The head of the World Trade Organization says surging global demand for critical minerals should be “a once-in-a-lifetime chance” for resource-rich countries in Africa and elsewhere to harness wealth and improve life for millions
July 23, 2026
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin's commitment on Wednesday to supporting Nigeria on security as it battles militant groups, and
July 22, 2026
Two Ghanaian nationals have petitioned the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary investigation into attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa,
July 22, 2026
Cameroon's ruling party called a rare meeting of senior leaders on Wednesday as criticism mounted over the continued absence of President Paul
July 22, 2026
Moroccan man’s death in Italian police custody sparks some violent protests and calls for justice
July 22, 2026
The State Department has informed Congress that it plans to move ahead with the potential reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Libya
July 21, 2026
The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after nearly 150 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week
July 21, 2026
The head of Africa's top public health agency said he had written to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
July 21, 2026
The West African bloc ECOWAS urged Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally release all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos
July 21, 2026
Children in Haiti have reported being jailed for years without appearing before a judge, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children
July 20, 2026
Congo's health ministry says at least 930 people have died in the country's Ebola outbreak
July 20, 2026
Sao Tome and Principe President Carlos Vila Nova has won a second five-year term, according to preliminary results from the election commission announced on Monday.
July 20, 2026
Jose Simao arrived in Portugal from Angola in 2022 to work as a bricklayer, part of a wave of immigration providing a welcome boost to the country's
July 20, 2026
Sao Tome and Principe is voting in a presidential election on Sunday, with incumbent Carlos Vila Nova seeking a new five-year term in the small, cocoa-producing island
July 19, 2026
Islamic militants and a separatist group have ambushed a Malian army convoy in the north, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers
July 18, 2026
Authorities report at least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers during Congo's Ebola outbreak
July 18, 2026
Jamaica’s government says two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation
July 18, 2026
The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on leaders of armed groups operating in eastern Congo including Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels and the Democratic
July 17, 2026
Twenty schoolchildren died when the bus carrying them crashed on the way back from a trip to some waterfalls in eastern Uganda late on Thursday, authorities said.
July 17, 2026
A school bus accident in Uganda has killed at least 20 children and one adult
July 17, 2026
To air or not to air
July 17, 2026
Nigeria has completed the voluntary evacuation of 1,490 citizens from South Africa following a series of xenophobic attacks, its foreign ministry
July 16, 2026
Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday, triggering a 42-day countdown after which it can be declared free of the virus, the East African nation's
July 16, 2026
Amazon's low-earth orbit satellite internet venture Amazon Leo has signed an agreement with South Africa's Herotel to launch a new broadband service
July 15, 2026
Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country
July 15, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo has formed a new advisory council that includes senior war crimes lawyers from the United States and Europe to
July 15, 2026
G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to stop all actions that could
July 15, 2026
Nigeria plans to take on a bigger role in coordinating humanitarian responses inside the country, as it shifts away from a system led largely by international donors and U.N
July 15, 2026
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has warned that most Ebola cases in eastern Congo come from unknown transmission chains
July 14, 2026
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall will travel to Senegal on Friday, his first public visit to the country since leaving office as he campaigns for the post of U.N.
July 14, 2026
Sudan risks sliding backwards into deeper hunger as conflict, aid funding cuts and rising agricultural costs driven by disruption linked to the Iran
July 14, 2026
The World Health Organization has received less than half the funding it needs to fight the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a WHO official said on
July 14, 2026
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July 14, 2026
The mystical, secret island paradise in the middle of Africa’s largest lake
July 14, 2026
Dozens of workers at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo have gone on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses
July 13, 2026
A man arrested in Johannesburg on Friday who is suspected of murdering his wife and two daughters in Britain bought an unlicensed gun, possibly to kill himself, South
July 13, 2026
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country's public health institute said in its
July 13, 2026
The Nigerian government has announced the rescue of students abducted by militants in Oyo state in May
July 11, 2026
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams has died
July 11, 2026
US citizen working in DR Congo tests positive for Ebola
July 11, 2026
At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state nearly two months ago have been rescued by security forces, a
July 11, 2026
A cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse as war, displacement and the onset of the rainy season threaten to exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in the
July 10, 2026
Senegal's top court has struck down changes to the country's constitution that would have altered the balance of power in government, ruling against an amendment adopted by
July 10, 2026
Frustrations over unemployment, crime and years of weak growth are driving South Africa's anti-migrant protests.
