With just a day for the EU's embargo on Russian coal to take effect, many European countries have turned to South Africa for imports as they scramble …
Last updated: 22 minutes ago With an early heatwave in June and an unusually hot and dry month of May, the bed of the Loire has reached a lower level …
Kenya's presidential hopeful William Ruto cast his ballot on Tuesday in his home village of Sugoi, as polls opened for Kenyans to elect a new leader. …
The aftermath of the deal signed in Qatar to launch peace talks in Ndjamena has generated mixed reactions between Chadians back home. While some Chadi…
Addressing, Monday, a Security Council open debate on peace in Africa, an AU commissioner called for renewed efforts to sustain security gains amid ri…
In Kenya, the D-Day is here. Hundreds lined up to vote in a high-stakes election Tuesday. 22.1 million registered voters should elect their president,…
Raila Odinga, running for president for the fifth time, is a historic figure in Kenyan politics, having spent decades as an opposition figure before m…
Last updated: 18 hours ago Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning ritual, ahead of Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohamm…
Kenya's Deputy President William Samoei Ruto likes to call himself a man on a mission. If accomplished on August 9, his mission could lead him to the …
The Horniman Museum and Gardens in southeast London said that it would transfer a collection of 72 items to the Nigerian government. The decision come…
Verbal attacks, harassment and even rape: women have been victims of violence during the election campaign in Kenya, two human rights organizations wa…
On a visit to Goma, capital of Congo's North Kivu province Saturday, Congolese NBA star Bismack Biyombo tried to bring a smile to the young people bac…
The history of independent Chad, a French colony until 1960, has been characterised by coups d'état or attempted coups, and rebel offensives from neig…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor held a joint news conference Monday, discussing the threats of …
Libya on Monday began trying men accused of being members of the Islamic State group. More than 50 men dressed in blue jumpsuits sat behind a cage in …
Head of Kenya’s electoral body, IEBC has suspended voting in four places in the country as ballot papers in those areas have wrong details. The affect…
Kenyans braced for Tuesday's high-stakes election, as millions prepared to vote for a new president in a tight race between Deputy President William R…
Thousands of angry South African protesters hunted down miners without permits, sealing makeshift shafts and burning houses, after the mass rape of ei…
At least four soldiers, two civilians and five assailants were killed Sunday in an attack, attributed to jihadist groups, in a locality where a milita…
Six migrants were found dead at sea and others missing after their boat sank Monday off the Algerian coast, local television reported adding that six …
The history of independent Chad, a French colony until 1960, has been characterised by coups d'état or attempted coups, and rebel offensives from neig…
The number of registered young Kenyan voters has dropped five percent since the 2017 poll, in contrast to over-35s, whose tally has increased, accordi…
The Tunisian maritime authorities rescued 255 migrants during 17 attempts to emigrate to Italy on Friday night, the national guard announced in a stat…
Last updated: 1 hour ago Sunrise over Gaza City after an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants appeared to be holding early …
Chad's military government Monday signed a deal with more than 40 opposition groups to launch national peace talks later this month, although the main…
Ivory Coast marked Sunday the 62nd anniversary of its independence with a military parade. In the administrative capital Yamoussoukro, officers held f…
The head of Chad's military government, Mahamat Idriss Deby, is expected to sign Monday, a peace deal with rebel groups which took part in the Doha ta…
US top diplomat landed at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nati…
In Somalia, Sunday, a majority of members of parliament approved the country’s appointed cabinet by a show of hands. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre's…
Sudan is often viewed as a place of conflict but the country also boasts unique attractions, from the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, to…
In sharp contrast to the heatwaves across Europe, people are skiing in Africa. The tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, completely surrounded by South Af…
Protests have taken place in the affluent Italian town of Civitanova Marche after a Nigerian immigrant was beaten to death in full view of the public …
In a packed 30,000-seat Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenyan presidential hopeful, William Ruto, has been rallying his supporters. The rags-to-riches busi…
President of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has pardoned his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who was facing a 20-year jail sentence for political un…
The frontrunners in Kenya's presidential election have beeen making their final push for votes ahead of polling day on August 9. Holding a rally at th…
Last updated: 48 minutes ago The northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv continues to suffer from constant Russian shelling. The latest overnight strike t…
Authorities in Uganda have suspended the work of a high profile LGBTQ rights group, calling it an 'illegal entity.' Sexual Minorities Uganda has been …
Mali's government has said it will integrate 26,000 ex-fighters from a northern rebellion group into its army as part of a deal with the former indepe…
At least one person has been killed in and another severely injured in flooding caused by torrential rain in Senegal's capital, Dakar, on Friday. It i…
Members of a Malian civil society group, close to the ruling military government, demanded on Friday that the U.N. mission in Mali, “MINUSMA” leaves t…
After Senegalese president, Macky Sall's, ruling coalition lost its overall majority in last Sunday's election, people are assessing what it will mean…
A resurgence of cholera has killed 200 people since October 2021 in Cameroon, where more than 10,300 cases of the disease have been reported, the heal…
The military junta in Chad has published the list of participants in the national reconciliation dialogue scheduled for 20 August. This is according t…
Senegal has signed a peace agreement with Casamance rebels who have pledged to lay down their arms and work for the definitive return of peace in this…
Heavy rains that have been falling in Niger since June have killed 24 people and affected more than 50,000 others, authorities said on Thursday. In to…
Nine civilian army auxiliaries and three soldiers were killed Thursday in simultaneous attacks by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso. Gunmen…
Ever got locked out of the house or overslept? It is routine for Sam Greenfield, the main character of Apple TV’s latest animated film "Luck". The 18-…
Last updated: 3 hours ago Ten people killed in recent protests against the UN mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were buried on Fri…
Extremist group al-Shabab has taken advantage of Ethiopia's internal turmoil to cross the border from neighbouring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in…
