in Egypt, as ADNOC
December 16, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Europe|World
Key facts about Mayotte, pummelled by Cyclone Chido
Following are some facts about the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where Cyclone Chido devastated the poorest place in France.
December 15, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology
South Africa's Takealot bets on townships to fend off global rivals
South Africa's biggest e-commerce retailer, Takealot, has hired thousands of personal shoppers to help it penetrate townships and rural areas and fend off
December 16, 2024
Africa|Environment|Europe|World
Death toll in French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is 'several hundred,' top official says
The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands
December 15, 2024
Africa|Election|MidEast|Political|World
UN launches fresh attempt to resolve Libya's election impasse
The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the country on the path to long-awaited national elections, the
December 15, 2024
Africa|Environment|Europe|World
Mayotte cyclone kills several hundred, maybe thousands, in worst storm in century
Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French
December 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
West Africa regional bloc sets up court for crimes under dictatorship in Gambia
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved setting up a special court Sunday to try crimes committed in Gambia during its military dictatorship
December 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Niger says 39 civilians killed in militant attacks
Suspected jihadists killed 39 civilians, including women and children, in two separate attacks in western Niger's conflict-torn borderlands in recent days, the defence ministry said
December 15, 2024
Africa|Business|Environment|World
Oil spill occurs at Shell terminal in Nigeria
An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria's Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria's maritime agency said on Sunday.
December 15, 2024
Africa|Political|World
W Africa bloc offers junta-led states six months to rethink exit
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a six-month grace period after their scheduled exit from West Africa's main political and economic group next month during
December 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
At least 10 people die in Nigeria boat accident
At least 10 people died when a boat capsized on the Benue River in central Nigeria, Benue State police spokesperson Catherine Anene said on Sunday.
December 15, 2024
Africa|Political|World
West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has approved an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations
December 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|Technology|World
STORY WITHDRAWN Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators by Ethiopia rebels: court documents
The Dec. 10 story headlined "Meta contractor dismissed threats to moderators by Ethiopia rebels: court documents" is withdrawn out of safety considerations for some named
December 10, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Congo and Rwanda say peace talks in Angola will not take place
A meeting between the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will not take place as planned on Sunday, both countries said, dashing hopes of a deal to curb Congo's
December 15, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
At least 22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes, Palestinian medics say
At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it targeted gunmen operating from
December 14, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Political|World
Gunmen clash in a Libyan city and fires erupt at a nearby oil refinery
Libyan officials say clashes have broken out between armed groups in a western city, trapping residents in their homes and causing fires in the country’s second largest oil refinery
December 15, 2024
Africa|Arts|Business|Entertainment|Food|Health|Lifestyle|Science|Technology|Travel|World
Here are 5 good things that happened this week
Here are 5 good things that happened this week
December 14, 2024
Africa|Europe|MidEast|World
Five die after migrant boat capsizes off Greek island, many feared missing
At least five migrants drowned after their wooden boat capsized off Greece's southern island of Gavdos, the coastguard said on Saturday, and witnesses said many were still missing as
December 14, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
Senegal's 2025 budget sees lower deficit after audit revelations
Senegal expects a budget deficit of about 7% of gross domestic product in 2025, according to government proposals seen by Reuters on Saturday, down from the 10% revealed in an audit
December 14, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Election|Political
Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect
Ghana's President-elect John Dramani Mahama has said he will not abandon the country's $3 billion rescue package with the International Monetary Fund,
December 14, 2024
Africa|Travel|World
Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade
Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade
December 14, 2024
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
Russian cargo plane departs Syria for Libya, more flights expected, official says
A Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia for Libya on Saturday, a Syrian security official stationed outside
December 14, 2024
Africa|Health|MidEast|Political|World
RSF attacks main hospital in Sudan's al-Fashir, says health official
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked the main still-functioning hospital in al-Fashir, in Sudan's North Darfur state on Friday, killing nine people and injuring 20,
December 13, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political|World
African Union chairperson candidates advocate for permanent UN Security Council seats
Three African leaders seeking to head the African Union have detailed their plans for regional security amid conflicts and political coups while strongly advocating for inter-Africa trade
December 13, 2024
Africa|Education|Science|Technology
Sophia, a famous robot and global icon of AI, wins hearts at Zimbabwe's innovation fair
Sophia, a world-renowned robot, has been the center of attention at an Artificial Intelligence and Innovation fair in Zimbabwe this week
December 13, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Suspected Darfur militia leader maintains his innocence at ICC war crimes trial
THE HAGUE - A Sudanese man accused of ordering thousands of pro-government Janjaweed militia to carry out atrocities including murder and rape in Sudan's Darfur region told judges at the International
December 13, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|Science|World
Indian Ocean islands of Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte are bracing for Cyclone Chido
The islands of Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean are bracing for Cyclone Chido as it makes its way toward Africa’s east coast
December 13, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Turkey can step in to resolve Sudan-UAE disputes, Erdogan tells Burhan
Turkey can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Tayyip Erdogan told the head of Sudan's sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in a
December 13, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Court rules Namibia opposition parties can inspect election data
Two Namibian opposition parties that are seeking to challenge the result of elections last month won a court order on Friday allowing them to inspect election materials they had
December 13, 2024
Africa|Asia|MidEast|Political|World
China and Egypt agree on need to promote peace in Middle East
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing agreed with Egypt that both nations should promote peace and negotiations to achieve stability in the Middle East, amid several crises
December 13, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Zimbabwe's president once faced the death penalty and is now set to abolish it
Zimbabwe’s senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty and it is now set to be signed into law by the president
December 12, 2024
Africa|Food|MidEast|World
Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts
December 12, 2024
Africa|Environment|Political|World
In Lesotho, UN chief Guterres urges rich nations to meet new commitments on climate finance
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged rich nations to honor their new commitments to help the world’s poorer countries fight climate change in a speech to Lesotho’s Parliament
December 12, 2024
Africa|Europe|World
Rescue group saves 11-year-old girl floating alone in the Mediterranean for days after shipwreck
A humanitarian rescue group says its sailboat plucked from the central Mediterranean an 11-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a shipwreck in stormy seas
December 12, 2024
Africa|Americas|Environment|Science|Travel|World
Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration
Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration
December 12, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
UAE flights flood airstrip UN says supplies weapons to Sudan rebels
Since civil war erupted in Sudan last year, dozens of cargo planes from the United Arab Emirates have landed at a small airstrip in Chad that some U.N. experts and diplomats suspect
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World
Greece launches emergency inquiry into the alleged assault of an Egyptian minor at a migrant camp
A Supreme Court prosecutor in Greece has launched an emergency inquiry into the alleged beating and sexual assault of a 16-year-old Egyptian boy at a camp for migrants outside Athens
December 12, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Food|World
Zimbabwe at risk of another dry season after El Nino drought, says WFP
Zimbabwe appears to be heading into another dry spell that could worsen hunger for millions of people already suffering from an El Nino-induced drought,
December 12, 2024
Africa|MidEast|World
At least nine die, six missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia's coastguard has recovered the bodies of nine migrants while six others are still missing after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, a judicial official said on Thursday,
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
Comoros couple released after sentencing for gay sex verdict
A court in Comoros released two women on Thursday after a judge found them guilty of engaging in gay sexual activity and sentenced them for a shorter period than
December 12, 2024
Africa|Asia|Environment|Science|World
15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly
Nearly 10% of the planet’s human inhabitants live within 3.1 miles of the coast − where the risk of climate disasters is often highest.
December 12, 2024
Africa|Europe|World
Girl, 11, survives migrant shipwreck by clinging to tire tubes for 3 days
Girl, 11, survives migrant shipwreck by clinging to tire tubes for 3 days
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Election|Political|World
At least 110 people have died in 7 weeks of post-election protests in Mozambique, rights groups say
Rights and civil society groups say more than 100 people including children have been killed by security forces in post-election protests in Mozambique that have lasted nearly two months
December 12, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Somalia pulls troops out of Lower Juba after clashes with Jubbaland forces
Somalia said on Thursday it had pulled federal troops out of the southwestern Lower Juba region, after clashes with local forces from Jubbaland state which has
December 12, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Somalia, Ethiopia agree to work together to resolve Somaliland port dispute
Somalia and Ethiopia said they would work together to resolve a dispute over Addis Ababa's plan to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which had drawn in regional
December 11, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Hardest-hit Nigeria is latest African country to provide malaria vaccine to young children
Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rights group accuses Russian mercenaries of abuses against civilians in Mali
Human Rights Watch says Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, committed abuses against civilians since the withdrawal of a UN peacekeeping mission late last year
December 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|Education|World
Takeaways from AP's report on child labor in Nigeria lithium mines
Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for mining in Nigeria
December 11, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
Fighting breaks out between Somalia's Jubbaland region and federal government
Clashes erupted on Wednesday between forces from Somalia's federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region, raising
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Eleven-year-old from Sierra Leone survives three days at sea
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued overnight after three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island, a rescue
December 11, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
UN chief says debt relief tools far from adequate
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that existing debt relief mechanisms were far from adequate to address global
December 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|World
Nigeria suffers power outage after grid failure, power companies say
Nigeria suffered a widespread electricity blackout after its national grid collapsed on Wednesday, the country's power distribution companies said.
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Communal attacks kill more than 40 people in western DR Congo
More than 40 people have been killed over the last week in a flare-up of violence between two feuding communities in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese
December 11, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
UN chief sees hope in Syria after end of Assad regime
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there were signs of hope in Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces over
December 11, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed
Authorities say the mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
ICC suspect ordered murder and rape in Sudan's Darfur, judges hear
THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor told judges on Wednesday that the suspect in the first trial examining war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region two decades ago was a feared
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Six migrants die trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands
At least six migrants have died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands using precarious boats from West Africa, the emergency services and the Red Cross said on Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy|Political
Nigeria's Rivers state pledges gunboats to navy in fight against oil theft
Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state will provide six gunboats to the navy for patrols as part of efforts to help combat oil theft, which has plagued the
December 11, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, WHO reports
There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022, up to an estimated 263 million, according to a new World Health Organization report, marking another year of
December 11, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South Africa inflation rises less than expected, helped by food
South Africa's inflation rate rose less than expected in November, staying just below the central bank's target range thanks to food inflation slowing to its
December 11, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
Sudan - for the second year in a row - topped a 2025 watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization on
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Human trafficking rises sharply after dropping during pandemic, UN says
Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes
Amnesty International has called for an investigation into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for “possible crimes against humanity” during a deadly protest crackdown last year
December 11, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals
Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals
December 10, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|World
Haitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son's death
A coastal community in Haiti’s capital is reeling days after a gang leader was accused of killing more than 100 people to avenge his son’s death
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Collapsed wall kills five Kenyan gold miners, local official says
A wall collapsed at an illegal gold mine in northern Kenya, killing five people and leaving around 15 others missing, a local government official said on Tuesday.
December 10, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
At least 127, mostly civilians, killed in two days in Sudan bombardments
At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said.
December 10, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Somalia's president flies to Turkey for third round of talks with Ethiopia
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was heading to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the third round of talks aimed at defusing tensions with Ethiopia, the state news agency reported
December 10, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France begins military withdrawal from Chad, army says
France has started the withdrawal of its military from Chad with the departure of two warplanes that were based in the capital N'Djamena, the French army said, two weeks after Chad
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Gunmen kidnap at least 50 people in northwestern Nigeria
Armed men kidnapped dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria, residents and the police told The Associated Press on Tuesday, in the latest mass abduction in the region
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Police in Kenya hurl tear gas at protesters angry about gender-based violence
Police in Kenya’s capital have hurled tear gas canisters at hundreds of protesters angry about gender-based violence and femicide or the killing of women
December 10, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal
The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against femicide
Kenyan police fired teargas and arrested at least three people on Tuesday as hundreds protested against a wave of femicides, a Reuters reporter and
December 10, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|MidEast
Egypt's inflation dips to near two-year low of 25.5% in November
Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation rate dropped more than expected to 25.5% in November, its lowest since December 2022, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|World
At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo
Egyptian authorities say at least eight people have been killed when an apartment building collapsed Cairo
December 10, 2024
Africa|Americas|Asia|Election|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
When the world voted: the year of elections in photos
In 2024, people voted in countries that were home to almost half the world's population.
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Major kidnapping incidents in northern Nigeria this year
A gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Nigeria's Zamfara state, police and residents said.
December 10, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Zambian court rules ex-president Lungu ineligible to run for another term
Zambia's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was ineligible to run for another term in office after he announced his return to politics last year.
December 10, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Chagossians want a say as UK-Mauritius deal faces fresh scrutiny
Chagossians living in Britain said fresh doubts over a deal to hand sovereignty of their islands to Mauritius had given them a "last
December 10, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
South Africa business confidence sees biggest jump in nearly two years
South African business confidence saw its biggest year-on-year improvement in almost two years in November, boosted by higher tourist numbers, precious metal prices and new
December 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents and police say
A gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, police and residents said.
December 10, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political
World Bank cuts Kenya's 2024 growth estimate to 4.7% on fiscal challenges
The World Bank downgraded Kenya's economic growth estimate for this year to 4.7% on Tuesday, from an initial 5.0%, citing the impact of floods, anti-government
December 10, 2024
Africa|Americas|Arts|Education|Technology
From HCC to Stanford: Avey Etaghene’s Bold Journey to Empower the World Through AI
From HCC to Stanford: Avey Etaghene’s Bold Journey to Empower the World Through AI
December 10, 2024
Africa|Asia|Australia|Business|Economy|Technology
Lithium supply surplus set to stay with battery makers' help
Many lithium mines, led by Chinese operators, are maintaining production of the raw material needed for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, in defiance of prices weak
December 10, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment|Political|World
Takeaways from AP's report on Chinese gold mining threatening endangered protected site in Congo
For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment
December 09, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|US|World
Five years since its inception, a US development agency competes with China on global projects
Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone, and solar panel manufacturing in India
December 09, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups
Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups
December 09, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
Ghana's ex-leader is declared the presidential election winner and pledges 'reset' in a bad economy
Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of the presidential election
December 09, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Haiti gang massacres around 180 people, targeting elderly
Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a
December 09, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Ghana electoral commission declares ex-President Mahama election winner
Ghana's electoral commission on Monday declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday's
December 09, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
EU extends sanctions on Congolese officials for another year
The Council of European Union on Monday renewed EU sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, extending them until Dec. 12, 2025, it said in a
December 09, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
UN chief condemns Haiti violence, calls for investigation
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned gang violence and loss of life in Haiti, his spokesperson said, after more than 180 people were killed
December 09, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
South African rand firms as gold gets boost, data-packed week ahead
South Africa's rand jumped on Monday at the start of a week packed with economic data releases, as gold prices climbed after China's central bank resumed purchases of the
December 09, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Closing statements begin in the trial of Central African Republic rebels at the Hague
Prosecutors have told the International Criminal Court that they are confident that two alleged leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic are guilty of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity
December 09, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|World
Armed attackers kill 21 civilians in western Niger, army says
Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said.
December 09, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
John Dramani Mahama returning as Ghana president on pledge to mend economy
John Dramani Mahama, who is returning as Ghana's president eight years after losing power, achieved his political comeback on a promise to
December 09, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Undiagnosed disease in Congo puts children, malnourished at risk, WHO says
A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading mainly among children and putting severely malnourished people at risk, according to the World Health Organization
December 09, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|Technology|World
Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports
After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies
December 09, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
Ghana's ex-President John Mahama is set to return after rival concedes election
Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama is set to return to office in the West African nation’s presidential election after the ruling party candidate conceded defeat
December 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Environment|Political
Former Ghana leader pulls off historic comeback after crucial presidential election
Former Ghana leader pulls off historic comeback after crucial presidential election
December 08, 2024
Africa
'You could say it's an obsession': Man shows collection of over 4 million butterflies
Steve Collins, a butterfly collector in Nairobi, has dedicated his life to finding, preserving, and studying African butterfly species, amassing what is considered the world's largest collection. He's now looking for a new home for the collection and someone to carry on his work. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.
December 08, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|World
Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco's movie industry
Each year, celebrities descend on Morocco to attend the Marrakech International Film Festival, enjoy warm weather, luxurious resorts and laud the power of cinema
December 08, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Ghana's former President Mahama wins election
Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation's presidential
December 08, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Burkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister
Burkina Faso's military government has appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as prime minister of the transition after it fired Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, and dissolved
December 07, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
Ghana counts votes amid hopes for better times
Ghana voted in a presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial
December 07, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|MidEast|World
Marrakech Film Festival bestows Palestinian film 'Happy Holidays' with top award
The Marrakech International Film Festival has bestowed its top prize on “Happy Holidays,” a Palestinian drama set in Israel whose screenplay won an award at the Venice Film Festival in September
December 07, 2024
Africa
Doctors aren’t yet sure what the illness is that killed 143 people within 2 weeks
Dr. Michael Osterholm says he believes doctors will know soon what caused 143 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to die over a period of two weeks after experiencing flu-like symptoms and says evidence indicates that it is not spreading rapidly.
December 07, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Europe's new migrant hotspot races to cope with surging deaths
Two years ago forensic pathologist Modesto Martinez, 68, moved to the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro with an eye to retiring.
December 07, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Burkina Faso junta fires prime minister, dissolves government
Burkina Faso's ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, a decree issued by the office of military leader Ibrahim
December 06, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|Political|World
Kenyan police in Haiti tender resignations over pay delays
Nearly 20 of the roughly 400 Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti on a U.N.-backed anti-gang force have submitted letters of resignation from the mission over the
December 06, 2024
Africa|Health|World
A mystery illness has killed dozens of people in Congo. UN experts are now investigating
The World Health Organization said Friday it deployed experts to investigate a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people in southwest Congo
December 06, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast|World
Egyptian military agency takes over wheat buying from decades-old supply group
An Egyptian military agency has taken over the country's import of strategic commodities, a letter seen by Reuters showed, replacing a decades-old state institution to
December 06, 2024
Africa|Health|World
WHO sends experts to help Congo diagnose mystery disease
The World Health Organization said on Friday it is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate an as-yet undiagnosed disease
December 06, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Political|World
Sudan documentary implores world to remember how a hopeful revolution became a forgotten war
A new documentary chronicles Sudan's 2019 revolution and the period of time immediately after the ouster of military dictator Omar Al-Bashir
December 06, 2024
Africa|Sports
Julien Guerrier leads Nedbank Golf Challenge with defending champion Max Homa 2 strokes back
Julien Guerrier has taken a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City
December 06, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|World
Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back
An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of the violence confronting the United Nations-backed force almost daily in Port-au-Prince
December 06, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Environment|Political
Ghanaians vote in high-stakes elections as former leader eyes Trump-like comeback
Ghanaians vote in high-stakes elections as former leader eyes Trump-like comeback
December 06, 2024
Africa|Economy|Food|Political
Nigeria's Senate seeks to criminalise corn exports to tackle hunger
Nigeria's Senate has passed a bill seeking to make it a crime to export large quantities of unprocessed corn in an effort to alleviate hunger in the West African
December 06, 2024
Africa|Environment|Science
Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests
Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests
December 06, 2024
Africa|Asia|Crime|World
A Chinese vessel has been hijacked off the Somali coast, officials say
Local authorities in Somalia have confirmed that a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew members aboard was hijacked last week off the northeastern coast of Xaafuun district in Somalia’s Bari region
December 06, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political
Janusz Walus, killer of South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, to be deported to Poland
The South African government says the convicted killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani will be deported to his home country of Poland after his parole came to an end this week
December 06, 2024
Africa|Asia|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World
Chinese fishing vessel under control of suspected pirates off Somali coast, EU naval force says
Chinese fishing vessel under control of suspected pirates off Somali coast, EU naval force says
December 06, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political
South Africa to deport killer of anti-apartheid leader Hani to his native Poland
South Africa will deport Janusz Walus, a far-right extremist who assassinated anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993, to his native Poland on Friday, the government said.
December 06, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Crime|US
McKinsey Africa to pay $122 million in South Africa bribery scheme, US Justice Department says
McKinsey and Company Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, will pay more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. investigation into a
December 05, 2024
Africa|Europe|Sports
Tottenham joins list of top Premier League teams to lose at Bournemouth as fans jeer Postecoglou
Manchester City, Arsenal and now Tottenham
December 05, 2024
Africa|News|Science|Technology|World
Rwanda will host a company's 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach
Rwanda’s atomic energy board says it has signed a deal with a Canadian-German company to build its first small-scale nuclear reactor to test what the company claims is a new approach for nuclear fission
September 13, 2023
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
Ghana's presidential frontrunners in last-minute rally for votes
Ghana's two main presidential contenders staged rival rallies in the capital, Accra, on Thursday evening, courting voters in a final push ahead of the
December 05, 2024
Africa|News|World
Niger's junta released a French official held for 5 days
France says a French official detained in military-led Niger last week has been released
September 14, 2023
Africa|Economy|Technology|US
In San Francisco, Kenya's president woos American tech companies despite increasing taxes at home
Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home
September 15, 2023
Africa|Crime|Election|News|World
Zimbabwe's reelected president says there's democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge
Lawyers for an opposition party councilor in Zimbabwe say he and a relative were abducted, beaten and whipped by unknown men amid a post-election crackdown on criticism of recently reelected President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling ZANU-PF party
September 17, 2023
Africa|Health|News
Road collision kills 4 Greek rescue workers dispatched to flood-stricken Libya, health minister says
Libya' health minister says four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in a road collision
September 17, 2023
Africa|News
Landslide in northwest Congo kills at least 17 people after torrential rain
Authorities in northwestern Congo say torrential rain has caused a landslide that killed at least 17 people overnight
September 17, 2023
Africa|Crime|News
At least 20 students abducted in a new attack by gunmen targeting schools in northern Nigeria
Residents and local media in northcentral Nigeria say at least 20 students have been abducted by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria during an attack that targeted their school
September 22, 2023
Africa|Europe|News|Opinion|World
Niger's junta accuses United Nations chief of blocking its participation at General Assembly
The military government that seized power in Niger has accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “obstructing” the West African nation’s full participation at the U.N.‘s annual meeting of world leaders in order to appease France and its allies
September 23, 2023
Africa|Europe|News|World
President Emmanuel Macron says France will end military presence in Niger and pull ambassador from country after coup
President Emmanuel Macron says France will end military presence in Niger and pull ambassador from country after coup
September 24, 2023
Africa|Election|News|Political
Mali's military government postpones a presidential election intended to restore civilian rule
A spokesperson says Mali's military-led government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup
September 25, 2023
Africa|Health|News|World
Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia's Tigray region since the cease-fire there
Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November
September 26, 2023
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy
Mali issues arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO, document shows
Mali, one of Africa's biggest gold producers, has issued an arrest warrant for Barrick Gold Chief Executive Mark Bristow, a warrant
December 05, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Crime|US
McKinsey subsidiary will pay $122M for scheme to bribe South African officials, US says
An African subsidiary of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company Inc. will pay a criminal penalty of more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a yearslong scheme to bribe South African government officials
December 05, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Congo government says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens
Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people
December 05, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a decade after deadly outbreak
Sierra Leone has started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine
December 05, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
EU naval force: Chinese fishing vessel under control of alleged pirates in Somali waters
A Chinese fishing vessel is under the control of alleged pirates in Somalia's waters in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force said on
December 05, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Election|Political
Namibia's president-elect pledges 'radical shifts' on poverty and unemployment
Namibia's President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged "radical shifts" to fix the country's high levels of poverty and unemployment, speaking on Thursday in her first press
December 05, 2024
Africa|Business|MidEast|World
Crew of cargo ship rescued in Red Sea, EU naval force says
The crew of Panama-flagged cargo ship MV ISA STAR have been rescued in the Red Sea after sending a distress signal, the EU's Aspides naval mission said.