July 10, 2026
African countries have secured $900 million in new financial commitments to expand access to clean cooking
July 10, 2026
The Sudanese army has conditioned any broad acceptance of a U.S. proposal for ending the country's three-year-old civil war on the full withdrawal by the
July 10, 2026
Russia is ready to help Mozambique eliminate the "terrorist threat" it faces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, the state TASS news agency reported.
July 09, 2026
Kenya's economy is expected to expand 4.3% this year and 4.4% in 2027, the World Bank said on Thursday, with this year's forecast being 0.6 percentage
July 09, 2026
Ebola response workers in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo staged protests outside three
July 09, 2026
New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, according to the government
July 09, 2026
Zambia is gearing up for an August election in which President Hakainde Hichilema is favoured to win a second term but may face a strong challenge from
July 09, 2026
Russia and the West African countries making up the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso - have pledged to strengthen military cooperation as
July 09, 2026
ِِA "breakthrough" has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan's war in the Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them
July 09, 2026
France and Morocco meet in a World Cup quarter-final on Thursday with their post-colonial ties coursing through the fixture, from Morocco players born and
July 09, 2026
Turkey put on a red-white-and-blue air show and named a new airport building after President Donald Trump, seeking
July 09, 2026
Eleven more migrants deported by the Trump administration under a policy of sending them to third countries arrived in Eswatini from the United States on
July 09, 2026
Sudan's RSF forces carried out mass killings, abductions of women and girls, mass gang rapes and forced starvation in a city they besieged and captured
July 08, 2026
Spanish Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero, who is also the Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, has suspended himself after being accused of molesting women, the Vatican said
July 08, 2026
South African police said on Tuesday the death of a Nigerian man in custody late last month had nothing to do with a surge in anti-migrant violence and that he
July 07, 2026
Ghana has postponed bilateral meetings with South Africa that were planned for next month because of a surge in anti-migrant violence in the country, Ghana's
July 07, 2026
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is planning to set up his own political party, a coalition supporting him said, the latest evidence of a durable split with his
July 06, 2026
Authorities report that at least 500 people have died from over 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo
July 06, 2026
Nigeria said two of its citizens were killed in South Africa, one of them by police, during a surge in anti-migrant violence, and threatened to take unspecified action
July 06, 2026
West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), on Saturday claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on military positions in Mali and
July 05, 2026
Insurgents staged attacks on army positions across Mali on Saturday, including in a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and in a town south of the
July 04, 2026
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup
July 04, 2026
The Malian army reports that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, have been targeted by rebels
July 04, 2026
Argentina and Cape Verde headed to extra time at the World Cup with their Round of 32 match even at 1-1 on Friday
July 04, 2026
Belgium coach Rudi Garcia says he was not criticizing African soccer when describing “those teams” who lose their tactical shape following his side’s improbable comeback victory over Senegal at the World Cup
July 03, 2026
South Africa has deployed more than 3,000 soldiers nationwide to bolster security and support police this month during anti-migrant protests that organisers have vowed
July 03, 2026
Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday,
July 03, 2026
Goldman Sachs increased its share of mergers and acquisitions advisory work involving Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the first half of 2026,
July 03, 2026
Kenya's private sector activity picked up in June, breaking a run of three previous monthly contractions, a survey showed on Friday.
July 03, 2026
South Africa's private sector returned to marginal growth in June as easing price pressures helped offset a second straight monthly decline in output and new orders, a
July 03, 2026
The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations from supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in
July 02, 2026
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the court said in a statement.
July 02, 2026
Belgium stages a dramatic comeback to beat Senegal 3-2 in the World Cup
July 02, 2026
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in Kenya's Rift Valley in
July 01, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced cabinet changes late on Tuesday, demoting the former leader of his party's main coalition partner from agriculture
July 01, 2026
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in South Africa to protest illegal immigration
June 30, 2026
At least 36 students and one staff member abducted by gunmen from a secondary school in Lassa in northeast Nigeria remain in captivity, while eight others have been rescued, a
July 01, 2026
An international coalition of human rights lawyers has sued Ghana, accusing the government of violating deportees' rights under a deal with the Trump administration
June 30, 2026
Opposition and civil society groups in Congo are protesting a new ban on public demonstrations related to the Ebola outbreak there
June 30, 2026
Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to
June 30, 2026
A leading East African media group whose outlets in Uganda were shut down at the weekend by soldiers is in talks with the military to reopen, with staff still unable to
June 30, 2026
With anti-migrant sentiment escalating in South Africa, Malawian John Allen threw some clothes in a bag, said goodbye to his South African
June 29, 2026
‘Leave or return in a coffin’: The threat driving migrants out of South Africa
June 29, 2026
Uganda's military chief and son of President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the shutdown of a major news organization
June 28, 2026
France said on Saturday it was considering taking reciprocal measures after Burkina Faso broke off diplomatic relations.
