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
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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
Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal teammates were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by Congo in their opening match of the World Cup
June 18, 2026
Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was found not guilty of six bribery charges by a London jury on Wednesday, after a rare corruption trial of
June 17, 2026
A former Egyptian doctor has been arrested after posting about obstetric violence and mistreatment at a university hospital in Alexandria
June 18, 2026
South Africa's biggest labour unions on Wednesday urged workers not to participate in anti-immigrant protests that have seized the country, and said they could face
June 17, 2026
Kenya has barred delegates from Taiwan from attending an international conference on oceans in the east African country under pressure from China, Taiwan's government said
June 17, 2026
Israel has no base in Somaliland but is training its police and military forces, Somaliland's Defence Minister Mohamed Yusuf Ali said on Wednesday, as
June 17, 2026
The leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa for changes to his party's representatives in the cabinet, including the demotion
June 17, 2026
Hervé Renard has taken over as Tunisia's head coach, replacing Sabri Lamouchi after a heavy loss to Sweden
June 17, 2026
A Canadian federal judge has rejected Ghana’s bid to get Thomas Partey into the country for the team’s first World Cup match while the midfielder awaits trial on rape charges
June 16, 2026
Congo's opposition has denounced a bill that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi a third term and called it a power grab
June 17, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate has adopted a bill to change the constitution which could open the door to a third term in office for President Felix Tshisekedi,
June 16, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday warned against blaming migrants for the country's economic pain, saying they should not be scapegoated for South
June 16, 2026
South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising by students, a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid
June 16, 2026
Family members say renowned South African jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim has died at age 91
June 16, 2026
Tiny Cape Verde shocks favorite Spain with a draw in country’s first World Cup match
June 16, 2026
A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the electoral agency to de-register one of the main opposition political parties and four others for failing to meet
June 15, 2026
A senior United Nations official reports that drone strikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first five months of 2026
June 15, 2026
When 33-year-old Princess Adjei set up her hair salon in downtown Durban in November, she had lived in South Africa since moving from Ghana as a
June 15, 2026
The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths
June 15, 2026
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day
June 15, 2026
The meetings have become routine.
June 13, 2026
Somaliland has a right to choose its own relationships and pressure tactics from Beijing and Mogadishu have not succeeded in altering its friendship with
June 12, 2026
Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States
June 12, 2026
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team's World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape
June 13, 2026
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed a crowd outside the parliament building in Kinshasa on Friday, witnesses and opposition politicians said, as
June 12, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent court application on Friday to try to stop a parliamentary impeachment process from starting to probe
June 13, 2026
The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing it as a "super
June 12, 2026
Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality
June 12, 2026
Pope Leo on Friday issued a stern warning to human traffickers and criminal groups who exploit desperate migrants trying to reach
June 12, 2026
A person who was killed this week during a protest in central Kenya against a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola was a
June 12, 2026
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil for a memorial service to honor the lives of 16 students who died in a school fire last month that police said was caused by arson
June 12, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to three new health zones, according to a government report published on Thursday that showed the number of confirmed cases had risen to
June 11, 2026
A Nigerian court has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their vessel over the trafficking of cocaine into the country, imposing fines totaling $6 million, the National Drug Law
June 12, 2026
The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a
June 11, 2026
Nigeria’s parliament passed a constitutional bill on Thursday paving the way for each of its 36 states to establish and run its
June 11, 2026
Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing short of racist thuggery, Britain's minister for the province
June 11, 2026
By the time the truck pulled away from the morgue in Bunia, the morning heat hung heavily over the road to Mongbwalu.
June 11, 2026
Finance ministers across East Africa presented their 2026/27 budgets on Thursday as investors focused
June 11, 2026
The Trump administration is defending its decision to bar Omar Abdul-Kadir Artan from entering the US, just days before the FIFA World Cup, over alleged links to a terrorist group. Artan, who was named Africa’s top male referee in 2025, would have been the first Somali to referee at the tournament. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports.
June 10, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, authorities said on Wednesday, as fresh infections underline sustained
June 10, 2026
Omar Artan, the soccer referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup tournament, has returned home to a hero's welcome by supporters and officials
June 10, 2026
At least 12 people are dead and nine more were injured in a mass shooting in a Johannesburg suburb
June 10, 2026
Staring at the burned out shell of his Belfast home, Jamie Corry said he would never get over the sight of watching his house go up in
June 10, 2026
More than 1,300 migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish coast in the first five months of 2026, according to an advocacy group that tracks crossings from Africa along
June 10, 2026
At least 12 people were killed and nine injured on Tuesday evening when gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, police said
June 10, 2026
Greece's parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their transfer to "return hubs" outside the bloc
June 10, 2026
The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA had been set to make history for his country
June 09, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said confirmed Ebola cases had climbed to nearly 600, raising awareness within the local population about the importance of safety
June 10, 2026
A protester was shot in central Kenya on Tuesday, witnesses said, during a demonstration against a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the U.S. has raced
June 09, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said confirmed Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and that the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the response in the
June 09, 2026
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