December 05, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
Takeaways from Biden's Africa trip: Pardon of son Hunter overshadows official business
President Joe Biden’s long-delayed trip to Africa was overshadowed by his controversial pardon of his son Hunter
December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|Lifestyle|World
A court in Kenya finds a housemate guilty in the killing of an LGBTQ activist
A court in Kenya has found the housemate of an LBGTQ activist guilty of murder in the killing of the activist, whose body was discovered stashed in a metal box two years ago
December 04, 2024
Africa|Economy|Political|Technology|World
Biden wraps historic Africa trip overshadowed by domestic and geopolitical controversies
Biden wraps historic Africa trip overshadowed by domestic and geopolitical controversies
December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Suspected bandits lay explosives on Nigerian road, causing damage
A gang of armed men planted explosives along the Dansadau-Gusau road in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, causing significant damage and casualties, a military
December 04, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter spurs broader discussion on who else should be granted clemency
President Joe Biden has ducked questions on his decision to break his word and pardon his son Hunter, ignoring calls for him to explain his reversal as he was making his first presidential trip to Angola
December 03, 2024
Africa|Business|Political|US|World
Biden says 'Africa is the future' as he pledges millions more on the last day of Angola visit
President Joe Biden has pledged another $600 million for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administration
December 04, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|World
Climate Investment Funds board backs $500 million Ethiopia nature plan
Multilateral lender Climate Investment Funds will back a $500 million plan to help drought-prone Ethiopia restore degraded land, protect its forests and bolster food
December 04, 2024
Africa|Health|MidEast|Political|World
Shelling renewed at famine-stricken camp in Sudan
Shelling renewed at the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp on Wednesday, after a lull the previous day in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces, according to activists and medics
December 04, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
China's duty-free access for poor African states kicks in as Biden tours Angola
China's zero-tariff access for Africa's least developed countries kicked in this week, a senior Chinese diplomat said, just as U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola.
December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Kenyan court finds housemate of slain LGBTQ activist guilty of murder
A Kenyan court on Wednesday found the housemate of gay rights activist Edwin Kiptoo guilty of his murder, authorities said, nearly two years after the killing sent shockwaves
December 04, 2024
Africa|Americas|MidEast|Political|World
New UN aid chief vows 'ruthlessness' to prioritize spending as funding for world's crises shrinks
The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency is calling for “ruthlessness” when prioritizing how it spends money
December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Explainer-Why fighting is flaring in eastern Congo and threatening regional stability
Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and
February 19, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Biden meets African leaders in Angola to advance Lobito railway project
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December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Extremist rebels linked to IS kill at least 9 and kidnap 3 in eastern Congo
Congolese authorities say extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl, in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others
December 04, 2024
Africa|Europe|MidEast|Political|World
UK's David Lammy: hand of Russia seen in many world conflicts at present
Russia's involvement can be seen in many of the wars currently taking place across the world, said British Foreign Minister David Lammy at a NATO meeting on Wednesday, as he urged
December 04, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy
S.African consumer confidence drops, but signals strong festive season
South Africa's consumer confidence slipped one point in the fourth quarter, although retail sales during the festive season are still expected to be their best levels last seen in 2019, a
December 04, 2024
Africa|Food|World
World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors - internal report
Serious problems in the United Nations World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the
December 04, 2024
Africa|News|World
Senegal president says Mali 'not totally inflexible' on ECOWAS bloc
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on his first official visit to Mali on Thursday, said he raised the question of remaining in regional bloc ECOWAS with his Malian
June 16, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Senegal to elect its next president after months of unrest
Senegalese head to the polls to vote in a tightly contested presidential election marred by months of unrest that has threatened democracy in one of West Africa’s most stable nations
March 24, 2024
Africa|Education|News
Nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in northwest Nigeria freed after two weeks
A state official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school
March 24, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Senegalese await the outcome of a peaceful presidential vote, following months of unrest
Senegalese anxiously are awaiting the results of Sunday's presidential election, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested its reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with coups
March 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
An explosion near a police station in northern Kenya has killed 4 people, including 3 officers
Authorities in Kenya say that an explosion at a small hotel located near a police station in the northeast of the country has killed four people
March 25, 2024
Africa|Americas|Economy|News|World
UN chief calls for slavery reparations to overcome 'generations of discrimination'
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's
July 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Prosecutors allege South Africa's parliamentary speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes
South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption
March 25, 2024
Africa|News
Senegal's president-elect pledges to fight corruption after a stunning victory for the 44-year-old
Senegal woke up to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political novice
March 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult
Kenya's government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country
March 26, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
US eyeing April 18 for possible resumption of Sudan peace talks
The United States is eyeing April 18 for a possible resumption of peace talks on Sudan in Saudi Arabia, U.S.
April 26, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
Discontent runs high as Ghana readies to vote on Saturday
Public frustration over Ghana's economic travails, including high prices and a dearth of jobs, has dominated the run-up to Saturday's general election,
December 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|US|World
Indictment accuses Rwandan man of lying about role in his country's 1994 genocide to come to US
A Rwandan man who authorities say took part in the country’s 1994 genocide before making his way to the U.S. has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston
March 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|Education|News|World
Nigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity
Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity say they saw them and that they couldn't hold back tears of joy during the reunion
March 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Opposition figure who became Senegal's president-elect won over 54% of the vote, results show
Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously little-known opposition figure won over 54% of the votes
March 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Security in Congo's mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says
The special U_N_ envoy for Congo says security in the African nation’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory.”
March 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
A bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old child is only survivor
Authorities say a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, killing at least 45 people
March 28, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Burned bodies of Easter pilgrims still lie inside a bus that crashed off a bridge in South Africa
Emergency workers in South Africa are searching for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire
March 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
As conflict worsens in eastern Congo, 2 armed groups pledge to respect civilians
Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians
March 30, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|Science
In a cycle of extreme weather, drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger
A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging
March 31, 2024
Africa|Health|Science
The pioneer of America's embattled global HIV program recalls the hope after years of despair
Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives
April 01, 2024
Africa|Health|News|Opinion|World
Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise it
More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion
April 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Europe|Health|MidEast|Political|World
UN seeks $47 billion in aid as donor appetite shrinks while crises multiply
The United Nations on Wednesday sought $47 billion in aid for 2025 to help around 190 million people fleeing conflict and battling starvation, at a time when this
December 04, 2024
Africa|News|World
Senegal prepares to swear in former opposition figure, recently freed from prison, as new president
Senegal is inaugurating Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in recent weeks
April 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Former rebels in Central African Republic disarm but face few options. Wagner is one of them
Nearly 5,000 fighters have put down their arms in Central African Republic since a disarmament program launched nearly a decade ago
April 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death penalty in some cases
Uganda’s constitutional court has upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”
April 03, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry
Zimbabwe’s president has declared a state of disaster over a devastating El Nino drought sweeping across much of southern Africa
April 03, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|US|World
Russia and West join forces to tackle trade in 'blood diamonds' despite feud over Moscow's diamonds
The United States and its Western allies are feuding with Russia over its diamond production, but they joined forces to keep supporting the Kimberley Process, which aims to eliminate the trade in “blood diamonds” that helped fuel devastating conflicts in Africa
April 04, 2024
Africa|Lifestyle|News|Political|World
Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law
Ugandan gay rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on the government of Uganda to repeal an anti-gay law which the country’s Constitutional Court refused to nullify on Wednesday
April 04, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|News|Technology
Nigeria seeks to try crypto exchange Binance executives over alleged money laundering, tax evasion
Nigerian authorities has asked in court for cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to be tried for alleged money laundering and tax evasion, the first legal step following weeks of a criminal investigation into the trading platform
April 04, 2024
Africa|News|Opinion|Political|World
President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994 Rwanda genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so.”
April 04, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political|World
Algerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's surprise decision to schedule elections earlier than expected in Algeria is prompting suspicion and appears to be awakening discouraged political parties from a deep lethargy
April 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|Sports
South African footballer and Olympian Luke Fleurs killed in hijacking
South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg
April 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Travel|World
80-year-old American tourist killed in elephant attack during game drive in Zambia
A safari company says a bull elephant charged a truck that an 80-year-old American was riding in with other tourists on a game drive in a Zambian national park, flipping over the vehicle and killing her
April 04, 2024
Africa|Entertainment|News|Videos|World
A film in Nigeria remembers the Chibok girls abducted 10 years ago, and unites heartbroken families
A new film in Nigeria is being screened to remember the nearly 100 schoolgirls who are still in captivity 10 years after they were seized from their school in the country’s northeast
April 05, 2024
Africa|News|World
First U.N. food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur province for the first time in months following two successful cross-border operations but the population still faces widespread starvation unless more help arrives
April 05, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|Travel
Tourist from Minnesota who was killed by an elephant in Zambia was an adventurer, family says
Family members described an American tourist who was killed in Africa when a bull elephant charged the truck she was riding in as an adventurer
April 05, 2024
Africa|News|World
Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation
Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against its minority Tutsi as new mass graves are still being discovered across the country in a grim reminder of the scale of the killings
April 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give hope for unity
In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, more than half of 382 residents are women
April 06, 2024
Africa|Business|Environment
A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods
A raft of agreements between African countries and Dubai-based company Blue Carbon could give the company control over large swaths of land for conservation projects
April 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Rwandans commemorate 30 years since the genocide whose legacy still scars the small country
Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists, shattering the small East African country that continues to grapple with the legacy of the massacres
April 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Mozambique ferry accident leaves more than 90 people dead including children, local media say
Local media reports in Mozambique say that more than 90 people including children have died after a makeshift ferry sank off the country's northern coast
April 08, 2024
Africa|News|World
A rescue operation is taking place in northern Kenya after floodwaters swept a bus away
Police and Red Cross workers are engaged in a rescue operation at a swollen river in northern Kenya after a bus carrying an unknown number of passengers was swept away by floodwaters
April 09, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South African court rules former leader Jacob Zuma can contest election
South Africa’s Electoral Court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls
April 09, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Kenyan hospital lays off 100 striking doctors as nationwide strike nears a month
A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike for almost one month
April 09, 2024
Africa|News|World
10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings
The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country
April 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
Mali's junta suspends all political activities until further notice
Mali’s ruling junta issued a decree suspending all political activities until further notice late on Wednesday, citing a need to preserve public order
April 11, 2024
Africa|News|Political
Mali's junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in the country
Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations in the country
April 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudan's war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors
The war in Sudan began a year ago
April 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as relations deteriorate with the US
State television in Niger has broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped with security supplies
April 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya
The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000 people
April 12, 2024
Africa|News|Political
Malian parties reject junta's suspension of political activities
Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities and vowed to mount a legal challenge to what
April 26, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US
Hundreds rally in Niger's capital to push for U.S. military departure
Hundreds took to the streets of Niger's capital on Saturday to demand the departure of U.S. troops, after the ruling junta further shifted
April 26, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
South Africa recalls J&J's cough syrup sold in six African nations after suspected toxicity
South Africa's health regulator said on Saturday it is recalling batches of Johnson & Johnson's children's cough syrup after detection of high levels of diethylene glycol.
April 26, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
US to announce additional $100 million in aid to respond to Sudan conflict
The United States on Sunday will announce an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan, according to a statement seen by Reuters,
April 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|News|US|World
US judge tosses out lawsuits against Libyan commander accused of war crimes
A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war
April 14, 2024
Africa|News|World
World donors pledge more than 2 billion euros in aid for war-stricken Sudan
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that world donors are pledging more than 2 billion euros in aid for Sudan after a year of war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine
April 15, 2024
Africa|Arts|Economy|Education|Political|World
Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event
For the artistic and cultural elites of the West African nation of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment
December 04, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Nigerian regulator: no record of child deaths from recalled J&J cough syrup
A senior official at Nigeria's drug regulator said on Tuesday that the regulator had no record of children dying from a batch of cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson which
April 26, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|MidEast|News|World
9 corpses found adrift in boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say
Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania
April 16, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|World
UN forum calls for more funding, steps towards slavery reparations
A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic
April 26, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Homes are demolished in Ivory Coast's main city over alleged health concerns. Thousands are homeless
Authorities in Ivory Coast's largest city are demolishing homes in low-income areas over what they say are public health concerns, leaving thousands without shelter and with nowhere to go
April 17, 2024
Africa|Americas|Europe|Health|Opinion
UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide
The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America
April 17, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|World
US bars four former Malawi officials over corruption, State Department says
The United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry because of their involvement in significant corruption, the State Department said on
April 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe
South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago
April 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Nigeria's army rescues a woman abducted from Chibok as a schoolgirl, and her 3 children
Nigeria's army says soldiers rescued a pregnant woman who was abducted by extremists a decade ago while she was a schoolgirl in the village of Chibok
April 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty
April 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya’s military chief dies in a helicopter crash
Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced
April 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Health|Lifestyle
Laborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa
Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest months
April 19, 2024
Africa|Education|News|Sports
A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to achieve a Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon
April 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
The West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket
A UN report says drug seizures have soared in the West African Sahel region in recent years, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential hotspot for trafficking
April 19, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his
May 06, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|News|US|World
South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone
April 19, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
US to withdraw military personnel from Niger, source says
The United States will withdraw its troops from Niger, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters late on Friday, adding an agreement was reached between
April 19, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
The US military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger
U.S. officials said that they will begin to withdraw troops from Niger but there is no timeline
April 20, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least 20 dead after a ferry sinks in Central African Republic, witnesses say
Witnesses in Central African Republic say that at least 20 people have drowned after a ferry sank in the capital
April 20, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|Sports
Mutiso Munyao gives Kenya another London Marathon win after tribute to Kiptum
Alexander Mutiso Munyao denied 41-year-old Kenenisa Bekele a first London Marathon victory by pulling away from the Ethiopian great with about 3 kilometers to go for his biggest career win
April 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Technology
Tesla cuts prices of some models in Germany and Europe
Tesla is cutting prices of some models in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
May 06, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Human rights groups condemn UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after Parliament backs new law
Britain’s plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international humanitarian organizations after Parliament approved legislation allowing the deportation flights to begin later this year
April 23, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Travel|World
As airplane makers struggle to meet demand, Morocco wants to become a manufacturing hub
Moroccan officials are aiming to turn the country into an aviation hub, luring investors aiming to spread out their supply chains to more nations with available and affordable workers
April 23, 2024
Africa|Environment|Europe|Travel|World
Martian skies over Athens? Greece's capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa
Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks
April 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
US urges all armed forces in Sudan to halt North Darfur attacks
The United States on Wednesday called on all armed forces in Sudan to immediately cease attacks in al-Fashir, North Darfur, as Sudan's army battles the paramilitary Rapid
April 24, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Rwanda's Hope Hostel once housed young genocide survivors. Now it's ready for migrants from Britain
Rwanda says it’s ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country
April 24, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
No final decision on withdrawing US troops from Niger and Chad, top official tells AP
A top U.S. military official says there's been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad
April 24, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help
April 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Technology|World
DR Congo presses Apple over minerals supply chain, lawyers say
Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing Apple Inc for more information about its supply chain over concerns it may be tainted with conflict minerals sourced from the country,
April 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy
The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system
As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
April 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Technology
Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain
Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into supply chains
April 25, 2024
Africa|News
Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa
Tanzania's prime minister says flooding caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others
April 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|US|World
The US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal
The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.
April 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Opinion|World
Burkina Faso's army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants
April 25, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa to mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead
South Africa this week celebrates 30 years of freedom after a historic 1994 election that saw the end of white minority rule and racial segregation
April 26, 2024
Africa|Arts|News
Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy
A selection of South African artworks produced during the country’s apartheid era which ended up in foreign art collections is on display in Johannesburg
April 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|US
Somalia detains U.S.-trained commandos over theft of rations
Somalia's government said it had suspended and detained several members of an elite, U.S.-trained commando unit for stealing rations donated by the United States,
April 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces
April 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN warns of possible imminent attack on Sudanese city
The United Nations is increasingly concerned about a possible imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region and is seeking to reduce tensions
April 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27. Here's why this year is so poignant
South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27
April 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's celebrations are set against growing discontent
South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital
April 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100
Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100
April 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
40 people die in western Kenya after a dam collapses
Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country’s west
April 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Togo votes in parliamentary election testing support for proposal that could keep dynasty in power
People in Togo have voted in parliamentary elections that tested support for a proposed new constitution that would scrap presidential elections and give lawmakers the power to choose the president
April 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|Political|Sports|World
Guinea rights groups say 135 killed in stadium crush
Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in southeast Guinea on Sunday, a local group of human rights organisations said, sharing an estimated death toll more
December 03, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Political
Moody's affirms South Africa's Ba2 rating amid economic challenges and political change
Credit ratings agency Moody's affirmed South Africa's Ba2 rating on Tuesday, highlighting the country's robust financial sector and external position following a recent regime change.
December 03, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
Kenyans in flood-prone areas are ordered to evacuate or will be moved by force as death toll rises
Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream are being told to move away
April 30, 2024
News|Africa|Crime|Election
South African police investigate if former president's party forged signatures to contest elections
South African police are investigating if former President Jacob Zuma’s new political party forged supporters’ signatures to register for national elections next month
April 30, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years
April 30, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
IMF, Mali reach staff deal on $120 million emergency financing
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Mali for about $120 million in emergency financing, as the West African
May 15, 2024
Africa|Business|Finance
Uganda to get $295 million loan from Islamic Development Bank, finance minister says
Uganda has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia's Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for a $295 million loan to fund road construction and other projects, the east African country's
May 15, 2024
Africa|News|World
Russian envoy meets Sudan's army commander in show of support
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov visited Sudan on Monday in a signal of support for the Sudanese army which is locked in a year-long war with the paramilitary Rapid Support
May 14, 2024
Africa|Europe|News
UK to deport migrants to Rwanda based on group agreed by Kigali, document shows
The first asylum seekers to be deported from Britain to Rwanda will come from a group of 5,700 people that Kigali has agreed in principle to take, according to a British government
May 14, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Togo votes for a new parliament with stronger say in governance
Voting got under way in legislative elections in Togo on Monday following approval of constitutional reforms by the outgoing parliament that
May 14, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
Coca-Cola gears up for IPO of $8 billion African bottling arm, Bloomberg reports
Coca-Cola is gearing up for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of its African bottling business as soon as next year, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with
May 14, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Zimbabwe's ZiG is the world's newest currency and its latest attempt to resolve a money crisis
Zimbabwe has started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people
April 30, 2024
Africa|News
Flash floods, landslide kill at least 45 in central Kenya
Flash floods and a landslide in central Kenya killed at least 45 people and injured over 110 others on Monday as floodwaters swept away houses and cars in the town of Mai
May 14, 2024
Africa|Business|World
Kenya Airways to suspend Kinshasa flights over detained employees
Kenya Airways said it would suspend flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa from Tuesday, after military authorities there failed to release its employees
May 14, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Ghana's high court dismisses bid to speed up anti-LGBTQ law passage
A high court in Ghana has dismissed a legal challenge to President Nana Akufo-Addo's decision not to act immediately on an anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February, it ruled
April 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage
Burkina Faso has suspended a number of Western and African media over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, its communications
April 28, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Nigeria secures $600 million Maersk investment in seaport infrastructure
Nigeria secured a $600 million investment in seaport infrastructure from Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday.
May 14, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Portugal's government rejects paying reparations for colonial, slavery legacy
Portugal's government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the
May 14, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN Security Council concerned over imminent attack in Sudan's North Darfur
The U.N. Security Council on Saturday expressed its "deep concern" over an imminent attack on al-Fashir in Sudan's North Darfur region by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
April 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Police fire tear gas to disperse Benin wage protest
Police in Benin fired tear gas to break up a protest over the cost of living called by trade unions and they arrested several senior union figures on Saturday,
May 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage
Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the
May 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Support for South Africa's ANC near 40% weeks before election, Ipsos poll shows
Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has fallen to just over 40%, an Ipsos opinion poll showed, weeks before a general
May 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Let us press on with UK migrant plan, Rwanda tells critics
Rwandan President Paul Kagame's government said on Friday it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way and urged "shouting" critics of the
May 13, 2024
Africa|Environment|Science|World
Over 500 baby sea turtles washed ashore in a big storm off South Africa. Here's the rescue effort
A South African aquarium is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public
May 01, 2024
Africa|Business|News
Kenya Airways says Congo is harassing airline after its staff detained
Kenya Airways on Friday accused authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of harassment over the continued detention of two of the airline's staff for alleged
May 13, 2024
Africa|Entertainment|News|World
South Sudanese comedians find laughs in painful past
When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers' quips about different ethnic
May 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison
At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison
May 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over the past month.
May 10, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
South African rand strengthens after producer inflation data
The South African rand rose on Thursday, after monthly domestic producer inflation came in as expected.
May 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Burkina Faso army executed over 220 villagers in February, HRW says
Burkina Faso's military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with
May 10, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Inflation in key African economies to slow into next year: Reuters poll
Inflation in key African economies will slow into next year but remain stubbornly high in Nigeria due to sporadic flooding and difficult terrain for the naira
May 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
African migrant disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea
Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst.