June 27, 2026
Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of responsibility for decades of violence in eastern Congo
June 26, 2026
At least nine people were killed and many others injured on Thursday after a multi-storey building collapsed in Lagos , the state's commissioner for information said on
June 26, 2026
Tanzania's interior minister, Patrobas Katambi, said on Friday the government was banning all political rallies, less than two weeks before youth-led protests
June 26, 2026
Israel has released documents detailing the 1976 Operation Entebbe, a daring raid to rescue more than 100 hostages from an airport in Uganda
June 26, 2026
Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban this week while
June 26, 2026
Protesters have told all undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa by Tuesday, ahead of anti-immigrant rallies that many fear will turn violent.
June 26, 2026
Police in Kenya have detained hundreds of people and fired tear gas as families of those killed in anti-government protests two years ago marched to Parliament demanding compensation and justice
June 25, 2026
Kenyan police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters in Nairobi after dozens took to the streets in memory of
June 25, 2026
South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night
June 25, 2026
‘I am a living statue’: How DR Congo’s most famous soccer fan is keeping Patrice Lumumba’s legacy alive
June 25, 2026
Civil society organizations in South Africa says that adolescent girls and women are among the first to feel the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts
June 25, 2026
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June 23, 2026
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in Libya had been released after spending about a month in custody.
June 23, 2026
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing new steps to ensure that perpetrators of crimes against peacekeepers face justice
June 23, 2026
A South African appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu should decide where he is buried, overturning a lower court's
June 23, 2026
Here’s something that very few could have reasonably expected coming into this World Cup: Cape Verde controls its own destiny with one match left in group play
June 23, 2026
While Mohamed Salah’s club career is still undecided, he’s building his legacy with Egypt
June 22, 2026
Ebola has now infected more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an outbreak that has spread to a third displacement
June 22, 2026
Last month, Ali Rizkallah, a commander in the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, was welcomed to Sudan’s capital
June 22, 2026
Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths
June 22, 2026
Egypt is on the brink of history in the World Cup, heavily favored against New Zealand on Sunday
June 22, 2026
Ethiopia’s ruling party has maintained an overwhelming majority in parliament following the June 1 election
June 21, 2026
Tunisia is looking to Cape Verde for inspiration ahead of its next World Cup game against Japan, says newly appointed coach Hervé Renard
June 20, 2026
Mourners in eastern Congo have gathered to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week
June 20, 2026
Asylum seekers deported by the U.S. to Sierra Leone are being told they'll be sent back to their home countries despite legal protections by U.S. courts
June 20, 2026
African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
June 20, 2026
A Vietnamese man deported by the United States to South Sudan a year ago as part of the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda left for Vietnam on Friday, South
June 19, 2026
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in
June 19, 2026
The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed 204 deaths, with 894 confirmed cases, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said
June 18, 2026
Authorities in Niger say that an attack at the airport in Niger’s capital has killed 11 soldiers and two civilians, while 22 of the attackers have been killed by security forces
June 18, 2026
Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi, under investigation for alleged betting-related offenses, has received authorization to enter Canada for his nation’s World Cup match against Germany, the Ivorian soccer federation says
June 18, 2026
Emmerson Mnangagwa's political skills may have earned him the nickname "The Crocodile", but it still took half a century of working under Robert Mugabe
June 18, 2026
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza has reached more than 1,000 since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire last October, the enclave's health ministry said on
June 18, 2026
Dozens of countries including Britain, France and Germany raised the alarm at the U.N.
June 18, 2026
The U.S.
June 18, 2026
Alibaba proposes Hong Kong share placement worth $10 billion
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Buc-ee’s chain draws outcry in Ohio for launching fight over a mini mart's beaver logo
Peace through strength, Taiwan president says on China battle anniversary
Officials warn wildland firefighters about the risks of using a supplement for smoke exposure
Lando Norris seeks another win as he starts on pole for F1's Dutch Grand Prix