May 10, 2024
Africa|News|Technology|World
Kenyan government recommends regulating, not banning, TikTok
Kenya's government has advised lawmakers against banning TikTok over concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended stricter oversight by
May 09, 2024
Africa|News|Travel|World
Tourists evacuated from Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve amid flooding and heavy rains
Tourists have been evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains continue to batter the country
May 01, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of 14 migrants off Djerba coast
Tunisian coast guard recovered 14 bodies of migrants off the coast of Djerba, a judicial official told Reuters on Wednesday, raising the number of migrants died off Tunisia coasts in
April 24, 2024
Africa|News|World
Fuel tax blocks aid to hunger-ravaged South Sudan, UN says
South Sudanese authorities are holding up United Nations fuel tankers over a tax dispute, jeopardising the delivery of millions of dollars of aid during a
May 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Egypt economy seen growing slower after IMF deal before picking up- Reuters poll
Egypt's economy will grow slower than previously expected this year after it signed an $8 billion financial support package with the IMF that came with conditions,
May 08, 2024
Africa|World
Twenty one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says
Twenty one migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations
April 23, 2024
Africa|News
Sudan military downs drones targeting its HQ in Shendi, say army sources
Sudan's army used anti-aircraft missiles on Tuesday to shoot down drones targeting its headquarters in the city of Shendi, witnesses and army sources said, the latest in a series of such
April 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
Attacks around the Sudanese city of al-Fashir have shattered a truce that protected it from a year-old war, leading to warnings of a new
April 23, 2024
Africa|News|Political
Malian group asks Supreme Court to annul junta's ban on political activities
The Malian Supreme Court should annul the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities, a group of Malian political parties and civil society organisations said in an appeal
May 07, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Gunmen kill six Nigerian soldiers in ambush, army says
Six soldiers of the Nigerian army were ambushed and killed by gunmen while on patrol in the northern Niger state on Friday, the army said, the latest loss inflicted on the military
April 22, 2024
Africa|Business|News
Portugal's Galp says field off Namibia could contain 10 billion barrels of oil
Portuguese oil company Galp Energia said on Sunday it had concluded the first phase of exploration in the Mopane field off the coast of Namibia and estimated it
April 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Ghana finance minister expects memorandum of understanding with bilateral lenders in May
Ghana's Finance Minister expects a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) from the country's bilateral creditors in May on a restructuring deal, he
April 21, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as
May 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
Turkey to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at World Court, minister says
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday that Turkey would join in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
May 16, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people
May 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Liberia passes a law setting up a long-awaited war crimes court
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars
May 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|US|World
US to provide nearly $55 million in humanitarian aid for Burkina Faso
The United States will provide nearly $55 million to address a dire humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso, U.S. aid chief Samantha Power will announce on
May 17, 2024
Africa|Education|News
Island nation of Sao Tome and Principe to ask Portugal for colonial reparations
The government of the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe will ask Portugal to repair the moral damages caused by colonialism, the country's education
May 17, 2024
Africa|News|World
Two Nigerian officers face court martial over drone strike that killed 85 civilians
Nigeria's military has ordered two officers to face court martial proceedings over a drone strike that killed at least 85 civilians, the defence HQ said on Thursday,
May 02, 2024
Education|Africa|Crime|World
Soccer star's murder highlights South Africa's crime problem as election nears
In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached high school age, but Fleurs found another path: he was
May 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Education|News|World
Global Citizen NOW urges investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and youth outreach
Global Citizen NOW says it wants 2024 conference attendees to invest long-term in the African continent's fast-growing youth population and increase outreach to young changemakers
May 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
S.Africa faces upside risk to inflation, financial conditions - CenBank Governor
South Africa faces upside risks to its inflation outlook, Central Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said, but the latest data has not shown evidence of price
May 06, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Angola's central bank governor forecasts FX stability amid inflation concerns
Angola's central bank sees relative stability for the country's kwanza currency this year, Governor Manuel Tiago Dias said on Saturday, cautioning that the
April 20, 2024
Africa|News|US
Chad air force chief orders US to halt activities at army base, letter shows
Chad's air force chief ordered the United States to halt activities at an air base near the capital N'Djamena, according to a letter sent to the transitional government and seen by Reuters
April 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme, immediate danger'
Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and threatens to "unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout
May 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
DR Congo should file complaint against Rwanda with ICJ, says Belgian envoy
Democratic Republic of Congo should file a complaint with the International Court of Justice over
May 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigerian airstrike killed 33 villagers during Eid, witnesses say
An airstrike on a village in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state killed at least 33 people last week, four residents and a traditional
April 19, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Sub-Saharan Africa incomes falling further behind rest of world, says IMF
Incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa are falling further behind the rest of the world amid a "tepid" economic recovery, the
May 04, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|News|World
BNP Paribas must face lawsuit over Sudanese genocide, US judge rules
BNP Paribas was ordered by a U.S. judge on Thursday to face a lawsuit accusing the French bank of helping Sudan's government commit genocide between 1997 and
May 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya's military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash
Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto
April 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali
In Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie Belrangar turned the handle of a tap but nothing trickled out as water
May 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on
Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the
May 03, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Factbox-Who are the main candidates in Chad's election?
Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote since a wave of coups swept over the region.
May 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Ethiopia's Amhara militia says resettlement plan 'beats war drum'
Leaders of a militia in Ethiopia's Amhara region accused the administration in neighbouring Tigray of "beating a war drum" over plans to return hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans
May 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
2 Nigerian military personnel will face court martial over a drone attack that killed 85 villagers
Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a drone attack in the West African nation’s conflict-battered north four months earlier
May 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Bomb kills at least 12 people, including children, at two displacement camps in eastern Congo
Attacks at two displacement camps in eastern Congo's North Kivu province have killed at least 12 people, including children
May 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least nine killed in strike on displacement camp in eastern Congo
At least nine people, including seven children, were killed on Friday in a strike on a displacement camp in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, a local
May 03, 2024
Africa|News
Kenya's weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears, president says
Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month,
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudanese refugees flee UN camp in Ethiopia following attacks
At least 1,000 Sudanese refugees have fled a camp run by the United Nations in northern Ethiopia following a series of shootings and robberies, three of the
May 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Violence shuts crucial aid corridor into Sudan's Darfur, UN agency says
Violence around the city of al-Fashir in Darfur, Sudan, has blocked a recently opened humanitarian corridor from Chad and time is running out to prevent starvation in the vast region, the
May 19, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Fighting resumes in eastern Congo, army and M23 say
Fighting resumed in eastern Congo on Monday, again violating a ceasefire, the M23 rebel group and Congolese army said, casting doubt on whether the M23
December 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Attack on ICRC convoy in Sudan's South Darfur kills two drivers, injures three
An attack by gunmen on a humanitarian convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan's South Darfur killed two drivers and injured three other staff on Thursday, the
May 03, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
The UN warns Sudan's warring parties that Darfur risks starvation and death if aid isn't allowed in
The United Nations food agency is warning Sudan’s warring parties that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region
May 04, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
Rwanda denies its troops attacked displaced persons camp in DR Congo
Rwanda on Saturday denied U.S. accusations that its forces attacked a displaced persons' camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and instead blamed militias it
May 04, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228
The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Togo ruling party wins sweeping majority in legislative poll, final provisional results show
Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's legislative election announced on Friday.
May 20, 2024
News|Africa|Crime
South Africa inquiry blames authorities for neglect leading to deadly fire
An inquiry into a fire that killed 77 people in Johannesburg last year blamed neglect by authorities for allowing a building to become a den for guns, murder,
May 20, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Chad vote counting begins after tense first Sahel presidential poll since coups
Chad deployed dozens of security forces in the capital amid rising tensions on Monday as polls closed and vote counting
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Chad holds a presidential election after years of military rule
Voters in Chad have headed to the polls to cast their ballots in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under the interim president
May 06, 2024
Africa|Crime|Health|Lifestyle|News|World
An inquiry into a building fire in South Africa that killed 76 finds city authorities responsible
A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year has concluded that city authorities should be held responsible because they were aware of serious safety issues at the apartment block at least four years before the blaze
May 06, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|World
New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor
In an interview with The Associated Press, the new head of Liberia's forest management authority, Rudolph Merab, said he would work to increase timber exports and cut regulations
May 06, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Mozambique's ruling party announces Chapo as presidential candidate
Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO party has announced Daniel Chapo will be its presidential candidate in an election scheduled for October.
May 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
2 workers killed, more than 50 trapped when a building under construction collapses in South Africa
Authorities say two workers are dead and 53 are trapped under rubble after a multi-story apartment building under construction collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa
May 06, 2024
Africa|News
Malawi court drops corruption charges against vice president
A court in Malawi has dropped corruption charges against the country's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, clearing a legal hurdle over his potential candidacy in next year's
May 21, 2024
News|Africa|World
Building collapse in South Africa leaves three dead, dozens trapped
Rescue efforts were underway after three people were killed and dozens remained trapped after a multi-storey building under
May 06, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At Least 107 migrants freed from captivity in southeast Libya, spokesman says
At least 107 migrants including women and children have been freed from captivity in a town in southeast Libya, a security force spokesman said on Monday.
May 06, 2024
News|Africa|World
Rescuers search for survivors after South Africa building collapses
Rescuers were using cranes, drills and their bare hands to try to reach dozens of people trapped when a multi-storey building being
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|Videos|World
Survivors rescued but dozens still trapped after a deadly building collapse in South Africa
Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after a multi-story apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have brought out more survivors as the operation entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the mangled wreckage
May 07, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
BHP insists Anglo American's South African assets must go in any takeover, sources say
BHP's plan to divest the South African assets of its target Anglo American are key to the strategy behind the proposed
May 21, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling party
Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week’s presidential election as the long-ruling party remains in power
December 03, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's Zuma faces dissent in new party as election nears
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is facing an attempt to oust him from leadership positions in his new party, state broadcaster SABC reported on
May 22, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|News|World
Anguish as Kenya's government demolishes houses in flood-prone areas and offers $75 in aid
Kenya’s government has begun bulldozing homes built in flood-prone areas and promising evicted families the equivalent of $75 to relocate after a deadline passed to evacuate amid deadly rains
May 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Death toll from strikes on eastern Congo camps rises to 18
Eighteen people were killed and 32 wounded on Friday when at least five rockets fell on camps sheltering displaced people around the eastern Congolese
May 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Cape Verde first African state to agree to attend peace summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the island state of Cape Verde had become the first African country to agree to attend a world "peace summit" aimed at finding
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Tunisia detains a prominent activist for migrants' rights
Tunisia's public prosecutor on Tuesday detained Saadia Mosbah, a prominent activist and head of a nongovernmental group that defends the rights of migrants, human rights groups said,
May 07, 2024
Africa|Crime|Travel|US
Cruise ship worker accused of stabbing 3 people with scissors on board vessel bound for Alaska
Authorities say a cruise ship worker from South Africa has been arrested in Alaska’s capital city after he was accused of attacking a woman and two security guards with scissors on board the vessel
May 08, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|News
Egypt's non-oil business shrinks for 41st straight month, PMI shows
Egypt's non-oil private sector continued to shrink in April despite a $35 billion investment deal signed with the United Arab Emirates in February and an $8 billion IMF agreement in
May 22, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Opinion
Parties vying for power in South Africa's 2024 election
South Africa's election on May 29 could bring momentous change, with polls suggesting the ruling African National Congress is likely to lose its majority after 30 years in
May 22, 2024
Africa|Election|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa calls opposition flag-burning ad 'treasonous'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described as "treasonous" a campaign ad by an opposition party that depicts a burning national flag, as antagonism
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead
Rescue teams are continuing to search for dozens of construction workers who are believed to be buried in the rubble of an unfinished five-story apartment building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday
May 08, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya declares public holiday to mourn flood victims
Kenya’s President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238 people who have died due to ongoing flooding
May 08, 2024
News|Africa
Survivor recounts moment he emerged from deadly South African building collapse
Moses Malala, a 34-year-old construction worker who escaped the wreckage of a five-storey building in George, South Africa,
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Families of the victims of attacks on displaced people in Congo mourn their dead
Families of the victims of last week's bombings at two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo, which killed at least sixteen people, have mourned their loved ones at a ceremony in the city of Goma
May 08, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Opposition alliance can win South African election, says chair
An alliance of South African opposition parties can win a May 29 election and would bring significant change after 30 years of African National Congress (
July 02, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|News|Technology
Nigeria rejects Binance CEO's bribery claim as 'diversionary tactic'
Nigerian authorities on Wednesday denied allegations from Binance's CEO of soliciting bribes, saying the claim was a "diversionary tactic" and an "act of blackmail"
May 22, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
IMF and DR Congo reach agreement on final review of loan deal
The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Democratic Republic of Congo on the final review of a $1.5 billion loan
May 22, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology
Microsoft to shut Africa development centre in Nigeria
Microsoft is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent's most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Ghana's top court postpones hearing on challenge to anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana's Supreme Court said on Wednesday that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend their motions due to insulting language
May 24, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months
Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months
May 08, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South African social safety net at crossroads as ANC support wanes
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), fighting to extend its 30-year grip on power in elections this month, would like to cast the
July 02, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants
Tensions in Tunisia have ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters, capping a week in which Tunisian authorities targeted migrant communities from the coast to the capital with arrests and the demolition of tent camps
May 09, 2024
News|Africa|Crime
Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South African building
Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy
May 24, 2024
News|Africa|Videos
Plane skids off runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10
A plane with dozens of passengers skidded off a runway before takeoff at Senegal's main airport on Thursday, injuring at least 10 people and
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News|World
Egypt's foreign debt rises $3.5 billion in last quarter of 2023
Egypt's foreign debt climbed by $3.5 billion in the three months to the end of December, according to central bank data released on Thursday.
May 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Boeing plane carrying 85 people catches fire and skids off the runway in Senegal, injuring 10
Senegal’s transport minister says a Boeing 737 carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at an airport near the capital and 10 people were injured
May 09, 2024
Africa|News|World
In surprise move, Somalia asks U.N. to end political mission
Somalia's government has requested the termination of a U.N. political mission that has advised it on peace-building, security reforms and
May 25, 2024
News|Africa|Crime|Technology|World
Nigerian journalist detained over a week under cybercrime law, employer says
A Nigerian investigative journalist has spent more than a week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the country's cybercrime laws, his employer
May 24, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Chad declares interim president Deby winner of disputed vote
Chad's state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 61%
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Chad's military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result
Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, has been declared the winner of this week’s presidential election
May 09, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Zimbabwe to fine businesses not using official new exchange rate
Zimbabwe will fine businesses using inflated exchange rates as the government battles to maintain the value of its newly introduced gold-backed currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG).
May 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|Europe|News
Greece to bring in Egyptian farm workers amid labour shortage
Greece will start bringing in workers from Egypt this summer to take on temporary farming jobs under a deal between the countries to tackle a labour shortage, the migration ministry
May 25, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|News
Unusual floods in eastern Congo causing hardship to almost half a million people, WFP says
Floods in South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces in eastern Congo have hit nearly half a million people, creating food shortages, displacements and risk of diseases, according to a World Food Program report released Wednesday
May 10, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Casualties reported in Chad from gunfire celebrating junta leader's victory
A number of people were hurt in Chad, some severely, in gunfire celebrating interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby's declared election
May 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Mozambique's president says northern town under Islamist attack
Mozambique's army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address.
May 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Zuma in court seeking right to run in South Africa's pivotal election
South Africa's top court began hearing legal arguments on Friday on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can run for parliament, a case whose
May 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Gunmen abduct 9 students in Nigeria's north in the latest attack targeting schools
Gunmen have abducted at least nine students from a school in northern Nigeria's Kogi State
May 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Gunmen kidnap nine students from Nigerian university
At least nine students were kidnapped from their classrooms by gunmen at a university in Nigeria's northern state of Kogi, the state government said on Friday, as
May 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|Sports|World
Guineans mourn victims of stadium crush that killed 56
When Mory Cisse dropped his 27-year-old brother off at a stadium in the southeastern Guinean city of Nzerekore to watch a soccer match after lunch on Sunday, he had
December 03, 2024
Africa|MidEast|Political|World
Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam camp comes under fire, say residents and MSF
Sudan's famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp has been struck by shelling from the Rapid Support Forces, volunteers and medical aid agency MSF said, as the paramilitary group
December 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|US|World
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Africa|MidEast|Political|US|World
Senior US Democrat mounts new push for peace in Sudan
The top Democrat on the U.S.
December 03, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
Mali talks propose junta rule for three more years
Participants in Mali's national dialogue on Friday recommended extending the military-led transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goita to stand in
May 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government's response
Winnie Makinda says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the Kenyan government’s response to floods that devastated her poor community in the capital of Nairobi
May 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
Man rescued five days after South Africa building collapse
A man was rescued from the rubble five days after a deadly building collapse in South Africa in what Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said was "nothing short of a miracle".
May 27, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
On 11th-hour visit to Angola, Biden pledges lasting support to Africa
Joe Biden pledged lasting U.S. engagement with Africa as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda on Tuesday, as part of his first
December 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria
More than 100 people were kidnapped by gunmen during Friday night raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, a district head and residents said on
May 27, 2024
Africa|Election|Political
Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first female president
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia's ruling SWAPO party has been elected president and will be the country's first female leader, results released by the
December 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Hundreds protest in Tunisia to demand a date for fair presidential elections
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists and opposition figures, and the setting of a date for
July 02, 2024
Africa|Celebrity|Entertainment|Travel
Prince Harry and Meghan watch street-style dances in Lagos
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were on Sunday treated to street-style dances in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos, where they unveiled a partnership between their Archewell Foundation
May 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Rebels kill at least 4 people during an attack on a Central African Republic mining town
Authorities say that anti-government rebels in the Central African Republic have carried out an attack in a village known for gold mining
May 12, 2024
Africa|Celebrity|Entertainment|Fashion and Beauty|Lifestyle|Travel
Nigeria's fashion and dancing styles are in the spotlight as Harry and Meghan visit Lagos
Nigeria’s fashion and traditional dances were at full display during Prince Harry and Meghan's visit to the country's largest city, Lagos
May 12, 2024
Africa|News
Kidnapped Nigerian university students rescued
Nigerian security forces have rescued students kidnapped from a university in northern Kogi state, along with other victims held by the abductors, the army and state
May 28, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Egypt to intervene in ICJ case as Israel tensions rise
Egypt on Sunday said it would intervene in support of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, citing the growing scale of Israel's operations in
May 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Factbox-Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome, as polls suggest the African National Congress will
May 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Death toll up to 32 in South Africa building collapse but rescue efforts boosted by 1 more survivor
Rescue teams in South Africa are searching for any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed
May 13, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Chad opposition leader Masra files challenge against presidential election result
Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra has lodged a legal appeal with the country's constitutional council to challenge the preliminary result of the Central African nation's May
May 28, 2024
Africa|Arts|Travel|World
Thousands replaster Mali's Great Mosque of Djenne, which is threatened by conflict
Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali
May 13, 2024
Africa|News|Opinion|Political
Tunisia extends the detention of two journalists, lawyers begin a strike
Tunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against the arrest of a prominent critic of the
May 28, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's Ramaphosa denies pause in power cuts is linked to election
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected opposition allegations that a recent pause in the electricity cuts that have
May 28, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Nigerian gunmen seek talks after abducting dozens, families say
Gunmen who abducted 105 people in northwest Nigeria last week are not after ransom payments but negotiations with the Zamfara state government, five families of the
May 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Tunisian police storm lawyers' headquarters and arrest another lawyer
Tunisian police stormed the bar association's headquarters for the second time in two days and arrested a lawyer, witnesses said on Monday, after detaining two journalists as well as
May 28, 2024
Africa|Americas|Asia|Australia|Europe|MidEast|News|US|World
Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record
May 14, 2024
Africa|Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|MidEast|Political|World
Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Sean Penn has blasted the organizers of the Oscars of being cowards who, in effect, limit the kind of films that can be funded and made
December 03, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Turkey says to apply to intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday that Turkey decided to submit its declaration of official intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the
May 29, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
South Africa's unemployment rate climbs weeks before election
South Africa's unemployment rate rose for the second quarter in a row to 32.9% in the first three months of this year, data showed on Tuesday, two weeks before the
May 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Four rescued from collapsed Kenya building, more people likely trapped
Rescuers have pulled four people out of the rubble of a collapsed building in the Mathare neighbourhood of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, but more people were likely trapped, the
July 02, 2024
Africa|News
Death toll from South African building collapse rises to 33
The death toll from a building collapse in the South African city of George last week edged up to 33 on Tuesday, as rescuers continued to comb through the rubble with 19
May 29, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News
South Africa's health insurance law set to face legal challenges
South Africa's main opposition party, joined by some labour and business groups, said on Tuesday it would go to court to fight a bill aimed at providing
May 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's new Rise Mzansi party sees opportunities in tight election
South Africa's most competitive election since the advent of democracy could provide opportunities for new political party Rise Mzansi to make innovative
May 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Three Libyan fighters killed in clashes with smugglers near border with Algeria
Three Libyan fighters of a military force based in Tripoli were killed in clashes with smugglers and drug dealers in the desert near the border with Algeria, the force said in a
May 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players
After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time
May 15, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Technology|Travel|World
Morocco’s automotive industry shifts gears to prep for electric vehicle era
Morocco has grown its automotive industry from virtually non-existent to Africa’s largest in less than two decades
May 15, 2024
Africa|Food|News
More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says
More than half of Zimbabwe's population will need food aid this year following a devastating drought that led to widespread crop failure as humanitarian
May 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At least five missing in landslide in central Kenya
A landslide that followed heavy rain in central Kenya has swept away at least five people, residents said on Wednesday, and the Red Cross said its
July 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
A Swiss court sentences a former Gambian interior minister to 20 years for crimes against humanity
Switzerland’s top criminal court has convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity for his role in murder, torture and other repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator
May 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Swiss court jails Gambian ex-minister for crimes against humanity
A Swiss court on Wednesday convicted a former government minister from Gambia of crimes against humanity under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh and jailed him for 20 years, in a historic
May 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
UN prosecutor confirms death of last two Rwanda genocide fugitives
The last two suspects sought by a U.N. tribunal over their alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide died in 1998, the U.N. war crimes prosecutor tasked with finding them said on
May 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Mosque attack in Nigeria’s north injures at least 24 people, including children
At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said
May 15, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Nigeria inflation scales new 28-year peak in April
Nigeria's headline consumer inflation accelerated to a new 28-year high in April, hitting 33.69% year-on-year, up from 33.20% in March, statistics agency data
May 30, 2024
Africa|News|Opinion
Two Tunisian journalists jailed pending trial, bolstering fears for free speech
A Tunisian judge on Wednesday ordered the imprisonment of two prominent journalists pending trial, their families and lawyers said, reinforcing fears of a widespread campaign aimed
May 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
An Islamist group used child soldiers in Mozambique attacks, says Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch says an Islamist group operating in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week
May 15, 2024
Africa|Americas|Health|World
South Africa's president signs major health bill just before election
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law on Wednesday a bill that aims to provide universal health coverage, hailing it as a
May 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
US sanctions two commanders of Sudan's paramilitary RSF
The United States Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday that it has imposed sanctions on two top commanders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following attacks in
May 30, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
2 journalists in detention in Tunisia as authorities launch wave of arrests against critics
Two Tunisian journalists are kept in pre-trial detention as authorities continued a wave of arrests targeting perceived critics of President Kais Saied's government
May 15, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudan's people are trapped in `inferno of brutal violence' as famine and fighting close in, UN says
The Sudanese people “are trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” with famine, disease and fighting “closing in” and no end in sight, the top U.N. humanitarian official in the war-torn country says
May 15, 2024
News|Africa|Crime|Political
Tunisia denies torturing detained lawyer who collapsed in court
Tunisia's interior ministry on Thursday dismissed accusations by lawyers and a rights group that police officers had tortured a detained attorney who collapsed in court.
May 31, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
South Africa urges UN's top court to order cease-fire in Gaza to shield citizens in Rafah
South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to order a cease-fire in Gaza during hearings over emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah
May 16, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Chad's Mahamat Deby confirmed as winner of disputed election
Chad's constitutional council confirmed Mahamat Idriss Deby as winner of the May 6 presidential election on Thursday after dismissing challenges by two losing
July 02, 2024
Africa|Business|News|Travel
Emirates to resume Nigeria flights after nearly two years
Dubai's Emirates airline will resume flight schedules to Nigeria from Oct. 1, it said on Thursday, ending a close to two-year halt to flights.
May 31, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Tunisian lawyers go on strike, protest against alleged police abuse
Tunisian lawyers began a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday, with hundreds taking to the streets of the capital, to protest against the recent arrest of two of their colleagues,
May 31, 2024
Africa|News|World
Residents cower as fighting picks up in Sudan's al-Fashir
Residents are fleeing missile fire and sheltering without food and water amid escalating fighting in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir,
May 31, 2024
Africa|Americas|Economy|Europe|Travel|US
LATAM Airlines expands frequency of Brazil international flights; Air France adds route
LATAM Airlines will increase the frequency of seven of its international routes connecting Brazil to the United States and countries in Europe and Africa, it
May 31, 2024
Africa|News
Grief and anger as Congo mourners blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack
Families huddled near the line of small coffins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all mourning the children and others killed
May 31, 2024
News|Africa|Crime|Health|Lifestyle
Mass wedding plans for 100 Nigerian girls and women spark outrage
A Nigerian rights group has launched a petition to stop plans by religious leaders and a state lawmaker to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass ceremony next week,
May 31, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
South Sudan government and rebel groups sign 'commitment' for peace in ongoing peace talks in Kenya
The government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups have signed a “commitment declaration” for peace during high-level mediation talks in Kenya, described as key step in efforts to end the conflict in South Sudan that has long crippled its economy
May 16, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenyan lawyers move to block police deployment to Haiti
Kenyan lawyers have moved to block the country's planned deployment of police to Haiti, a court filing showed, days before officers are expected to arrive in the Caribbean nation to
June 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Senegalese prime minister criticises French military bases on territory
Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country on Thursday in a wide-ranging speech that also touched on
June 02, 2024
Africa|Americas|Election|News
South Africa's election might be a defining moment — with new complications. Here's what to know
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago
May 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political|World
Ghana parliament reconvenes, approves World Bank loan and appointees
Ghana's parliament, which had been adjourned since March following a dispute between the speaker and the president over an anti-LGBT bill, reconvened on
June 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN rights chief warns of catastrophe in Sudan's al-Fashir
The U.N. human rights chief said on Friday he was "horrified" by escalating violence near Sudan's al-Fashir and held discussions this week with commanders from both sides of the
June 02, 2024
Africa|News
Rescue efforts halted after South African building collapse where 33 died
Officials in the South African city of George halted the search for survivors and more bodies on Friday at the site of a collapsed building where 33 people died.
June 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country
Senegal’s new prime minister has criticized the French military presence in the West African country
May 17, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
UN experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion oil-backed loan from a UAE company
U.N. experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion loan from a company in the United Arab Emirates, despite the oil-rich country’s difficulties in managing debts backed by its oil reserves
May 17, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Tunisia says 23 migrants missing after setting off in boat to Italy
About 23 migrants were missing after setting off in a boat from Tunisia towards Italy, the country's national guard said on Saturday.
June 03, 2024
Africa|World
Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule
Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights
June 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Libya's eastern government investigating disappearance of lawmaker
Libya's eastern-based authorities are investigating the disappearance of a member of parliament, the region's interior ministry said, and it did not believe he had been killed.
June 03, 2024
News|Africa|World
Rescuers search for 11 fishermen missing at sea in South Africa
Search and rescue efforts were underway in South Africa on Saturday to find 11 fishermen missing at sea after their vessel sunk off the coast of Cape Town, the fisheries
June 03, 2024
Africa|World
One killed, six injured in clashes in western Libyan city, TV channel says
At least one person was killed and six injured when fierce clashes broke out on Saturday in the city of Zawiya in western Libya, prompting calls for a ceasefire to rescue families
June 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|Election
Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political party’s manifesto ahead of the country’s much anticipated elections
May 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's new MK party seeks majority win in pivotal election, Zuma says
South Africa's new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party is aiming to win a parliamentary majority in a May 29 election so that it can
June 04, 2024
Africa|News|World
Tunisia recovers bodies of four migrants off its coast, rescues dozens
Tunisia recovered the bodies of four migrants off the country's coast on Saturday, the national guard said, amid an increase in migrant boats heading from Tunisia toward Italy in
June 04, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows
Hundreds of anti-migrant protestors have marched through the streets of a Tunisian town where many migrants are living while waiting to try and travel by boat to Europe
May 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political|World
Congolese army says it has foiled a coup attempt. Self-exiled opposition figure threatens president
Congo’s army says it has foiled a coup attempt and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners
May 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
DRC army says it stopped attempted coup involving US citizens
The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including three American
July 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Uganda captures bomb expert of Islamic State-allied rebel group
Uganda's military has captured a commander of an Islamic State-allied rebel group who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices, or bombs, that the group has used to
June 04, 2024
Africa|News
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criticism at home and abroad after a wave of arrests that included journalists,
June 04, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
US to complete withdrawal from Niger by Sept. 15
Niger and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops from the West African country, a process that has already begun and will be
June 04, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
US troops, equipment will depart from Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says
American and Nigerien defense officials say U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by its ruling junta will complete their withdrawal from the West African country by the middle of September
May 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|Election|News
Ex-South African leader Zuma, now a ruling party critic, is disqualified from next week's election
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in next week's national election because of a previous criminal conviction
May 20, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political|World
South Africa's ex-leader Zuma barred from standing in election
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is barred from running for parliament in this month's election, the country's top court ruled on Monday, a
June 04, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in next week’s national election over a previous criminal conviction, the latest twist in his return to politics
May 20, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigerian judge denies separatist leader Kanu bail for the second time
A Nigerian judge denied separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu bail for the second time in two months on Monday and also dismissed his application to be moved to prison from
June 04, 2024
Africa|Election|News
ANC support grows in weeks before South African election, poll shows
Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up to this month's election, a tracking poll showed,
June 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
The foiled coup in DR Congo: Here's what to know
Security forces thwarted a coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday in which armed men targeted the homes of top officials and briefly occupied the office of the
June 05, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Mayor, two others killed in Cameroon amid National Day celebrations
Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on Monday, the regional
June 04, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|News|World
Americans in alleged Congo coup plot formed an unlikely band
Authorities in Congo are accusing three Americans of involvement in a brazen weekend attack on Congo’s presidential palace
May 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, are rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria
Nigeria's army says it has rescued hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, who had been held captive for months or years by Boko Haram extremists in the country's northeast
May 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|News
Nigeria central bank delivers another big hike, third this year
Nigeria's central bank delivered another big interest rate hike on Tuesday, responding to a continued rise in inflation
June 05, 2024
News|Africa|Crime
Police rescue at least 22 people kidnapped from suburb of Nigeria's capital
At least 22 people kidnapped by gunmen from the suburban Dawaki district of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, were rescued, police and residents said on Tuesday.
June 05, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Gunmen kill 40 in north-central Nigeria attack
At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded in an attack by gunmen on Zurak village in Nigeria's north-central Plateau state, where clashes between
June 05, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Unknown disease kills 143 in southwest Congo, local authorities say
An unknown disease killed 143 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo's southwestern province in November, local authorities told Reuters.
December 03, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa election: How Mandela's once revered ANC lost its way with infighting and scandals
South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years
May 22, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast
OPEC oil output rises in November as Libya recovers, survey finds
OPEC oil output rose for a second month in November as Libya's production recovered after resolution of a political crisis, a Reuters survey found, though members
December 03, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
Kenyan president will receive White House praise over troops-to-Haiti move − but lack of action across Americas should prompt regional soul-searching
Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
May 22, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti
President Joe Biden has welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a three-day state visit
May 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN food agency looks for $400 million to feed millions in southern Africa
The U.N.
June 06, 2024
Africa|News
Thirty years after end of apartheid, equality eludes South Africa
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress promised South Africans "A Better Life For All" when it swept to power in the country's
June 06, 2024
Africa|Finance|News|Technology
Nigerian court adjourns Binance, executives' tax evasion trial to June 14
A Nigerian court has adjourned a tax evasion case against Binance to next month for possible arraignment of the cryptocurrency exchange and two of its executives
June 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
Chad's PM Masra resigns after disputed election, Deby confirmed winner
Chad's prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has tendered his resignation after interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby was confirmed as a winner of the May 6
June 06, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
Emerging market credit ratings are finally looking up again
From Brazil, Nigeria and Turkey to even some of the riskiest emerging markets such as Egypt and Zambia, evidence is growing that a decade-long deterioration in
June 06, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Who will lead South Africa after the May 29 election?
South Africa's May 29 election looks set to be the most tightly contested since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting that the governing African National
June 06, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant to counter China
President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola and inspected shackles and a whip, and he spoke of “our nation’s original sin."
December 03, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
Biden acknowledges horrific history of slavery that has connected the US and Angola while projecting optimism for future ties
Biden acknowledges horrific history of slavery that has connected the US and Angola while projecting optimism for future ties
December 03, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|Political|World
Boosted by Gaza war, South African Muslim party open to deal with ANC
South Africa's small Muslim political party Al Jama-ah is gaining support due to the conflict in Gaza and sees itself as a potential coalition partner for the
June 06, 2024
Africa|News
Tunisia sentences two journalists to one year in prison
A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced two journalists to one year in prison on charges of publishing false news that harms public security, a judicial official said, amid growing
June 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
DRC parliament elects speaker in delayed vote days after foiled coup
The Democratic Republic of Congo's national assembly elected Vital Kamerhe, whose home was violently attacked on Sunday, as speaker in a delayed vote, a key step towards
June 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Biden thanks Kenya's Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
President Joe Biden has offered his deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti
May 23, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health
In South Africa, a community struggling for clean water reflects wider discontent ahead of election
The struggle starts early in the Hammanskraal area of South Africa as people queue some mornings to fill buckets with water from a tank provided by an aid agency
May 23, 2024
News|Africa
Eleven killed in Tanzania sugar factory accident, police say
Eleven people including three foreigners were killed in an accident on Thursday at a major sugar factory in Tanzania, police said.
June 08, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
In rural South Africa, voters weigh frustration and ANC loyalty
In Nelson Mandela's hometown of Qunu there has been no running water since 2016, jobs are scarce and crime is on the rise as
June 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Chad's Deby sworn in as president after three years of military rule
Chad's newly elected President Mahamat Idriss Deby was sworn in to succeed his late father on Thursday, after three years as an interim leader under military
June 07, 2024
Africa
Chad swears in president after disputed election, ending years of military rule
Chad has sworn in Mahamat Deby Itno as the president on Thursday after holding elections earlier this month, completing a disputed transition to democratic rule after he seized power three years ago
May 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|News|World
EU anti-piracy force flags possible attack off Somali coast
The European Union's anti-piracy force in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Operation Atalanta, on Thursday flagged a possible pirate attack on the Liberian-flagged merchant vessel
June 08, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Kenyan police arrival in Haiti delayed, Kenya's President Ruto affirms commitment
The deployment of the first Kenyan police officers to Haiti to lead an international anti-gang force has been delayed after a planned flight from Nairobi was postponed
June 09, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Videos
Former South African President Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has criticized the country’s highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next week’s election
May 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Zuma says he will fight for his rights over South Africa election disqualification
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that he will fight for his rights, after the country's top court ruled that he was not eligible
June 08, 2024
Africa|Environment|Science|World
Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say
The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of human-caused climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday
May 24, 2024
Africa|Technology|World
Harris announces plans to help 80% of Africa gain access to the internet, up from 40% now
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from 40% now
May 24, 2024
Africa|News|World
International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's actions in Gaza
The International Court of Justice today delivered its Order on the request for the modification and the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa on 10 May 2024 in the
June 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa hails World Court ruling on Israel's Rafah assault
South Africa's government on Friday hailed as ground-breaking a ruling by the World Court that ordered Israel to halt its military
June 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's Inkatha Freeedom Party favours alternative alliances over ANC
South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) will try to form a governing coalition that excludes the African National Congress should the ruling party lose its
June 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
Tens of thousands flee as paramilitaries attack Sudan's al-Fashir, activists say
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in a camp in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, activists said, after a raid by Rapid Support Forces paramilitary forces who are fighting to
June 10, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Will South Africa have a new government or president after election?
South Africans vote in national and provincial elections on May 29 with opinion polls suggesting the governing African National Congress will lose its
June 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|News|World
EU anti-piracy force frees ship from suspected pirates off Somalia
The European Union's anti-piracy force in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea said on Friday the Liberian-flagged merchant vessel Basilisk had been freed from suspected pirates off the
June 10, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|News|Stock Markets
Battle for Anglo's copper assets tests BHP's resolve as deadline looms
BHP's resolve to add more copper to its portfolio will be tested by Anglo American investors' demands for a simpler offer for the whole
June 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Utah man declined $100K offer to travel to Congo on 'security job' that was covert coup attempt
The friend of a prominent Congolese opposition leader’s son said he turned down a six-figure offer to travel there as part of the family’s security detail in what turned out to be a failed coup attempt
May 25, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Economy|US
US, Kenya look to strengthen business, trade ties
The U.S. and Kenya will hold a new round of trade talks next month, they said on Friday, as the two countries tout new business deals and look to boost
June 10, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
It's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's what that would mean
The focus for South Africa’s national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time
May 25, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election
South Africa’s four main political parties have begun a final weekend of campaigning before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country’s most important change in 30 years
May 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa promises to 'do better' as election looms
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed on Saturday to do more on issues including jobs and state welfare as he campaigned
June 11, 2024
Africa|News
Five killed after informal gold mine collapses in northern Kenya
At least five people were killed and several others were missing after an informal gold mine collapsed in northern Kenya, officials and local media said.
June 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
Burkina Faso extends junta rule by five years
Burkina Faso's ruling junta will remain in power for another five years after participants in national talks on Saturday proposed extending the transition back to democracy by 60 months
June 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Zimbabwe authorities mix charm with force in an attempt to shore up the world’s newest currency
Zimbabwe introduced the world's newest currency in April with public rallies and commercial jingles
May 26, 2024
Africa|Americas|Election|News|World
South African election could spell the end of ANC dominance
South Africans will vote on Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, joblessness and corruption threatening to end the dominance of the African National
June 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Aid group says over 100 people killed in 2 weeks of fighting in a Sudanese city
An international aid group says more than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people
May 26, 2024
Africa|News
Over 20 killed in attack on central Mali village
Over 20 civilians were killed in an attack in central Mali on Saturday, a local official said on Sunday.
June 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Comoros President sworn in for fourth term after disputed poll
Comoros President Azali Assoumani pledged on Sunday to work for peace and rapidly grow the economy as he was sworn in for his fourth term in office, following a tense January
June 11, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's main opposition party rallies support as it concludes election campaign
South Africa’s main opposition party Democratic Alliance has made its final call to South Africans to help it unseat the ruling African National Congress
May 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|Environment|News
Nigeria is emerging as a critical mineral hub. The government is cracking down on illegal operations
Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since April for allegedly stealing the country’s lithium, a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, smartphones and power systems
May 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Opinion|World
South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994
South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country takes its most significant political step since it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy 30 years ago
May 27, 2024
Africa|World
South Africa's divisive Malema could be post-election kingmaker
South Africa's Julius Malema, who quit the ruling African National Congress to form a radical leftist party, could potentially become a kingmaker or even deputy
June 13, 2024
Africa|Election
South Africa's DA leader Steenhuisen wages mission to stop 'doomsday coalition'
South Africa's election this week could present a golden opportunity for the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader John Steenhuisen if the ruling
June 14, 2024
Africa|Election
South Africa's surprise election challenger is evoking the past anti-apartheid struggle
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the wild card in Wednesday’s election for Africa’s most advanced country
May 27, 2024
Africa|News
Hundreds flee in northwest Nigeria after attacks, official, residents say
Hundreds of people have fled their villages in a rural community in northwestern Nigeria after weekend attacks by armed groups left 10 dead and at least
June 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|Election|News
Egypt jails former presidential hopeful for one year with labour
An Egyptian court sentenced former presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawy on Monday to one year in prison with labour on charges of forging election documents, and barred
June 12, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign for millions
Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat
May 28, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Iran’s intervention in Sudan’s civil war advances its geopolitical goals − but not without risks
Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
May 28, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Polish man sentenced to life in Congo on espionage charges has been released and returned to Europe
Poland's top diplomat says that Congo has released a Polish man who was sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges
May 28, 2024
Africa|News|Opinion|World
South Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election
South African opposition parties are making a final appeal to voters as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy
May 28, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
Egypt to host conference for Sudan's civilian political groups in June
Egypt will host a conference next month bringing together Sudan's civilian political groups with other regional and global parties, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
June 13, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over two weeks, authorities said
December 03, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Baby found dead in stricken migrant boat heading for Italy
The body of a five-month-old baby was found on Tuesday when some 85 migrants heading for Italy from Tunisia were rescued from distress at sea, according to a Reuters
June 12, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's ex-leader Zuma back in the spotlight for election
Six years after South Africa's scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma was pushed out of office, he is backing a new party against his
June 14, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa steers ANC in potentially pivotal election
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has staked his reputation on cleaning up the image of the ruling African National Congress,
June 14, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Health
Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals
China's flagship economic cooperation program is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus,
June 13, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|MidEast|News
Egypt, UAE talks continuing over Ras El Hekma land deal
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are still negotiating contracts for the massive Ras El Hekma development project on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, a prominent
June 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Mass wedding plans deferred in Nigeria, some girls, women marry privately
Religious leaders and a state lawmaker suspended their plans for a mass wedding of 100 girls and young women in northwest Nigeria after it sparked
June 13, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's ANC support around 42% days before election, poll finds
Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has settled around 42% in the days leading up to Wednesday's election
June 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Togo's President Gnassingbe set to switch job to stay in power
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe is set to become president of the council of ministers, a position introduced by the new constitution, which will allow him to extend his 19-year-old
June 13, 2024
Africa|Americas|Election|News|World
Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid
South Africans have voted in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years
May 28, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Long queues as South Africans vote in most competitive election since end of apartheid
South Africans voted on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, amid high turnout and with opinion
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
DR Congo names new government after months of delay
Democratic Republic of Congo has appointed a new government, spokesperson Tina Salama said in the early hours of Wednesday, ending an impasse that has mired the country in
June 13, 2024
Africa|Election|News
How does South Africa's 2024 election work?
South Africans vote in national and provincial elections on May 29 that polls suggest could loosen the African National Congress' 30-year grip on power.
June 12, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political
South Africans start voting in election that could see ANC lose majority
South Africans started voting on Wednesday in an election that could mark a big political shift if the governing African National Congress party loses its majority as opinion
June 12, 2024
Africa|Australia|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
Mining giant BHP pledges to invest in South Africa economy as it seeks support for Anglo bid
Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers
May 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News
When South Africa's election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later
South Africans have voted in a national election that could be the country’s most hotly contested in 30 years
May 29, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|US|World
Sudan's army rejects US call to return to peace talks
Sudan's army on Wednesday rejected a call to return to peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces following a conversation between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and U.S.
June 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigeria's new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed
Nigeria has adopted a new national anthem reintroduced nearly a half-century ago after it was dropped for the current one
May 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
In South Africa poll, some ANC voters lose patience with their liberators
The long queues of voters recalled South Africa's 1994 ballot that ended white minority rule and ushered in democracy, but for many, gratitude to the ruling
June 14, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigeria switches national anthem in what sceptics label a distraction
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed a bill switching back to a national anthem composed by a British expatriate and adopted at independence, a move some
June 28, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Gold worth tens of billions smuggled to the UAE each year, report says
By Reade Levinson and David Lewis Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars
June 13, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change
Partial results in South Africa’s national election have put the long-ruling African National Congress at less than 50% of the vote
May 30, 2024
Africa|News
In South Africa, first-time voters want their choice to count and keep their dreams alive
Some young South Africans in a poor, rural area of rolling hills were determined to vote in Wednesday’s national election
May 30, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Finance|News|Stock Markets
South African assets slip on uncertain election outcome
South Africa's currency, stocks and bonds fell on Thursday amid political uncertainty after election projections showed the African
June 15, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News|World
US targets Wagner-linked firms in Central African Republic, says Treasury Dept
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Central African Republic companies linked to Russia's Wagner mercenary group and to illicit mining activities, the
June 14, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
How a rattled South Africa became Anglo's best defence against BHP bid
Days after miner BHP launched its takeover bid for rival Anglo American in April, the CEOs of both headed for South Africa, where a
June 14, 2024
Africa|Election|Political|World
South Africa's election results may only be the start of a rocky political process. Here's why
The real politicking in South Africa may start after the election results are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner
May 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
US says Algeria's proposed UN resolution on Rafah is not balanced
Algeria's proposed draft U.N.
June 15, 2024
Africa|News|World
'No reason to justify the distrust and attitude' of Niger, Benin president says
Benin President Patrice Talon said Niger has not responded to his country's concerns and his Nigerien counterpart did not meet with Benin's mining minister on a visit this week
June 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political|World
South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50%
South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress well short of a majority
May 31, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|World
A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors
A toddler in the West African country of Ghana has set the record as the world’s youngest male artist
May 31, 2024
Africa|News
What happens next in South Africa after ANC loses majority?
For the first time in South Africa's democratic era, the African National Congress (ANC) will have to seek one or more coalition partners to
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South African election results webpage back to normal after glitch
Partial results from South Africa's parliamentary election reappared on the electoral commission's website on Friday after roughly two hours during which the results page went blank
June 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Top ANC official backs Ramaphosa despite dismal election result
A top official in South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) backed President Cyril Ramaphosa despite a dismal result in this week's
June 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Gunmen kill 11 in attack in Nigeria's southeast, army says
Armed men killed at least six civilians and five troops in an attack in Nigeria's southeastern Abia state, the military said on Friday, prompting the state government
June 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudan at 'imminent risk of famine', UN aid chiefs warn
The people of Sudan are at "imminent risk of famine", United Nations agencies said on Friday, more than a year into a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
June 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News
In South Africa's coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse
With South Africa's ruling party on track to get about 42% of the vote in the national election, the anger in its heartland coal-mining belt gives a hint
June 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Soldiers among 11 killed by separatist militants in southeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military says militants enforcing a separatist lockdown in the country's southeast attacked and killed five soldiers deployed to restore order
May 31, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
South Sudan receives its first batch of a new vaccine for malaria from the WHO
South Sudan has received its first batch of a new malaria vaccine from the World Health Organization, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the biggest killer of children in this African country
May 31, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Zambia's former first lady and daughter arrested over properties worth more than $2 million
Zambia’s former first lady and one of her daughters have been arrested over their ownership of several properties worth more than $2 million that a law enforcement agency says are suspected to be proceeds of crime
May 31, 2024
Africa|News|World
South African soldier killed, 13 injured in clash with eastern Congo rebels
One South African soldier was killed and 13 others where injured in a battle with Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the South African National
June 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Nigeria's main labour unions declare indefinite strike over minimum wage
Nigeria's main labour unions on Friday said they had declared an indefinite strike from Monday after failing to agree a new minimum wage with the government.
June 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's Ramaphosa badly weakened by ANC election slump
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be badly weakened after presiding over the African National Congress (ANC) party's worst election result
June 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Ex-leader Zuma's populist party becomes top disrupter in South Africa vote
The biggest winner in South Africa's election this week may be former President Jacob Zuma, whose newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party
June 17, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's ANC facing coalition as election ends decades of dominance
South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40% in this
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News
The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election
The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago
June 01, 2024
Africa|Business|Finance|World
Jittery markets struggle with South Africa coalition puzzle
The prospect of South Africa's first coalition government of the post-apartheid era is likely to keep markets jittery for
June 18, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
US military completes major exercise in Africa and works to deepen partnerships
Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the largest annual joint training exercise in Africa after two weeks in Tunisia, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco
June 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
European NGO worker accused of inciting revolt in Central African Republic
Prosecutors in Central African Republic say they have detained a European employee of a U.S.-based non-governmental organisation on suspicion of being a threat to state security and
June 18, 2024
Africa|World
South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image
Looking out of his window at Cape Town's False Bay, Nick Searra acknowledges that things do work better in South Africa's second biggest city, a
June 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
After South Africa's historic election, what now for its global role on issues like the war in Gaza?
It was a historic day for South Africa
June 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for his country's political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first national coalition government in its young democracy
June 02, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
South Africa's president urges unity as ANC support plunges
President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa's political parties to work together for the good of the country
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
S.Africa's ANC says "nothing to celebrate" after losing majority
South Africa's ruling African National Congress Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said on Sunday that there was nothing to celebrate after the party lost its controlling
June 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's ANC wins 159 seats in national assembly, says electoral commission
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) won 159 out of 400 seats in the country's National Assembly after last week's general election, the electoral commission
June 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News
A guide to what's next for South Africa and the key figures in unprecedented coalition talks
South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority
June 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Egypt's economy likely to grow by 4.2% next year, says minister
Planning Minister Hala al-Saeed predicted Egypt's economy would grow by 2.9% or 3% in the financial year to end-June before accelerating to 4.2% in 2024/25, according to a ministry
June 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
All eyes on ANC as it discusses who to enlist to govern South Africa
South Africa was on tenterhooks on Monday for the African National Congress to signal whom it will choose as a partner to govern the nation
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation
Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades
June 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Somalia to expel Ethiopian troops unless Somaliland port deal scrapped, official says
Somalia will expel thousands of Ethiopian troops stationed in the country to help with security by the end of the year unless Addis Ababa scraps a disputed
June 19, 2024
Africa|News|World
Rights violations for Uganda's LGBTQ community escalating - pressure group
Uganda's sexual minorities face escalating human rights violations, with over 1000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions among
June 19, 2024
Africa|Travel
Algeria seeks to lure tourists to neglected cultural, scenic glories
Algeria wants to lure more visitors to the cultural and scenic treasures of Africa's largest country, shedding its status as a tourism backwater and
June 19, 2024
Africa|Business|News|World
South Korea, Africa leaders pledge deeper ties, critical mineral development
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the leaders of African countries agreed on Tuesday to forge deeper trade and business cooperation and launched a
July 02, 2024
Africa|Asia|News|Technology|World
South Korean president vows to expand mineral ties with Africa and send more development aid
South Korea's president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology
June 04, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's ANC weighs up partners, from free-marketeers to Marxists
The African National Congress was holding high-stakes internal talks on Tuesday about which parties it should approach to form South Africa's next government,
June 20, 2024
Africa|News|World
Storm rips through coastal South African province, killing 11
A storm ripped through the South African coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, killing at least 11 people and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, local officials said
June 20, 2024
Africa|Americas|Asia|Economy|News|World
Mexico, South Africa and India deliver political punch to markets
A clobbering for South Africa's, Mexico's and even India's heavyweight markets in recent days has proved without doubt that politics can still deliver an unexpected
June 21, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Environment|Political|US|World
The G20 has 'shock absorbers' to deal with Trump's return as US president, South Africa says
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Group of 20 bloc has sufficient “shock absorbers” to function effectively if a Donald Trump administration promotes an America First policy at the expense of international cooperation
December 03, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South Africa business activity grows again in May, PMI shows
South African private sector activity grew in May as new order volumes stabilised and business confidence improved, a survey showed on Wednesday.
June 21, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Egyptians struggle with first bread subsidy cut in decades
A quadrupling of the price of subsidised bread has made it harder than ever for Gamal Ahmad and millions of other Egyptians to get by.
June 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Environment
South African economy unexpectedly shrinks due to drought
South Africa's economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter of this year as a drought caused a big drop in agricultural production, but analysts said they
December 03, 2024
Africa|Americas|Asia|Economy|Election|Finance|News|Stock Markets|World
Elections roil markets as biggest race looms in packed 2024
Election results in Mexico, South Africa and India jolted currencies and stocks alike, a stark reminder that politics still matter for markets in a
June 21, 2024
Africa|News|World
Russia to provide more military aid, instructors to Burkina Faso
Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the west African country boost its defence capabilities and fight terrorism, Russian state
June 21, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's ANC leans towards unity government but meets resistance
The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a government of national unity for South Africa, it said on Wednesday, but
June 21, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|World
Act of faith: Kenya enlists evangelical pastors to guide Haiti mission
In the months leading up to Kenya's deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign
June 21, 2024
Africa|News|World
Cape Verde president says governments must discuss colonial reparations
Cape Verde's President Jose Maria Neves said the rise of right-wing populism has made it difficult to hold a serious debate over colonial reparations but argued
June 21, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy
South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress party
June 06, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's ANC leans toward a 'unity' government that evokes Mandela but divisions are there
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting with senior officials of the African National Congress to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock
June 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's ANC will seek to form government of national unity
South Africa's African National Congress will invite other political parties to form a national unity government, its leader President Cyril
June 24, 2024
Africa|Europe|MidEast|News|World
Spain requests to intervene in South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Spain has requested to intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares
June 23, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
A year after Greece migrant boat tragedy, answers and justice still out of reach
Egyptian electrician Mahmoud Shalabi was the only person from his hometown to survive when a fishing trawler crammed
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudan army vows harsh response to RSF attack on village, UN calls for probe
Sudan's army said on Thursday it would deliver a "harsh response" to an attack a day earlier on a village by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that pro-democracy
June 24, 2024
Africa|News|Sports|World
Olympics-Egypt ambitious for Paris success with an eye on 2036
Egypt will take its biggest ever delegation to the Paris Olympics with the hope of exceeding its record medal haul from three years ago and continue to build its
June 23, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's ANC coalition conundrum leaves supporters on edge
Sinah Molokwane, a lifelong member of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, is struggling to accept that her
July 02, 2024
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Fire at a displacement camp in Congo leaves dozens of families without shelter, UN says
The U.N. says a fire at a displacement camp in eastern Congo has destroyed around 50 makeshift tents, leaving dozens of families without shelter
June 06, 2024
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Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead
Officials and resistance movements in Sudan say clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army in Gezira province early Wednesday morning killed at least 100 people and injured dozens
June 06, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's ANC to invite other parties to form government of national unity - Ramaphosa
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) will invite other political parties to form a government of national unity, its leader Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, after a
June 24, 2024
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South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC's unity plan. But deep rifts remain
South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congress’ offer to become part of a government of national unity
June 07, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
3 Americans implicated in a coup attempt in Congo go on trial before a military court
The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved in a coup attempt in Congo last month has opened in the country's capital of Kinshasa
June 07, 2024
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa hails Russia's Putin as 'my dear friend' and ally
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday cast President Vladimir Putin as "my dear brother" and said Russia was a consistent ally of Zimbabwe.
June 25, 2024
Africa|News
South African parties await details of ANC unity government proposal
South African opposition parties said on Friday they were waiting for more details on a proposal by the African National Congress to form a
June 25, 2024
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Attacks leave Sudanese refugees stranded in Ethiopian forest
Refugees from Sudan's civil war who fled into neighbouring Ethiopia say they have been forced to move on again and take shelter in a forest and on roadsides after
June 25, 2024
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Sudan could soon have 10 million internally displaced people, UN agency says
The number of people internally displaced in Sudan due to conflict could soon exceed 10 million, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday, in the world's largest
June 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Crime|Finance|News|US
Ex-Goldman Sachs banker wins part of appeal, still faces extradition to US
Former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko who is wanted in the United States for allegedly paying bribes to Ghanaian officials on Friday won part of his appeal, but still faces
June 24, 2024
Africa|News
Despite fears in Europe, no migrant surge after Niger junta scrapped ban
At the bus station in Agadez, a town in northern Niger that serves as a gateway to the Sahara, a dozen men – their faces
June 24, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Death toll rises as rescue charity spots another body in sea off Libya
Another body was spotted off the coast of Libya on Saturday, a day after a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rescue ship recovered the bodies of 11 migrants in the same area of the
June 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
US, British citizens among suspects on trial in Congo after thwarted coup
More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday charged
June 25, 2024
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Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings has been tenderly laid on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood
June 07, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Two women in Comoros detained on gay sex charges after marriage bid
Police in Comoros detained two women on Saturday on charges of engaging in same-sex sexual activity after they asked an Islamic preacher to marry them, a public
June 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Suspected Islamists kill at least 38 in attack on eastern Congo villages
Suspected Islamist rebels killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on villages in eastern Democratic
June 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Death toll rises to 41 in attack on eastern Congo villages
The death toll has risen to 41 following an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a
June 25, 2024
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Suspected Islamists in eastern Congo kill more than 80 in a week
The death toll has risen to 41 following an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on
June 26, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Sudan's al-Fashir main hospital shut after RSF attack, aid group says
The main hospital in Sudan's al-Fashir city has been attacked by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and put out of service, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which supports the
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Fighting between central Somalia clans kills at least 55, residents say
A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday.
June 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Nigeria gunmen kill 50 in raid on northwest village, residents say
At least 50 people were killed and an unspecified number kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attacked the village of Yargoje in northwest Nigeria at
June 26, 2024
Africa|Americas|Arts|Asia|Food|News|World
Palestinian DC chef and Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans win coveted James Beard Awards
A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon have won coveted James Beard Awards
June 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
The UN says more than 10 million people in Sudan have now fled their homes as war continues
The U.N. migration agency tells The Associated Press that the number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million as war drives many from their homes
June 10, 2024
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Soldiers in Malawi search for missing military plane carrying vice president and former first lady
Malawi's president says soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country’s vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area
June 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice president
Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African
June 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from Boko Haram captivity because the military
June 26, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Thirty-eight migrants killed after boat capsizes off Yemen, official says
Thirty-eight migrants coming from the Horn of Africa were killed after their boat capsized off Yemen's Aden, a local official and witnesses said on Monday.
June 26, 2024
Africa|Environment|World
Death toll in Uganda landslide rises to 28
The bodies of two three-year-old boys were among those pulled from mud in eastern Uganda, swelling to 28 the death toll from a landslide last week that buried several villages,
December 03, 2024
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Nigerian fishing community on edge after jihadists threaten attack
Nigerian fisherman Modu Umar has hardly slept for two weeks, torn between staying in his Baga community or fleeing after Islamist militants
June 26, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Political
For Ghana's cocoa farmers, fertiliser is the vote winner in looming election
Cocoa farmer Joseph Arkoh's vote in Saturday's election in Ghana hinges on one unlikely issue: fertiliser.
December 03, 2024
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Malawi's vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after their plane's wreckage is found
Malawi’s president says the vice president and nine others have died in a plane crash
June 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash
Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, were killed when the military plane they were
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
IMF reaches staff level agreement with Kenya, urges fiscal consolidation
Kenya has reached a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday, the organisation said, paving the way for the
June 26, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's unity government must harmonise wildly different visions
Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and
June 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
ICC prosecutor appeals for evidence of atrocities in Sudan after rebels attack hospital in Darfur
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is appealing for information and evidence of atrocities in Sudan’s western Darfur region
June 11, 2024
Africa|News
Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil project
Production has started at Senegal's first offshore oil project
June 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages
Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households
June 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
ICC prosecutor warns of war crimes committed in Darfur's al-Fashir
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city
June 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
Zuma's MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court to block the newly elected
June 27, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing,
June 27, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
Parts of Sudan are in famine, extent unclear, top US diplomat says
Parts of Sudan are in famine, a top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday, adding that the extent of extreme hunger remained unclear nearly 14 months into a war
June 27, 2024
Africa|Health|Political|World
Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18
A Zimbabwean High Court judge has ruled that provisions of a law that deny abortion services to women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 are unconstitutional
December 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
More than 80 passengers killed in the latest boat accident in Congo
Congo's president says a boat carrying more than 270 passengers has capsized on a river near Congo’s capital of Kinshasa, leaving more than 80 dead
June 12, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Highly potent opioids are showing up in drug users in Africa for the first time, report says
A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market
June 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN Security Council to vote on demand for halt to siege of Sudanese city
The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Thursday on a British-drafted resolution that demands a halt to the siege of al-Fashir in Sudan's North Dafur region
June 28, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Interior ministers of Libya and Tunisia agree reopening of major border crossing
Interior ministers from Libya and Tunisia said on Wednesday they had agreed to partially reopen the border crossing at Ras Jdir on Thursday morning, and to fully reopen it on June
June 28, 2024
Africa|Americas|Europe|MidEast|News|World
Migrants dying in unprecedented numbers on Canary Islands route, NGO says
An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
Over 80 killed in boat accident in western Congo
More than 80 people have been killed in a boat accident on the River Kwa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday.
June 28, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Mass starvation is 'very real risk' in some Sudan regions, WHO says
Mass starvation is a "very real risk" in some regions of war-torn Sudan, where conflict has made medical aid broadly unavailable, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's ANC says it has broad agreement with main opposition, others on coalition government
A top official with South Africa’s African National Congress party says it has a broad agreement with the main opposition and other parties to form a coalition government
June 13, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
South Africa's health authorities report 2 deaths from mpox this week and warn of local transmission
South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease
June 13, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|Political|World
UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
The U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution demanding that Sudan’s paramilitary force halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it doesn’t control
June 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's ANC in eleventh hour talks over unity government as deadline nears
South Africa's African National Congress said late on Thursday that several other parties had agreed to join it in a unity government but the
June 28, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Ghana's bondholders to re-engage government next week on debt rework
Ghana and its bondholders will restart talks next week to hash out a debt restructuring deal on $13
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN Security Council demands halt to siege of Sudan city of 1.8 million people
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to the siege of al-Fashir - a city of 1.8 million people in Sudan's North Darfur region -
June 28, 2024
Africa|Food|News
Famine watchdog projects 756,000 Sudanese face starvation in coming months
An estimated 756,000 people in Sudan could face catastrophic food shortages by September, according to a preliminary projection used by United
June 28, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Policeman shoots and injures magistrate in Kenyan court
A police officer shot and injured a magistrate at a court in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Thursday, before being killed in a shootout with other officers, the judiciary said.
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
At least 22 killed in artisanal mine collapse in southern Mali
At least 22 artisanal gold miners died in southern Mali on Saturday after the shaft they were working in collapsed, the general secretary of the miners'
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least 42 killed by suspected Islamists in eastern Congo
At least 42 people were killed by suspected Islamist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, two officials from the local
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sudan tops UN envoy's concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next
The United Nations envoy charged with reporting on violations against children in conflicts around the world says that first and foremost she is worried about what’s happening to youngsters in war-torn Sudan
June 14, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's President Ramaphosa is reelected for second term after a dramatic late coalition deal
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected by lawmakers for a second term after his African National Congress party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with the main opposition and other parties
June 14, 2024
Africa|News
Niger's highest court lifts immunity of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum
The highest court in Niger lifted the immunity of the country's democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum
June 14, 2024
Africa|World
South African President Ramaphosa nominated for re-election
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was nominated for re-election on Friday by a lawmaker from his African National Congress (ANC) party during parliament's first sitting
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack that killed at least 42 in eastern Congo
Islamic State on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, the group said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
June 28, 2024
Africa|Election|News
South Africa's Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC strikes coalition deal
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work
June 28, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Niger’s ousted president loses immunity, say lawyers
Niger's ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has been stripped of his immunity by the State Court of Niamey, a move that signals the ruling junta will launch criminal proceedings against
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa set to be re-elected despite ANC hammering
Cyril Ramaphosa was set on Friday to be re-elected as South Africa's president, having brokered a deal with the opposition for a
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's National Assembly re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa as president
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected for a second term, having won a majority of votes in the National Assembly, the chief justice said on Friday.
June 28, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa survives ANC hammering to win second term
Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected South Africa's president on Friday, having brokered a deal with the opposition for a government of
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
South African foes unite in uneasy coalition
For the first time since Nelson Mandela negotiated an end to white minority rule, former sworn enemies are coming together in South Africa under a pledge to
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
How South Africa's rival parties 'found each other' in a last-ditch deal that saved a president
South Africa’s main political rivals are now partners in government after they came together in a last-ditch coalition deal that ensured President Cyril Ramaphosa was dramatically reelected with cross-party support
June 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Surge in rebel attacks sparks deadly protests in eastern Congo
At least seven people have been killed in unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, local officials said on
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Former South African leader Zuma's party says it will join opposition in parliament
South Africa's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party will join an alliance of smaller opposition parties in parliament in a bid to take on the African National Congress and Democratic
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina attack this month, SITE Intelligence Group says
Al Qaeda affiliate Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group has claimed responsibility for what it said was attack on June 11 that killed over 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa re-elected president. What happens next?
Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as South Africa's president on Friday with the support of once rival parties that have agreed to join his African National
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
Zimbabwe police arrest opposition leader and 80 youths, says lawyer
Zimbabwe police have arrested opposition leader Jameson Timba and 80 youths for holding a political gathering which authorities said was
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Malawi mourns VP amid protests over plane crash response
Malawians gathered to mourn Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima amid heavy security on Monday, a day after people from his home district launched protests over the
July 01, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
South Africa's unity government now has five parties, ANC says
The African National Congress said on Monday South Africa's new government has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
Putin congratulates South Africa's Ramaphosa on re-election, an indication of warm ties
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin congratulated South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as president on Monday, reflecting continued good relations with Pretoria despite uncertainty
June 29, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Kenyan capital Nairobi in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament
June 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Kenyan parliament panel urges govt to scrap some new taxes as hundreds protest
A Kenyan parliamentary panel recommended on Tuesday that the government scrap some new taxes proposed as part of next year's budget, as hundreds of protesters
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
Explosions at a military ammunition depot in Chad's capital kill 9 people and injure 46 others
An official says nine people were killed and more than 40 injured when a fire set off explosions at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital
June 19, 2024
Africa|News|World
Fire at Chad military ammunition depot triggers blasts
A fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad's capital N'Djamena triggered a series of blasts on Tuesday night, Foreign Affairs Minister Koulamallah Abderaman
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
Jihadis from Africa’s Sahel have crossed into Nigeria’s north, a new report says. A lot is at stake
A new report says there is mounting evidence that jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin
June 19, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins
A weakened South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday that his new multi-party government would work to improve basic living
July 02, 2024
Africa|News
Nine killed in blasts at Chad ammunition depot, health minister says
At least nine people were killed and more than 46 injured in blasts caused by a fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad's capital on Tuesday night, health minister
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News|World
Investors cautiously optimistic S.Africa's new government can deliver growth-friendly reforms
Investors are optimistic South Africa's new unity government can deliver stable economic policies to revive growth, but are cautious about how the new
July 01, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Egypt unlawfully deported Sudanese refugees, rights group says
Egypt has carried out mass arrests and unlawful deportations of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Sudan, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday.
July 01, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
South African inflation stable but still above central bank objective
South African inflation was stable in May, data showed on Wednesday, but analysts do not expect interest rate cuts any time soon as it remains above the
July 01, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Namibia central bank holds main rate as inflation ticks higher
Namibia's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, responding to a slight uptick in inflation and protecting the local currency's peg to
July 01, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Salvage firm confirms sinking of Greek-owned Tutor struck by Houthis
The Greek-owned Tutor coal carrier attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants in the Red Sea last week has sunk, salvagers confirmed on Wednesday.
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
DR Congo says five people killed in rebel bombing of eastern town
At least five people, including three women and a girl, were killed in the bombardment of a town in eastern Congo's North Kivu
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigerian separatist Kanu seeks talks on terror charges, lawyer says
Separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu is willing to negotiate with the Nigerian government over his continued detention and trial on terrorism charges, his lawyer said on
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president with help from coalition parties
Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria
June 19, 2024
Africa|News|World
Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
Somalia's government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum,
July 02, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities
French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa
June 20, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
South African rand slips, focus on president's cabinet picks
South Africa's rand slipped on Thursday, as investors turned cautious ahead of newly re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet appointments under a unity government.
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Police fire tear gas, water cannon at anti-tax protesters in Kenya capital
Riot police in Nairobi fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators on Thursday as coordinated marches took place
July 02, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds 5 bodies in a boat adrift in the Atlantic Ocean
Spanish rescuers say that a cruise ship has rescued 68 migrants and found five bodies in a traditional fishing boat that was drifting off the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
June 20, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's DA party suspends MP after old videos of anti-Black remarks resurface
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) suspended on Thursday a newly sworn-in member of parliament after an old video of him calling for the killing of
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
Burkina Faso junta leader denies reports of army mutiny
Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traore appeared on national TV on Thursday to deny reports of mutiny within the army following an attack by al Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed
June 20, 2024
Africa|Food|Health|News|World
Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says
The U.N.'s food agency says families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have received an emergency increase in food aid that is needed to help avert looming famine
June 20, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Thousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes
Thousands of mostly young people have demonstrated Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals in the government’s annual budget legislation
June 20, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Ghana reaches deal in principle with bondholders on $13 billion debt, sources say
Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders to restructure $13 billion worth of international debt, three sources told Reuters,
June 20, 2024
Africa|Business|News|World
Allegations of human rights abuses 'unfounded', Barrick Gold tells UNHRC
Barrick Gold said in a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday that allegations of human rights violations at its North Mara Gold Mine were "misdirected, unfounded"
June 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|Economy|News
Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests
Kenya's police watchdog says it has begun an investigation into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes
June 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Travel
US tourist killed in Zambia elephant attack, the second this year
Zambian officials say a U.S. tourist has been killed by an elephant in the city of Livingstone, the second such attack in the country this year
June 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News|World
Niger revokes French company's operating permit at major uranium mine
Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano
June 21, 2024
Africa|News
Malian political parties say leaders arrested amid crackdown
An alliance of political parties and civil society groups in junta-led Mali said several of their leaders were arrested on Thursday evening during a private meeting at a house
June 21, 2024
Africa|News
One person killed, over 200 injured in Kenya anti-tax demonstrations
One person was killed and at least 200 people injured across Kenya in Thursday's nationwide protests against government plans to raise $2.7
June 21, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
ICC unseals arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly over Mali war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took over Timbuktu in
June 21, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigerian army bolsters air capacity with two new helicopters
Nigeria's army has taken delivery of two "Huey" helicopters, a spokesperson said on Friday, to strengthen its ability to provide air cover for troops battling
June 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Finance|Technology|US
U.S. lawmakers urge embassy in Nigeria to seek humanitarian release of Binance executive
Two U.S. lawmakers have urged the United States embassy in Nigeria to seek the release of jailed Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan on humanitarian grounds because he is in poor
June 21, 2024
Africa|Health|Lifestyle|News|Opinion|World
Namibian court declares laws banning gay sex unconstitutional
A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ
June 21, 2024
Africa|Health|World
Ivory Coast sets up mobile enrollment for a health coverage program criticized over glitches
Ivory Coast health authorities have launched mobile enrollment centers for the country’s universal health coverage program
June 22, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle
AP PHOTOS: In the spirit of perseverance, artists flock to Congo's biggest dance festival
The Goma dance festival, the largest dance festival in Congo, has taken place each year for the past seven years, despite ongoing attacks by rebel groups
June 22, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Militia kills at least 23 people in eastern Congo village attacks
A militia killed at least 23 people in attacks on several villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's
June 22, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|Travel
Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after haj deaths
Egypt withdrew the operating licenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims in
June 22, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News|World
Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began
A pipeline project built with China's support that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin
June 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Seven killed, dozens missing after gunmen attack in northern Nigeria
At least seven people were killed and 100 kidnapped on Saturday night when gunmen attacked a rural community in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state,
June 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
South African rand falls as traders await cabinet lineup
The South African rand slipped on Monday, as markets waited for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce the cabinet lineup of his government of national unity.
July 03, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|World
Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti this week, US State Department says
The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week, the
July 03, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
EU adopts sanctions against six over Sudan civil war
EU countries adopted sanctions against six people in Sudan on Monday over the war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has engulfed the
July 03, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
US military looks for West Africa 'Plan B' after Niger ousting
The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S.
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Somalia accuses Ethiopian troops of 'illegal' incursion
Somalia's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations
July 03, 2024
Africa|News
Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher
Hassan Ya'u, a 42-year-old maize and sesame seed farmer in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, was tending to his crops early this month when
June 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Kenya's president says tax protests 'hijacked' after they turn violent
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday security was his "utmost priority" after protests against a bill to raise taxes
June 25, 2024
Africa|Food|Health|Lifestyle
Orphans in Congo fed palm weevil larvae in bid to beat malnutrition
At an orphanage in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, more than 60 children stared at their plate of palm weevil larvae fried up in spices,
June 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
S.African rand slips as cabinet announcement appears nearer
The South African rand weakened in volatile trade on Tuesday as comments from the two biggest parties in the unity government suggested a cabinet announcement by President
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya's parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest
Thousands of protesters stormed Kenya’s parliament Tuesday to protest tax proposals, burning part of the building, sending lawmakers fleeing and drawing fire from police
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
With Niger exit, US intelligence dims on growing West Africa insurgencies
As the U.S. military packs up what is left of its equipment and counter-terrorism personnel in Niger, American officials are warning it is becoming increasingly
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests, video shows
Kenyan activist Auma Obama, the half-sister of former U.S.
June 25, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|World
Haiti PM vows to retake country as first Kenyan police arrive
The first contingent of Kenyan police arrived in the Haitian capital on Tuesday to launch a long-awaited peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country that
June 25, 2024
Africa|News
South African MK party lawmakers sworn in after boycotting first sitting
Members of South Africa's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party were sworn in as lawmakers in parliament on Tuesday after boycotting the first sitting of the National Assembly nearly two
June 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|Health|News
Kenya Red Cross says vehicles attacked, staff injured during protests
The Kenya Red Cross said on Tuesday that its vehicles had been attacked in anti-tax demonstrations and staff and volunteers injured.
June 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Here's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the president's resignation
Kenya’s president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing relief from economic pain
June 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Expanding extremist groups in Africa fuel worries that they could attack the US or Western allies
Violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are growing in size and influence across Africa, fueling worries that as they improve their tactics, they could attack the U.S. or Western allies
June 25, 2024
Africa|Fashion and Beauty|Health|Lifestyle|World
Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa
Sick children across the country and in Africa are having their hospital stays brightened somewhat by the efforts of two young sisters from New Jersey, who make and donate brightly colored, kid-themed hospital gowns for kids
June 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political|World
ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of abusing prisoners in Mali
The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu
June 26, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Kenya president backs down on tax hikes after deadly unrest
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew planned tax hikes, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched
June 26, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Kenya's president says he won't sign the finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament
Kenya's president says he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament on Tuesday
June 26, 2024
Africa|World
Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves Ruto fumbling for a response
As John Aron headed out to join the protests raging outside parliament, he felt something huge had already shifted in Kenyan politics, jolting it away
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Two killed in mortar attack on South African army base in Congo
South Africa's military said on Wednesday that a mortar attack on one of its bases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day earlier had killed two people and injured 20
June 26, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Europe|News
S.Africa says cases against EU citrus measures progressing at WTO
South Africa expects the World Trade Organisation to set up adjudication panels in July to examine its two cases against the European Union over its phytosanitary measures for citrus
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Twenty soldiers, one civilian killed in western Niger
Twenty soldiers and a civilian were killed in an attack in western Niger next to the border with Burkina Faso, the west African country's defence ministry said.
June 26, 2024
Africa|Health|News
'Kush', 'Khadafi' and 'Monkey Tail' drugs pose health risks in Africa, UN agency says
The United Nations on Wednesday flagged harmful new drug concoctions, named kush, Khadafi, and Monkey Tail, as posing particular health risks across Africa because of their varying
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Families flee as Sudan's RSF advances on Sennar city, residents say
Paramilitaries from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have advanced on the southeastern trading hub of Sennar as they push to expand territorial gains more than 14 months into
June 26, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Kenya's Ruto rejects tax bill, returns it to parliament, local media reports
Kenya's President William Ruto on Wednesday declined to sign a highly contentious finance bill that has sparked nationwide deadly protests, and has sent it back to parliament for
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
US condemns reported violence in Kenya
The White House condemned on Wednesday the reported violence in Kenya, where medics said 23 people had died this week after violent clashes between police and protesters.
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded
The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022 and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country says
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Kenyan police fire on protesters in new clashes after president's tax climbdown
A climbdown by Kenya's president over plans to raise taxes brought no end to nationwide protests on Thursday, with at least two people
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|News
S. Africa consumer confidence recovers in Q2, survey shows
South Africa's consumer confidence improved slightly in the second quarter due to fewer hours of load-shedding and a drop in fuel and food prices, but uncertainty around national elections
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
South African rand drops on reported discord over cabinet posts
The South African rand fell sharply on Thursday after media reports of a major disagreement between the pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA) party and
June 27, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Sudan faces famine risk in 14 areas, global hunger monitor says
There is a realistic chance of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the war that began in April last year escalates, a global monitor said on Thursday,
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Police clash with protesters in Kenya as the military patrols the streets
Police in Kenya’s capital have hurled tear gas to break up anti-tax protesters who have continued to gather despite President William Ruto’s repudiation of unpopular tax legislation that prompted deadly unrest earlier in the week
June 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Who are the candidates in Mauritania's presidential election?
Mauritanians vote in a presidential election on June 29, with incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani facing six challengers.
June 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Ghazouani seeks re-election in Mauritania on the cusp of energy and mining boom
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has promised to accelerate investments to spur an energy and mining boom as he takes on six challengers in the
June 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan
International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals
June 27, 2024
Africa|News
West Africa's ECOWAS bloc needs up to $2.6 billion a year for security force
West Africa's regional bloc needs up to $2.6 billion annually to establish a 5,000-strong security force to combat terrorism, according to one of the options being
June 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
West African defense chiefs propose a $2.6 billion security plan that analysts say might not work
Defense chiefs of West Africa on Thursday proposed an ambitious plan to deploy a 5,000-strong “standby force” to fight the region’s worsening security crises, a measure that analysts say might not work due to challenges of funding and division within the regional bloc
June 27, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Mauritania goes to the polls with a regional security crisis and economic concerns among the issues
Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania
June 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Dozens beaten, some arrested after Zimbabwe opposition leader denied bail
Zimbabwean police beat dozens of opposition supporters and arrested several outside a court in the capital Harare on Thursday, after Citizens Coalition for Change
June 27, 2024
Africa|Business|Europe|Finance|MidEast|Stock Markets
Spice maker McCormick beats quarterly results on strong EMEA business
McCormick beat market expectations for second-quarter profit and sales on Thursday, led by strong demand for its spices and seasonings in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
June 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political|World
Zimbabwe police quash opposition courthouse protest over prolonged detention of activists
Zimbabwe police have used batons to break up a protest by opposition supporters outside a courthouse in the capital Harare
June 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
Egyptians open makeshift study halls as power cuts hit students
In Egypt, where a shortage of natural gas has caused rolling blackouts during a heatwave, churches, cafes and libraries have stepped up
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy
Kenya clashes and Bolivia's failed coup show perils of economic hardship
Deadly Kenyan protests that scuppered tax hikes and a failed coup amid fading economic prospects in Bolivia this week are
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
After dramatic tax win, Kenya's young protesters plot next moves
After their stunning success in forcing the government to shelve $2.7 billion in tax hikes, young Kenyan activists are setting their sights higher,
June 28, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|Science|World
South African researchers test use of nuclear technology to curb rhino poaching
Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into to the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching
June 28, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
South African rand rallies on hope DA and ANC can agree on cabinet posts
The South African rand rallied on Friday on optimism that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and African National Congress (ANC) would reach an agreement over cabinet positions, a
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|Political
S.Africa's DA committed to cabinet negotiations, ANC says talks 'almost done'
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) is committed to working out a deal over posts in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet, a party source close to the talks
June 28, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Mauritania's President Ould Ghazouani seeks reelection amid regional security crisis
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to eradicate poverty and prevent extremism in the vast West African desert nation, even though he is accused of corruption and mismanagement by his opponents
June 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
South African president says Parliament will open July 18 amid discord in the new coalition
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Parliament will open on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the new governing coalition
June 28, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|Technology|World
Kenya protests expose jet-setting Ruto's neglect of discontent at home
In the two years since he was elected, Kenya's President William Ruto has wowed global climate activists under the Eiffel Tower, brushed shoulders with global tech
June 28, 2024
Africa|Food|Health|News|World
Nigeria's northeast risks mass hunger as UN funding dwindles
The United Nations humanitarian agency is struggling to secure funding to combat severe food insecurity in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast, raising fears of mass
June 28, 2024
Africa
A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried
Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage son Ibrahim Kamau
June 28, 2024
Africa|News
Kenyan activists call for fresh protests demanding Ruto's resignation
Kenyan activists on Friday circulated calls for fresh protests, strikes and sit-ins demanding President William Ruto quit, after nationwide demonstrations forced him to U-turn on
June 28, 2024
Africa|Health|News|Science|World
Gabon detects first case of bird flu since 2022
Gabon has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, for the first time since 2022 at a poultry market in the capital Libreville, the
June 21, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|News
IMF approves over $900 million to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight
The IMF said on Thursday its executive board approved funding for Tanzania of $786.2 million to help tackle climate change while also completing a separate
June 20, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak
Authorities in the Democratic of Congo have approved the use of two mpox vaccines to try to tackle an upsurge in cases and a dangerous new strain spreading in the
June 26, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|Science
Namibia to build second desalination plant in January
Drought-prone Namibia, currently facing its worst drought in over a century, will start constructing its long-awaited second desalination plant in January 2025, the minister of
June 27, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|News
Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year
Nigeria on Tuesday announced a ban on single-use plastics in government offices as a prelude to a nation-wide ban set to begin in January next year, a move that
June 26, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
South Africa records third mpox death after 16 confirmed cases
South Africa has recorded its third death from the viral infection mpox in an outbreak that started in May and has seen 16 laboratory-confirmed cases so far, its health
June 25, 2024
Africa|Health|News|Science|World
WHO, scientists call for urgent action on mpox strain
The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as scientists warned separately of a dangerous strain in
June 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy
S.Africa's Naspers profit doubles on Tencent, e-commerce performance
South Africa's Naspers said on Monday its full-year earnings more than doubled, buoyed by improved performance of its e-commerce businesses and contribution from China's Tencent, which
July 03, 2024
Africa|Election|News
President Ghazouani holds early lead as Mauritania counts votes
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani opened an early lead as vote-counting was underway after Saturday's presidential election, provisional results
June 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Polls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win
Polls have closed in the presidential election in Mauritania
June 29, 2024
Africa|Asia|News|Sports|World
India wins men’s T20 World Cup, defeating South Africa in dramatic final
India wins men’s T20 World Cup, defeating South Africa in dramatic final
June 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Bomb blasts kill at least 18 in Nigeria
Bomb blasts kill at least 18 in Nigeria
June 29, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Mauritania's President Ghazouani wins re-election, provisional results show
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won the country's presidential election, according to provisional results from over 99.27% of polling stations
June 30, 2024
Africa
South Africa's Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former opposition leader John Steenhuisen as minister of agriculture on Sunday, bringing the
June 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in coordinated attack in Nigeria, authorities say
Authorities in northern Nigeria say female suicide bombers have targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks that killed at least 18 people
June 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Suspected suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria, authorities say
At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a series of attacks by suspected female suicide bombers in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state
June 29, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
South African markets retreat after 'sugar rush' of Ramaphosa's cabinet
South African assets gave up some gains on Monday as the initial optimism shown by the markets waned a day after President Cyril Ramaphosa
July 01, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Mauritania's President Ghazouani wins reelection, the electoral commission says
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won reelection after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, the country's electoral commission said on Monday
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
S.Africa President Ramaphosa announces cabinet of unity government
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday a cabinet of the country's government of national unity following weeks of protracted and at times acrimonious
July 01, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South African factory activity contracts again in June - Absa PMI
South African manufacturing activity contracted again in June, a Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey showed on Monday, reflecting weak demand.
July 01, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Health
South African pharmacy chain Clicks to sell drug maker after court ruling
South African pharmacy chain Clicks Group said on Monday it would sell drug maker Unicorn Pharmaceuticals to comply with a court ruling, clearing the way for the health ministry to issue
July 01, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Turkey mediating Somalia-Ethiopia talks on port deal
Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's unprecedented new coalition has 7 parties in the Cabinet. Here's a breakdown
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement for the continent’s most industrialized country
July 01, 2024
Africa|News
Kenyan activists call for more protests as govt pledges austerity
Kenyan activists called for protesters to take to the streets again on Tuesday, with many rejecting appeals from President William Ruto for dialogue following his
July 01, 2024
Africa|Asia|MidEast|News|US
US military heightens the security alert at European bases due to a combination of threats
A Pentagon official won't say whether U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Africa or the Indo-Pacific are at increased force protection levels similar to bases in Europe
July 01, 2024
Africa|Sports
Cycling-Girmay becomes first Black African to win a Tour de France stage
Eritrea's Biniam Girmay became the first Black African rider to win a stage on the Tour de France when he prevailed in a reduced bunch sprint at the end of the third stage on
July 01, 2024
Africa|News|World
Libya fully reopens major Ras Ijdir border crossing with Tunisia
Libya's interior minister in Tripoli said the major border crossing at Ras Ijdir with Tunisia was fully reopened on Monday three months after being shut due to armed clashes.
July 01, 2024
Africa|News
Nigerian customs agents seize weapons, cough syrup in twin busts
Nigerian customs agents have seized more than 800 rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition hidden in a shipping container, a senior official said on Monday,
July 01, 2024
Africa|Sports|World
Eritrea's Biniam Girmay becomes the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage
Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay has become the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage in the last leg in Italy
July 01, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
New South African government inspires hope and fear
South Africa's new unity government inspired cautious optimism on Monday from industry and financial markets but many citizens and political analysts fear
July 01, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political|World
Tear gas, stones and flames as Kenya protesters say 'Ruto must go!'
Riot police fired tear gas grenades and charged at stone-throwing protesters in downtown Nairobi and across Kenya on Tuesday in the
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
South African rand extends losses, focus on unity government's reforms
The South African rand extended losses on Tuesday after a turbulent start to the week as markets waited to see how the new government of national unity (GNU) would approach
July 02, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
UN weather agency says Tropical Cyclone Freddy that hit eastern Africa last year was longest ever
The U.N. weather agency says it has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting cyclone ever recorded — at 36 days
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
UN seeks aid for Sudan refugees fleeing to Libya, Uganda
The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday it is expanding its Sudan aid plan to Libya and Uganda, after a surge in arrivals in those countries of people fleeing the 14-
July 02, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Comoros President Assoumani gives son government job
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has put his son, Nour El Fath, in charge of coordinating government affairs as he reshuffled his cabinet following a tense January election that
July 02, 2024
Africa|News
2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict
Two aid workers have been killed in eastern Congo when their convoy was attacked
July 02, 2024
Africa|News
How Burkina Faso's junta is conscripting critics to fight Islamist rebels
Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso's ruling military junta, received a
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
World Bank approves $208 million for Zambia's drought response
The World Bank has approved a $208 million grant for Zambia to help address the social and economic impact of drought that has hit the southern African nation, its finance ministry
July 02, 2024
Africa|News|World
Rebel seizure of key town sparks alarm in eastern Congo
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group's advance into strategically important new territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has led to
July 02, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|News
Egypt set to change finance, foreign and supply ministers
Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul, with Ahmed Kouchouk promoted to lead the finance
July 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|News|Technology|World
Italy seizes Chinese-made military drones destined for Libya
Italian authorities intercepted and seized two Chinese-made military drones that were destined for Libya and disguised as wind turbine equipment, Italy's customs police and customs
July 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Three die in Mauritanian detention after post-election protests, ministry says
Three protesters have died in detention in Mauritania, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after security forces made mass arrests in the town of Kaedi to contain unrest in
July 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Kenyan President Ruto withdraws controversial finance bill following deadly protests
Kenyan President William Ruto decided to pull a controversial finance bill amid mass protests that swept the country and reportedly left at least 23 people dead. CNN's Larry Madowo reports.
June 26, 2024
Africa|News|World
5 things to know for June 26: CNN Debate, Immigration, Kenya protests, Truck recalls, Evan Gershkovich
CNN's Larry Madowo is live on scene as protests over a controversial financial bill escalate in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
June 26, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Tunisian president sets election date for Oct. 6
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday set the presidential election date for Oct. 6 and is widely expected to seek a second term, with at least one potential candidate in jail and
July 02, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|World
Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies
Investment in electric vehicle manufacturing is booming in Morocco, a country that neighbors Europe and enjoys a free trade agreement with the United States
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Women, children trapped at church in Sudan's capital endure hunger, bombardment
Trapped in a Catholic mission sheltering dozens of women and children from the war raging on the streets of Khartoum, Father Jacob Thelekkadan punched new holes in his
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Egypt overhauls cabinet as economic pressures, power cuts persist
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a heavily reshuffled cabinet on Wednesday that includes new finance and foreign ministers in a government facing
July 03, 2024
Africa|News
Kenyan activists rethink strategy after protests turn violent
Activists behind Kenya's anti-government protests are rethinking their strategy after demonstrations on Tuesday were marred by violence and looting that they fear
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, and even witnesses to such weddings will be punished
A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law
July 03, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Extremists attack a wedding ceremony in Mali and kill at least 21
Residents say an armed group attacked a wedding ceremony in central Mali and killed at least 21 people
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Egypt's Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff, defence minister
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named a new chief of staff for the armed forces on Wednesday, after replacing the defence minister in his newly formed cabinet, as tensions
July 03, 2024
Africa|Business|Finance
Kenya appoints central bank economist as new head of debt management office
Kenya has named central bank economist Raphael Owino as the new head of its debt management office, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Niger junta agrees to talks to repair ties with Benin
Niger's junta has agreed to talks with Benin's government, led by two former Benin presidents, to help restore relations after a coup in Niger last year led to the border closing
July 03, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|Opinion|World
Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
Egypt’s new Cabinet has been sworn in and features major changes in the defense, foreign ministry and economy portfolios as the country faces mounting public discontent and conflicts in neighboring nations
July 03, 2024
Africa|Americas|Election|News|Political|World
Haiti's prime minister says Kenya police is crucial to controlling gangs, calls early days positive
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council that recently-deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward democratic elections
July 03, 2024
Africa|News|World
Army disarray hobbles Congo's fight with Rwanda-backed rebels, officers say
Soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo's 223rd Battalion were sent to the lush hillsides near Lake Kivu to repel a rebel advance threatening Goma, the largest
July 04, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
More than 136,000 displaced by spread of war in southeast Sudan, UN says
More than 136,000 people have fled Sudan's southeastern Sennar state since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began a series of attacks on towns, the United Nations said on
July 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against
July 04, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political
Tunisian police arrest candidate for presidential election
The head of a Tunisian opposition party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run in a presidential election set for October, has been arrested by police on suspicion of
July 04, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Ethiopia to get $10.5 billion if IMF, World Bank talks succeed, PM says
Ethiopia will receive $10.5 billion in support over the coming years if long-running negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are
July 04, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Kenya president spoke to IMF chief after pulling tax hikes, sources say
Kenyan President William Ruto spoke by phone with International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in the days after he withdrew $2.7 billion in proposed tax
July 04, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
US welcomes humanitarian truce in Congo, White House says
The United States welcomed a two-week humanitarian truce in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the White House said on Thursday, amid fierce fighting between government
July 04, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At least 89 people dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritania’s coast
At least 89 people dead after migrant boat sinks off Mauritania’s coast
July 04, 2024
Africa|News|Travel|World
Risks multiply for Mediterranean-bound migrants, UN study shows
More migrants and refugees are embarking on dangerous journeys across Africa towards the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea where they face growing risk of abuse
July 05, 2024
Africa|Crime
Kenya rights groups decry abductions as government cracks down on protests
Kenyan activist Bill Eugene Omollo was walking home after dark in his Nairobi neighbourhood on June 20 when he spotted trouble -
July 05, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Kenya's Ruto proposes spending cuts after nationwide protests
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused
July 05, 2024
Africa|News|World
Deadly attacks in Nigerian town a reminder of Boko Haram threat
When Nigerian Adamu Buba saw a woman in a torn hijab at his friend's wedding last Saturday, he asked two colleagues to serve her food.
July 05, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Rwanda secures $1 billion funding deal with South Korea
Rwanda's Finance Ministry said on Friday that South Korea has awarded it $1 billion in concessionary loans to fund projects in several sectors including transport, healthcare, and
July 05, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
US says troops are leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup
The U.S. military commander in Niger says all American forces and equipment will leave a smaller base in the West African country this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will be out of a critical drone base in August
July 05, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|News|US|World
U.S. citizens in Congo coup attempt tell court they were forced to join
Two U.S. citizens on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over their role in an attempted coup in May, told a court on Friday that they were threatened by the
July 05, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least 89 bodies found after migrant boat capsizes off Mauritanian coast
At least 89 bodies have been recovered off the coast of Mauritania after a migrant boat capsized this week, the West African country's state news agency and the head of a
July 05, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Two more Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
Two more solders have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after they fled battles in conflict-torn North Kivu
July 05, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political|World
Nigeria claims it has degraded Islamic extremists. New suicide bombings suggest they remain potent
Recent suicide bombings in northeastern Nigeria have raised questions about the country's claim that it has degraded the Islamic extremists whose insurgency since 2009 has killed more than 35,000 people directly and displaced more than 2 million
July 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
Military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso rule out returning to the regional block ECOWAS
The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have ruled out returning to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize regional efforts to revert coups and curb the violence spreading across the region
July 06, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political
Tunisian court jails prominent critic of president
Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, has been sentenced to one year in prison, her legal representative said on Saturday.
July 06, 2024
Africa|News|Political
Sudanese political factions meet in Cairo with little prospect of peace
Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago,
July 06, 2024
Africa|News|World
Junta-led Sahel states rule out return to West African economic bloc
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three military-led West African states, signed a confederation treaty on Saturday, underscoring their determination to chart a joint
July 06, 2024
Africa|Entertainment|News
Kenyans hold concert to remember those killed in protests
Hundreds of Kenyans attended a concert in the nation's capital Nairobi on Sunday, chanting slogans and dancing, to commemorate the more than three dozen people killed in recent
July 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
West African bloc says it risks disintegration if junta-led states leave
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity after junta-led Burkina
July 07, 2024
Africa|News
A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return
West Africa’s divided regional bloc has asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January
July 07, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nearly 1,000 homes in Cape Town destroyed by storms as city braces for a week of bad weather
City authorities say nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people
July 08, 2024
Africa|Health
A bench and a grandmother's ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas
In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues
July 05, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|News
Kenya's dramatic flooding sweeps away a central part of the economy: Its farms
Kenyan farmers' financial security and optimism have been shaken by recent flooding
July 07, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
West Africa's ECOWAS decries lack of progress with junta states
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it was disappointed with a lack of progress in reconciling with breakaway, junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and
July 08, 2024
Africa|News|World
Uganda provided support to M23 rebels in Congo, UN report says
The Ugandan army has provided support to the M23 rebel group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Monday said
July 08, 2024
Africa|Food|News|Travel|World
Stranded aid trucks in Egypt deepen Gaza's humanitarian crisis
Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and water have been stranded on a scorching Egyptian road, some for nearly two
July 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Ghana gets green light for bond rework from official creditors
Ghana has cleared a key hurdle to restructure its international bonds, as its official creditors confirmed the proposed debt rework was not overly favourable to bondholders.
July 08, 2024
Africa|Health
Gambia lawmakers back recommendations to maintain FGM ban
Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations on Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a vote later this month on whether to decriminalise the
July 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Egypt's July-March current account deficit triples, central bank says
Egypt's current account deficit more than tripled to $17.1 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2023/24 compared to $5.3 billion a year earlier as oil exports plunged by $7.2
July 08, 2024
Africa|News
Over 100 people kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia last week, US envoy says
At least 100 people, including students, were kidnapped for ransom last week in Ethiopia's restive regions that have seen sporadic fighting since the end of the civil war in
July 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Egypt's inflation seen declining for fourth month in June, Reuters poll shows
Inflation in Egypt is forecast to have extended a slowdown for a fourth month in June, maintaining a downward trajectory that most analysts expect to last for the rest of the year at
July 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Soil moisture helps Ivory Coast's cocoa main crop grow
Rains were below average last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions but the west African nation's farmers said on Monday the soil was moist enough to help the
July 08, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
A Kenyan court says 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful
A Kenyan court has ruled that the 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful and unconstitutional
July 08, 2024
Africa|Americas|Election|News|World
In first comments, the Kenyan force in Haiti says 'no room for failure' against powerful gangs
The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti says “there’s no room for failure” and is committing to ensuring democratic elections
July 08, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Kenya must compensate family of slain Pakistan journalist, court rules
The Kenyan government must pay 10 million shillings ($78,300) to the family of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in the capital Nairobi in 2022, a Kenyan
July 08, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|Food|News
Nigeria to suspend taxes on certain food imports to curb rising prices
Nigeria plans to suspend taxes on certain food imports including wheat and maize for 150-days, and recommend a retail price to try to bring under control rising
July 08, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Ugandan court remands man accused of supporting rebels linked to Islamic State
An Ugandan man charged with terrorism-related offences has been accused of supporting a rebel group allied to Islamic State (IS), including activities such as recruiting fighters
July 09, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border
The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border, after the bodies
July 09, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
Ethiopia's Abiy visits Sudan's army chief on Red Sea coast
Ethiopian Premier Abiy Ahmed met Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit him in his war capital Port Sudan since the
July 09, 2024
Africa|News|World
Congo UN peacekeepers pausing pullout, no timeline for next phase
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will pause its withdrawal, with no timeline set for the next phase following the initial one in June, the
July 09, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|Political|World
Belgian court rules against state in a landmark case addressing its colonial past
A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy
December 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Low prices, pay delays drive Ghana cocoa farmers to smugglers
Low prices and payment delays are pushing Ghana's cocoa farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated smuggling rings, siphoning off
July 09, 2024
Africa|News
Cameroon's president wins backing to delay legislative, local polls
Cameroonian President Paul Biya secured approval from lawmakers on Tuesday to delay parliamentary and local elections until 2026, a move opposition
July 09, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Rwanda hints it won’t reimburse $300 million UK paid for deportation deal after new British PM says he’ll ditch agreement
Rwanda hints it won’t reimburse $300 million UK paid for deportation deal after new British PM says he’ll ditch agreement
July 09, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
South African soldier killed by hand grenade on UN Congo mission
A South African soldier, who was part of a United Nations peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, died on Monday when a hand grenade exploded close to his
July 10, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Sudan peace talks face collapse over a new security law as country gears up for first election
South Sudan peace talks that were almost complete have hit a stumbling block
July 10, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Lower growth forecast for Zimbabwe as drought ravages crop yields - Finance Minister
Zimbabwe has revised its economic growth forecast downwards as southern Africa's worst drought in decades ravages crop yields, its finance minister told Reuters
July 10, 2024
Africa|News|Technology|World
Morocco to acquire Israeli spy satellite worth $1 billion- media
Morocco plans to acquire a spy satellite from Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) in a $1 billion deal, Moroccan media reported on Wednesday.
July 10, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Libya's parliament approves $18.3 billion additional budget to its appointed government
Libya's eastern-based parliament approved what it called an additional budget of 88 billion Libyan dinars ($18.3 billion) on Wednesday to its appointed government for the rest of
July 10, 2024
Africa|Europe|World
Number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands breaks all-time record
The number of migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands on precarious vessels from West Africa has hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of
December 02, 2024
Africa|News|Sports
Former Boston and Chicago marathon winner Lawrence Cherono banned for doping and fake documents
A Kenyan runner who won the Boston and Chicago marathons has been banned for seven years for doping and trying to use fake documents to explain his failed drug test
July 10, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
DR Congo detects at least 25 mpox cases in Goma, mainly in displacement camps
At least 25 cases of a dangerous new strain of mpox spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo have been detected in the eastern city of Goma, mostly in camps housing people
July 10, 2024
Africa|Asia|Economy|Environment|Health|World
UN declares 2025 to 2034 the decade to combat increasing sand and dust storms from Africa to China
The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threaten health and economies from central Africa to northern China
July 10, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Travel|World
Spanish tourist killed by elephants in South Africa while taking photo
Spanish tourist killed by elephants in South Africa while taking photo
July 10, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Kagame expected to cruise to fourth term in Rwanda election
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to cruise to a fourth term in office in an election on Monday against two opposition candidates who were cleared to run against him but
July 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
South Sudan's president sacks finance minister, sixth since 2020
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the country's finance minister who was just four months into the job, state-owned television reported, the sixth replacement in the
July 11, 2024
Africa
Mali junta lifts suspension on political party activities
Mali's military junta has lifted a suspension on political party activities meant to safeguard public order, the council of ministers said late on Wednesday.
July 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenyan president sacks cabinet, bowing to pressure from protests
Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday fired his entire cabinet apart from the foreign minister, bowing to pressure from nationwide
July 11, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's Cape Town is hit by more storms, with 4,500 people displaced by floods and damage
The South African city of Cape Town and surrounding areas have been hit by more storms, ripping roofs off houses and causing widespread flooding
July 11, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|Opinion|Political|World
Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections
July 11, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political
Burkina Faso junta adopts draft law to criminalise homosexuality
Burkina Faso's military junta said it has adopted the draft of an amended family code that criminalises homosexuality.
July 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Libya's High State Council rejects Parliament budget
Libya's Tripoli-based High State Council (HSC) on Thursday rejected a budget approved by the eastern-based parliament, warning of more partition and wasting of public money.
July 11, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Kenyan president dismisses all ministers after weeks of protests over taxation and poor governance
Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance
July 11, 2024
Africa|World
Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests
Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests
July 11, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
Rush to prevent oil spill from grounded ship off South African coast
Salvage operations were in high-gear on Thursday to prevent a potential oil spill and pollution along South Africa's west coast from a grounded general cargo vessel, authorities
July 11, 2024
Africa|Lifestyle|News|Opinion
Uganda rights activists file appeal against ruling on anti-LGBTQ law
Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the
July 11, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Algeria's president Tebboune says he will run for second presidential term
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thursday he will run for second presidential term in election expected on Sept. 7.
July 11, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
UN-brokered Sudan ceasefire talks begin with one party no-show
Sudan's warring parties are in Switzerland for U.N.-led talks aimed at brokering possible local ceasefires to
July 11, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Paul Kagame appears set to extend his long presidency of Rwanda in an election Monday
Rwandans vote Monday in an election that will almost certainly extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame
July 12, 2024
Africa|Food|Travel
This nearly 10-foot Gatsby sub is made by a South African restaurant with a taste for the supersized
A South African restaurant and bar has served up a sandwich that's nearly 10 feet long in the latest offering from an establishment with a taste for the supersized
July 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians
A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises
July 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Inmates escape Niger prison holding militants
Inmates escape Niger prison holding militants
July 12, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 million children at risk of acute malnutrition
More than one million children are at risk from acute malnutrition in Democratic Republic of Congo as rising violence drives up needs among millions of displaced people, the World
July 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigeria’s government found guilty of human rights abuses during the #EndSARS protests
Nigeria’s government found guilty of human rights abuses during the #EndSARS protests
July 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At least seven bodies pulled from collapsed school in central Nigeria
At least seven lifeless bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed school building in central Nigeria's Plateau state on Friday, a Reuters witness said.
July 12, 2024
Africa|News
Kenya's police chief resigns following criticism over protests
Kenya's police chief Japhet Koome resigned on Friday following intense criticism of officers' conduct during anti-government protests last month in which at least 39 people were
July 12, 2024
Africa|Election
Tunisian judge imposes media ban on a candidate for presidential election
A Tunisian judge barred a potential presidential candidate from appearing in the media or travelling around the country on Friday, the latest politician to face what their parties
July 12, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News|World
Africa proposes WTO chief for second term, document shows
The African Group has asked World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to run for a second term as the head of the global trade watchdog, a document
July 12, 2024
Africa|Europe|News
Teenage migrant in Spain's Canaries sleeping rough after coming of age
When Abdellatif Bouhlal landed on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria after surviving the perilous sea journey from Morocco on a rickety dinghy, he was alone and just
July 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Kenya police boss resigns in latest fallout from deadly protests
Kenya’s police boss has resigned in the latest development resulting from deadly protests
July 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
The collapse of a school in northern Nigeria leaves 22 students dead, officials say
Police say a two-story school collapsed during morning classes in north-central Nigeria, killing 22 students and sending rescuers on a frantic search for more than 100 people trapped in the rubble
July 12, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
‘Severely mutilated’ bodies found in Nairobi dumpsite sparks protests
‘Severely mutilated’ bodies found in Nairobi dumpsite sparks protests
July 12, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigerian school building collapses killing 22 people, Sky News says
Twenty-two people were killed after a two-storey school building collapsed in central Nigeria's Plateau state, Sky news reported on Saturday.
July 13, 2024
Africa|Crime|Education|News|World
21 people die as school building collapses in Nigeria as students sit exam
21 people die as school building collapses in Nigeria as students sit exam
July 13, 2024
Africa|Health
Gambia's bid to unban FGM divides families and parliament
For Mariama Jarjou, taking her two daughters to a traditional circumciser when they were 5 and 4 was an act of love - a painful but important ritual that would
July 13, 2024
Africa|News|World
Congo says UN exit unlikely while Rwandan troops present
U.N. peacekeepers are unlikely to proceed with an agreed withdrawal from Congo's conflict-torn North Kivu for as long as Rwandan troops remain in the eastern
July 13, 2024
Africa|News
UN mission to Libya calls for immediate release of detained journalist
The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called on Saturday for the immediate release of a journalist detained in Tripoli two days ago, adding all media workers should be kept
July 13, 2024
Africa|Environment
Mind the mangroves! Some Kenyans combat the threat of logging with hidden beehives
Some conservation-minded Kenyans are trying to protect threatened mangroves from loggers by hiding beehives in them
July 14, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At least 5 killed in bombing targeting a busy café in the Somali capital, police say
Police say a bombing outside a café in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed at least five people
July 14, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Rwandans vote 'smoothly' in election; Kagame in early lead
Rwandans lined up on Monday to elect their next president, with early results putting incumbent Paul Kagame in the lead in a vote widely expected to give him a fourth term and extend
July 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Sports
Car bomb kills five, injures 20 outside restaurant in Somalia's capital
A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing five and injuring 20 as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football
July 15, 2024
Africa|Election|News|Political|World
Provisional election results show Rwanda's Kagame cruising to victory, an outcome that was expected
President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Rwanda's presidential election, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power
July 15, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|News|World
South Africa's Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa warned other developing nations on Monday that future carbon taxes proposed by rich countries would damage their economies
July 15, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Kenya to cut spending in revised budget after tax-hike rollback
Kenya's government plans to cut 2024-25 spending by 1.9% and widen the fiscal deficit to 3.6% of GDP in a revised budget, the treasury said, weeks after it was forced to roll back
July 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Police arrest a man in Kenya's capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are found in quarry
Police in Kenya say they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
6 firefighters have died battling a bushfire in South Africa after storms batter other areas
South Africa's emergency services say six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province and another two are in a critical condition
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Gambian parliament rejects bid to overturn historic ban on female genital mutilation
Gambian parliament rejects bid to overturn historic ban on female genital mutilation
July 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Suspected serial killer confesses to murdering 42 women, Kenyan police say
Suspected serial killer confesses to murdering 42 women, Kenyan police say
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast in new milestone
The world's second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine programme using shots developed by the University of Oxford
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|News|World
Gambia parliament rejects bill to end ban on female genital mutilation
Gambia's parliament on Monday rejected a bill that would have ended a ban on female genital mutilation, after lawmakers voted down all the clauses in the proposed
July 15, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Suspected serial killer arrested after bodies discovered in Kenya quarry
A suspected serial killer has been arrested in Kenya following the discovery of several bodies at a quarry in Nairobi, with police saying on Monday he had confessed to killing 42
July 15, 2024
Africa|News|Travel
Nigeria, UAE to resume flights between both countries, minister says
Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement allowing for the resumption of travel between the two countries, Nigeria's information minister said on
July 15, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News|World
S&P to wait until August to make key Kenya rating call
S&P Global plans to wait until a scheduled review date on August 23 to decide whether to cut Kenya's sovereign credit rating following deadly turmoil in the country
July 15, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
A 'new era' in malaria control has begun with a vaccination campaign for children in Ivory Coast
Health workers in Ivory Coast have begun giving children the latest malaria vaccine
July 15, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
IMF approves third review of Ghana's $3 billion programme
The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved the third review of Ghana's $3 billion lending programme, unlocking the disbursement of about $360 million, the IMF said on
December 02, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
West DR Congo militia kills nine soldiers at weekend, army spokesman says
A militia group in west Democratic Republic of Congo killed nine soldiers in an army camp in a village on Saturday, the army spokesman and a chief of a
July 16, 2024
Africa|News|World
One killed as Kenyan anti-government protests intensify again
At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter said, as police clashed with
July 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Somali militiamen seize heavy weapons after looting convoy
At least five people were killed when militiamen ambushed a convoy in central Somalia and seized heavy weapons, the local government and residents
July 16, 2024
Africa|News|World
More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war, IOM says
More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
July 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Kenya police to detain for 30 days a man arrested after discovery of dismembered bodies of women
A court in Kenya has allowed police to detain for 30 days a man suspected of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry, as investigations continue
July 16, 2024
Africa|Environment|Europe|Health
'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F
The Italian health ministry has placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning as a wave of hot air from Africa is baking southern Europe
July 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
At least 72 people are killed in a militia attack near Congo's capital in a conflict over land
Authorities in Congo say at least 72 people including several soldiers were killed in a militia attack east of the capital on Saturday
July 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|Environment|News
90 giant African land snails intercepted at airport after agents notice strange smell
90 giant African land snails intercepted at airport after agents notice strange smell
July 16, 2024
Africa|Crime|Finance
Nigerian judge adjourns Binance money laundering trial to October
A Nigerian court on Tuesday adjourned a money laundering trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives to Oct. 11, after the court's annual holiday that
July 16, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Health|News
Nigerian court rejects ex-central bank chief's request for overseas medical treatment
A Nigerian court on Tuesday denied a request by former central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele to travel out of the country for treatment of an undisclosed ailment.
July 16, 2024
Africa|Political|Sports|World
Panic among spectators at soccer game kills at least 56 in the West African nation of Guinea
Officials and witnesses say chaos erupted at a soccer game in Guinea after fans protested a referee’s call and thousands of panicked spectators tried to flee the stadium, leaving at least 56 people dead in the West African nation
December 02, 2024
Africa|Americas|Environment|Travel|World
90 giant African snails ‘intercepted’ at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
90 giant African snails ‘intercepted’ at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
July 16, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least five killed in gold mine collapse in northern Kenya
At least five people were killed and several others injured when an informal gold mine caved in and buried them alive in northern Kenya, a local official said.
July 17, 2024
Africa|News|World
DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss
Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati
July 17, 2024
Africa|Science|Technology
Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions
Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions
July 17, 2024
Africa|News
Former South African president Zuma faces expulsion from the ANC after joining a rival party
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress has been postponed for more arguments, as he faces expulsion for campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party
July 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|Uncategorized|World
Interpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime groups across 5 continents
Interpol has announced the outcome of a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents in 21 countries
July 17, 2024
Africa|News
Salvage team to start pumping fuel from grounded vessel on South African coast
A salvage team hopes to take advantage of a respite in the stormy weather that has lashed Cape Town's coast to start pumping 500 tons of fuel off a ship that ran aground last
July 17, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
Egypt will halt summer load-shedding power cuts Sunday, PM says
Egypt will halt load-shedding power cuts during the summer as of Sunday, after some natural gas shipments arrived, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday, in a bid to end a
July 17, 2024
Africa|Economy|Europe|Finance|MidEast
Tunisia urges Europe to increase assistance to tackle migration crisis
Tunisia's prime minister urged European countries on Wednesday to increase financial assistance to his country and others to help tackle the flow
July 17, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Nigeria's president asks lawmakers to approve extra $4 billion in spending
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve an additional spending of 6.2 trillion naira ($4 billion) to plug shortfalls in this year's national
July 17, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|News
European aid worker arrested in Central African Republic over spying allegations is on hunger strike
A European aid worker who was arrested two months ago in Central African Republic over spying allegations has begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his detention
July 17, 2024
Africa|Americas|Crime|Economy|Finance|News|US|World
Former Mozambique finance minister on trial in US over 'tuna bond' scandal that spurred debt crisis
The “tuna bond” scandal that shook Mozambique’s economy is washing into a U.S. court
July 17, 2024
Africa|News|Videos|World
Mali army chief launches investigation into video of soldier 'cannibalism'
Mali's armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video showing a man in Malian military uniform cutting into a corpse in front of his peers, the army chief said in a
July 17, 2024
Africa|News|World
White House welcomes 15-day DR Congo humanitarian truce extension
A humanitarian truce in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been extended by 15 days until 11.59 p.m. local time on Aug. 3, the White House said on Wednesday, amid efforts to end
July 18, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya's government appeals for protests to stop, but court suspends ban
Kenya's government on Thursday ratcheted up its appeal for weeks of protests to stop and police tried to ban demonstrations in the heart of the capital Nairobi
July 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Rights groups condemn bail denial to Zimbabwean opposition party leader
Human rights groups condemned a decision by the Zimbabwean High Court on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's ruling denying bail to an opposition party leader and 78 activists, who
July 18, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
A Kenyan court suspends a police ban on protests in Nairobi
A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital
July 18, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|US|World
A truce to halt violence in eastern Congo is extended as calls grow for the displaced to return home
The United States has announced the extension of a humanitarian truce that had reduced fighting in eastern Congo
July 18, 2024
Africa|News
South African president says new coalition government is united in tackling unemployment and poverty
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term
July 18, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Rwanda's President Kagame re-elected in a landslide
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has been re-elected with 99.18% of the vote, the National Electoral Commission said on Thursday, extending his near quarter-century in office.
July 18, 2024
Africa|Health|Science
Major Ghana cocoa region 81% infected with bean disease - ICCO
A major cocoa producing region in Ghana, the world's second largest cocoa grower, is 81% infected with swollen shoot disease, according to the International Cocoa
July 18, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
African Development Bank approves $1B loan to South Africa's state-owned rail and ports company
The African Development Bank says it has approved a $1 billion loan to South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company, Transnet
July 18, 2024
Africa|Economy|Health|World
UN food supplies into Sudan's famine-threatened Darfur stranded
A key supply route into Sudan's Darfur region, deemed at risk of famine by experts, has been cut off due to heavy rains, a World Food
July 18, 2024
Africa|News|US|World
US to give another $203 million in humanitarian aid for Sudanese
The United States will give an extra $203 million to help millions of civilians affected by the war in Sudan, U.S.
July 18, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Political|World
Thousands cheer Biden's arrival in Angola for his long-promised sub-Saharan Africa visit
President Joe Biden has arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa to the cheers of thousands in Angola
December 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|World
South Africa leader pledges to revive economy, include the poor
President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Thursday to revive South Africa's flagging economy and extend prosperity to the many left out of it, by
July 18, 2024
Africa|Political|US|World
Start of Biden's visit to Angola overshadowed by son's pardon
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December 02, 2024
Africa|MidEast|News|World
UAE president discusses peace efforts in Sudan with army's Burhan
The United Arab Emirates' president and the head of Sudan's army have discussed an offer from Ethiopia's leader to mediate in Sudan's 15-month-old war, diplomatic sources said.
July 18, 2024
Africa|Environment|Health|News|World
Drought threatens millions of children as school dropouts rise along with hunger in southern Africa
In Zimbabwe, an El Nino-induced drought is affecting millions of people, and children are most at risk
July 19, 2024
Africa|News
Kenya's Ruto retains former ministers in new cabinet appointments
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday mostly named holdovers from the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government meant to respond to the
July 19, 2024
Africa|Education|Lifestyle
In Togo, these school uniforms are at the center of a movement offering girls and women a chance to build better lives
In Togo, these school uniforms are at the center of a movement offering girls and women a chance to build better lives
July 19, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|Political|World
Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments
Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet
July 19, 2024
Africa|Election|News
Tunisian court jails opposition leader, bans him from presidential elections
A Tunisian court sentenced opposition party leader Lotfi Mraihi, a potential presidential election candidate, to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying, his lawyer said on
July 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|Election|News
Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life
A Tunisian court has sentenced a presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison and banned him from contesting elections for life, in the latest move to stifle opponents of President Kais Saied in the upcoming October election which critics call a sham
July 19, 2024
Africa|Election|News|World
Tunisian President Saied announces re-election bid
Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he will run for another presidential term in Oct. 6 elections.
July 19, 2024
Africa|Business|News|Technology
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating data protection and consumer rights laws
Nigeria's government has fined Meta $220 million after its investigations found “multiple and repeated” violations of the country’s data protection and consumer rights laws on Facebook and WhatsApp
July 19, 2024
Africa|News|World
Turkey to send navy to Somalia after agreeing oil and gas search
Turkey is set to send navy support to Somali waters after the two countries agreed Ankara will send an exploration vessel off the coast of Somalia to prospect for oil and gas.
July 19, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
South African police uncover multi-million dollar meth lab
South African police have uncovered an industrial scale meth manufacturing lab in one of the country's biggest ever drug busts and arrested four suspects including two
July 20, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
South African police discover multimillion-dollar meth lab on farm
South African police discover multimillion-dollar meth lab on farm
July 20, 2024
Africa|Europe|Political|World
Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction of mixed-race children
The Brussels Court of Appeal on Monday held the state accountable for the systematic abduction of "metis" children, those of mixed European and African heritage, from their
December 02, 2024
Africa|Lifestyle|Sports
Meet Biniam Girmay, the Black African cyclist making history wherever he rides
Meet Biniam Girmay, the Black African cyclist making history wherever he rides
July 21, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets
Amplats says on track to demerge in 2025, plans secondary London listing
South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects its demerger from parent company Anglo American to be completed next year and is planning a secondary listing in London
July 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Police, troops block Ugandan opposition headquarters ahead of protest
Soldiers and police sealed off the headquarters of Uganda's biggest opposition party on Monday in what a police spokesperson called a precautionary move ahead
July 22, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|News|World
Civilians suffering horrendous violence in Sudan conflict, MSF says
Civilians in Sudan have suffered horrendous levels of violence during more than a year of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force, facing
July 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Tanzania's president dismisses foreign, information ministers
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has fired two senior members of government including the foreign minister in a mini-cabinet reshuffle, her office said.
July 22, 2024
Africa|Arts|News|World
Nigerian artist aims at world record for largest individual drawing
Nigerian artist Fola David is seeking the Guinness record for the largest drawing by an individual after spending six days on his piece in a stadium in the commercial capital Lagos.
July 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Scores killed in clashes between Somali forces and al Shabaab
Dozens of fighters were killed in clashes on Monday in the southern tip of Somalia when al Shabaab militants tried to overrun three army bases, officials and the
July 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least 50 bodies pulled from mud after southern Ethiopia landslide
At least 50 bodies were pulled from the mud on Monday following two landslides in southern Ethiopia, a local official said.
July 22, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Opinion
Moroccan ex-minister who defended government critics sentenced to five years
Mohamed Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, has been sentenced to five years in prison in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners
July 22, 2024
Africa|News|World
Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests
Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests
July 22, 2024
Africa|Americas|Business|Economy|MidEast|Travel
Business travel spending recovers in all regions but Asia and Europe
Global business travel spending in 2023 recovered to pre-pandemic levels in North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa as companies resumed in-
July 22, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News
Lawmakers in Nigeria try to resolve rift between authorities and Africa's richest man
Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the country, part of efforts to resolve issues causing a rift between an oil refinery owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and the industry regulator
July 22, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
Mudslides in Ethiopia have killed at least 229. It's not clear how many people are still missing
Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have killed at least 229 people
July 23, 2024
Africa|News
Death toll from Ethiopian landslides jumps to 229, official says
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229 and could rise further as the search for survivors and casualties continued into a second day, a
July 23, 2024
Africa|News
Ugandan security forces detain dozens of young protesters, says rights group
Ugandan security forces detained dozens of young people on Tuesday, a rights group said, as they took part in a banned protest rally in downtown Kampala against
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Kenya police fire tear gas to stop scuffles between pro and anti-government groups
Kenya's police fired tear gas to prevent scuffles between groups of protesters and government supporters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, as youth-led
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
IMF to review Kenya's revised economic plan at end of August, chief minister says
Kenya expects the International Monetary Fund to review its revised fiscal repair plan at the end of August, the country's chief minister has told a parliamentary
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|Sports|World
‘This old dog’s got a lot of fight left in him’: South Africa’s Chad Le Clos aims for second Olympic gold, aged 32
‘This old dog’s got a lot of fight left in him’: South Africa’s Chad Le Clos aims for second Olympic gold, aged 32
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Anti-corruption demonstrations break out in Uganda's capital as people note Kenya's protest success
Ugandan security forces have arrested dozens of people who tried to walk to the parliamentary building in protest over official corruption
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenyan protesters vow to seize country’s main airport as deadly unrest continues into sixth week
Kenyan protesters vow to seize country’s main airport as deadly unrest continues into sixth week
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Kenya's turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group
Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks of turmoil continue
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment
Insect wreaks havoc on Tunisia’s crucial prickly pear industry
A tiny insect is ravaging Tunisia’s prickly pears, a critical source of revenue for the North African country's agriculture sector and economy.
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for northern Togo attack, SITE Intelligence Group says
An al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for what it said was an attack in northern Togo that left at least six people dead on Saturday, according to the SITE Intelligence
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Nigeria central bank hikes rate further as inflation bites
Nigeria's central bank on Tuesday raised its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time this year, as inflation surged to a 28-year high
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Sierra Leone court finds 11 involved in alleged coup guilty. Leader sentenced to almost 200 years
A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offenses following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced to almost 200 years in prison
July 23, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
South African rand falls as markets process Trump's tariff threat
South Africa's rand fell on Monday after comments by U.S.
December 02, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Ghana revises 2024 growth forecast higher as economy rebounds
Ghana's finance minister raised the country's 2024 growth forecast on Tuesday and said the West African nation was rebounding faster
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Nigeria's police chief warns against Kenyan-style protests
Nigeria's police chief warned against Kenyan-style protests on Tuesday after frustrated citizens used online platforms to call for demonstrations against poor
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Egyptian authorities host dialogue on detention after new wave of arrests
Egyptian authorities have extended the pretrial detention of at least 125 people and arrested two journalists shortly before holding a national dialogue on Tuesday to discuss pretrial
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment
Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply
Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides
More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Sierra Leone jails 11 former soldiers, police officers over coup attempt
A high court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 11 people including former soldiers and police officers to long prison terms for their roles in a failed military coup last year.
July 23, 2024
Africa|Economy|Election|Finance|Political
Ghana's economic crisis looms over impending elections
After serving in Ghana's police force for over three decades, pensioner Emmanuel Amey-Wemegah had a clear retirement plan: invest part of his
December 02, 2024
Africa|News
Niger says 15 soldiers killed by armed militants
Fifteen Nigerien soldiers have been killed and another 16 injured while battling armed militants, Niger's defence ministry said in a statement read out on state television on
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Opinion|Political|World
Family of aid worker detained in Central African Republic for alleged rebel contacts urge release
The family of a Portuguese-Belgian aid worker detained in the Central African Republic for allegedly being in touch with armed groups to plot a coup have maintaining his innocence and called for his release, even as the African government says it had evidence to support its accusations
July 23, 2024
Africa|News|World
Chad repatriates 157 nationals detained in Libya
Chad repatriated 157 of its citizens who had been detained in neighbouring Libya on Tuesday, working in partnership with the United Nations' International Organization for
July 23, 2024
Africa|Crime|World
Islamic rebels kill at least 10 people and abduct others in attack in eastern Congo, authorities say
A military spokesperson says at least 10 people were killed and an unspecified number of others were abducted in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group
December 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Environment|Health
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame
Farmers in Africa are blaming chemical fertilizers for increasingly acidic soils that have led to production decline
July 24, 2024
Africa|Health
Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps
Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a
July 24, 2024
Africa|Health|Science|World
Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning'
A study shows that a twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing new HIV infections in women in Africa
July 24, 2024
Africa|News
Kenya's Ruto names opponents to cabinet, protesters slam 'corrupt' deal
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday nominated four members of the main opposition party to a "broad-based" cabinet he promised in response to nationwide protests, but
July 24, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|Political
Court charges at least 42 Ugandan youths over anti-graft protest
A Ugandan magistrate's court has charged at least 42 youths for offences allegedly committed during a banned anti-corruption protest on Tuesday, and remanded them in custody.
July 24, 2024
Africa|Environment|MidEast|World
Cargo ship sinking off Egypt’s Red Sea coast
Egyptian authorities are scrambling to salvage the VSG Glory, a cargo ship that began sinking on Monday near the coral reefs off Quseir in the Red Sea Governorate after being
December 02, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|World
Kenya's president names John Mbadi as finance minister
Kenya's President William Ruto on Wednesday named John Mbadi as finance minister in a cabinet that includes opposition coalition members in a planned broad-based government.
July 24, 2024
Africa|News|World
Fifteen people killed, over 150 missing after boat capsizes off Mauritania, IOM says
Fifteen people were killed and more than 150 were missing after a boat carrying 300 passengers capsized near Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday, the
July 24, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|News|Travel
Eritrea suspends Ethiopian Airlines flights, airline says
Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said on Wednesday.
July 24, 2024
Africa|Economy|News
Nigeria's government seeks more time to end hardships as protests loom
Nigeria's government on Wednesday pleaded for more time and patience to end economic hardships as citizens mobilise for demonstrations, a day after the country's
July 24, 2024
Africa|Sports|World
Olympic soccer gets off to violent and chaotic start as Morocco fans rush the field vs Argentina
Morocco fans crashed the pitch to protest a late goal by Argentina at the opening match of the Paris Olympics men’s soccer tournament
July 24, 2024
Africa|News|World
15 people dead, more than 195 missing after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Mauritania
15 people dead, more than 195 missing after boat carrying migrants capsizes off Mauritania
July 24, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Suspected Islamists kill at least 17 civilians in east DR Congo
Suspected Islamist rebels killed at least 17 people in an attack on civilians working fields in east Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, a local
July 24, 2024
Africa|Crime|Lifestyle|News|World
Ghana's top court upholds law criminalising gay sex
Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a six-decade-old law criminalising gay sex as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher
July 24, 2024
Africa|Health|World
In this Uganda region, most women report domestic violence. Signed pledges are being used to end it
A nonprofit group in rural Uganda says domestic violence is so widespread that it's hard to find a woman who isn't affected
July 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Technology
Africa's demand for cooling systems is expanding. But regulating the industry is a struggle
Due to warmer temperatures and increasing urbanization, the market for cooling systems is expanding in Africa
July 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Burkina Faso army condemns videos of alleged soldiers mutilating corpses
Burkina Faso's army has condemned videos shared on social media this week showing people presenting themselves as soldiers and army auxiliaries mutilating corpses.
July 25, 2024
Africa|Asia|MidEast|News|World
More than a dozen African migrants dead, over 150 missing after their boat capsized on way to Europe
The International Organization for Migration says more than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania on their way to Europe, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation
July 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|News|Videos|World
Boat with 45 refugees capsizes off Yemen's coast, UNHCR says
A boat with at least 45 refugees has capsized off the coast of Yemen's Taiz on Wednesday night, and there are only four survivors, the U.N. refugee agency in Yemen said on Thursday.
July 25, 2024
Africa|News
Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could jump to 500, UN says
The death toll from landslides in Ethiopia earlier this week has risen to 257 and is expected to almost double, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
July 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Uganda police arrest more people protesting corruption
Ugandan police detained several people in the capital Kampala on Thursday during a second day of anti-corruption protests that are demanding the
July 25, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Kenyan protesters detained in march to honour fallen comrades
Kenyan police detained several people on Thursday who attempted to present a petition to the president's office and lay flowers to honour those
July 25, 2024
Africa|Environment|News|World
South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report
South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out
July 25, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Inflation in key African economies unlikely to slow to targets anytime soon - Reuters poll
Inflation in key sub-Saharan African economies is unlikely to slow to targets even after recent aggressive interest rate hikes as central banks look to reverse
July 25, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma in Spain's Canaries
Smiling broadly, perhaps to hide their nervousness, dozens of young African migrants wearing swimming goggles took their first strokes and
July 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
Ethiopia landslide death toll reaches 257 as UN warns it could surpass 500
Ethiopia landslide death toll reaches 257 as UN warns it could surpass 500
July 25, 2024
Africa|Business|Economy|Finance
Zimbabwe budget deficit seen at 1.3% of GDP, but drought concerns linger
Zimbabwe's 2024 budget deficit is forecast to be 1.3% of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday, but warned that concerns remained
July 25, 2024
Africa|Americas|News|World
US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC
The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Congo's
July 25, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
South Africa appoints first woman chief justice
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday named Mandisa Maya as the first female chief justice, effective on Sept. 1, following consultations with the Judicial
July 25, 2024
Africa|News
Sudan's agriculture minister says there is no famine in the country
Sudan's agriculture minister said there is no famine in the country and cast doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger, rejecting the idea of
July 25, 2024
Africa|News|World
South Africa's DA party takes ANC to court in sign of friction between new coalition partners
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance is taking the African National Congress, the party it co-governs the country with, to court over a preelection speech given by President Cyril Ramaphosa
July 25, 2024
Africa|News|Political|World
South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time
South Africa has appointed its first female chief justice
July 25, 2024
Africa|Health|News
Burundi reports 3 mpox cases, health ministry says
Burundi has reported three cases of mpox in its commercial capital and a nearby town, its health ministry said.
July 26, 2024
Africa|News
Ethiopia declares 3 days of national mourning as mudslide death toll rises to 257
Ethiopian lawmakers declared three days of mourning Friday as diggers continued the search for bodies of mudslide victims in a remote part of the East African country
July 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp
South African police say they have arrested 95 Libyan nationals on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp in the north of the country
July 26, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
EU adds Congo rebel group leaders to sanctions list
European Union member states imposed sanctions on Friday on nine individuals and one entity for human rights violations and abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and for their role in
July 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
At least seven Nigerian soldiers killed by landmine
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed after a mine exploded on a highway in Borno state, the hotbed of a Boko Haram militant insurgency, two vigilante officers
July 26, 2024
Africa|News|Opinion|Sports|World
Nigeria women's basketball team denied entry to opening ceremony boat by federation, AP source says
The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, according to a person familiar with the situation
July 26, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Nigeria courts convict 125 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in mass trial
Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-
July 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News
Ugandan police say 104 people were arrested in anti-corruption protests
Police in Uganda arrested 104 people during anti-corruption protests this week and almost all of them have been charged with public order offences, a police statement said late on
July 27, 2024
Africa|News|World
At least 22 killed in RSF attack on Sudan's al-Fashir, activist group says
A pro-democracy group said Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 22 people in an attack on the city of al-Fashir in the western Darfur region on Saturday, though the
July 27, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Mali rebels say they killed and injured dozens of soldiers, Wagner mercenaries in fighting
Mali's northern Tuareg rebels said they had killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in two days of fighting near the Algerian border, after the army said it had
July 27, 2024
Africa|Political|World
Chad's Deby says military pact with France was outdated
Chad's President Mahamat Deby said the decision to terminate the country's military pact with France was taken because it had become outdated, in his first
December 02, 2024
Africa|Political|Sports|World
Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision
A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people, according to a provisional
December 02, 2024
Africa|Political|Sports|World
Dozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
Dozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
December 02, 2024
Africa|News
Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods
A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city's residents, the Attorney General
July 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year’s deadly flooding
A court in Libya has sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city
July 28, 2024
Africa|News|World
19 reported dead in Ethiopia boat accident
At least 19 people are dead in Ethiopia after a boat capsized on a river in the country's northwest, a state-run media outlet said on Sunday.
July 28, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Ethiopia's birr drops 30% as central bank floats currency
Ethiopia's central bank floated the birr currency on Monday, a move it hopes will secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) support and enable progress on a
July 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Russia's Wagner says it took losses in heavy fighting against rebels in Mali
Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Monday that its fighters and Malian soldiers took losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels near Mali's border with Algeria.
July 29, 2024
Africa|Sports
Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya
July 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection
Human Rights Watch is accusing the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan’s civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls
July 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds
Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds
July 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Former South Africa president Zuma is expelled by his former ANC party after forming a challenger
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by his former African National Congress party after he formed a new political party that contested the country’s recent elections
July 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|News|World
Sexual violence widespread in Sudan's capital, report says
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have committed widespread acts of sexual violence in the capital Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages, in
July 29, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress after backing a rival party in May's
July 29, 2024
Africa|News
South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led
South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led
July 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability
Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years
July 29, 2024
Africa|Americas|Economy|Finance|World
IMF, Ethiopia reach deal for $3.4 billion in financing
Ethiopia has secured an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a new financing program worth $3.4 billion, the IMF said on Monday.
July 29, 2024
Africa|News|World
Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
July 29, 2024
Africa|News
DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic
Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the
July 29, 2024
Africa|Crime|MidEast|News|Opinion|World
Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting
July 29, 2024
Africa|Opinion|World
Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back
July 30, 2024
Africa|Europe|News|World
France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco
France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled
July 30, 2024
Africa|Crime|Europe|World
Interpol anti-narcotics operation leads to 206 arrests, seizure of $1.6B of illegal drugs, chemicals
Interpol says more than 200 people have been arrested and some $1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking across Europe, North America and Africa
July 30, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance|News
Ethiopia's IMF deal paves way for debt restructuring, official says
Ethiopia's new $3.4 billion financing deal with the International Monetary Fund paves the way for completion of its long-delayed debt restructuring in the
July 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest
African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest
July 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war
Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge
July 30, 2024
Africa|Economy|Finance
Ethiopia's IMF deal paves way for debt restructuring, official says
Ethiopia's new $3.4 billion financing deal with the International Monetary Fund paves the way for completion of its long-delayed debt restructuring in the
July 30, 2024
Africa|News|World
Al Qaeda branch says it killed 50 Russian mercenaries, 10 Malian soldiers in Mali
An al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 50 Russian Wagner mercenaries and 10 Malian soldiers in an ambush in Mali's northern Kidal region near the border with Algeria on Saturday,
July 30, 2024
Africa|Arts|Business|Entertainment|Lifestyle
'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination
With no shortage of talent and ambition, Nigeria's film business can become a global phenomenon like Afrobeats, industry insider Toyosi Etim-Effiong tells CNN’s Stephanie Busari at this year’s Essence Film Festival in New Orleans.
July 30, 2024
Africa|Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle
Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats
Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats
July 30, 2024
Africa|Americas|Celebrity|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Opinion
Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
July 30, 2024
Africa|Economy|News|US
S Africa confident of U.S. trade status despite unease over foreign policy
South Africa's trade minister said on Tuesday he is confident his country will maintain preferential trade status with the U.S. despite
July 30, 2024
Africa|Economy
Ethiopia's currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect
Ethiopia’s currency has lost 30% of its value the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation’s economy
July 30, 2024