The Nigerian government has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to prevent the pro-Biafra separatist group (IPOB) on their platforms. The …
Libyan security forces in the country's western region said they have detained at least 300 migrants in the last week and 3,000 in the past three mont…
**The Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba is hosting the annual Jewish pilgrimage for the first time after a two-year break. Around 5,00…
The Kinshasa government said Tuesday evening that it was "premature" to withdraw Ugandan troops present in the DRC to fight the ADF rebel group, stres…
As his merengue-inflected single "Suavemente" once again topped France's songs chart, Algerian rapper Soolking was stateside, delighting fans and wooi…
It’s been a season of firsts for Biniam Girmay, and the Eritrean rider added a stage victory in the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday in his first Grand Tour t…
Senegal's President Macky Sall on Tuesday tweeted his support for Paris Saint-Germain footballer Idrissa Gana Gueye, who is facing homophobia accusati…
Kenyan star band Sauti Sol has threatened to sue former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's presidential campaign for alleged copyright infringement. In a s…
From May 9 to May 14, some 35 designers from West Africa and Europe showcased their clothes in Ougadougou for fashion week, and for the first time the…
Libya's heads of National Unity government -PM Abdulhamid Dbeibah- met with the residents of the capital Tripoli, which was rocked early on Tuesday by…
Tucked away east of Sudan's capital Khartoum, a sanctuary of lush green vegetation has been a haven for dozens of exotic birds from far and wide. Bird…
The head of Nigeria's treasury has been arrested for alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth 80 billion nairas (€184 million), the nat…
South African former president, Jacob Zuma's graft case, resumed Tuesday. The Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge, however, posponed the trial to a hold…
**If observers had so far predicted the presidential contest would be a two-horse race between William Ruto and Raila Odinga, the Azimio La Umja coali…
A former Tunisian MP and vocal critic of President Kais Saied has been sentenced by a military court to five months in prison for assaulting police of…
Three men accused of war crimes took the stand for the first time Monday during a Special Criminal Court (SCC) session in the Central African Republic…
Eleven migrants have reportedly drowned after their both sank off the Algerian coast of Tipaza on Sunday evening. International Centre for the Identif…
Five opposition leaders were charged and jailed Monday in Chad for disturbing public order during a Saturday demonstration against France, accused of …
Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape has come under fire after a video of a white student urinating on the computer and books of a black studen…
Libya's parliamentary-appointed government, backed by powerful Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced on Tuesday that it was pulling out of the capit…
Last updated: 47 minutes ago More than 1,000 Buddhists from across the archipelago gathered at the world's largest Buddhist temple in Magelang, Centra…
President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, …
Zimbabwe on Monday sought the support of the European Union to sell off US$600 million worth of ivory it has accumulated due to the global ban on the …
Bidders watched Arabian and English thoroughbreds elegantly stride to show off their best qualities at an auction in Libya's Misrata city. One after t…
Mali late on Monday announced that security forces had thwarted a countercoup attempt that it said was supported by an unnamed Western government. The…
Cybercrime was not widely talked about in Africa up until recently, even though, Sub-Saharan Africa is often presented as particularly vulnerable to o…
In Lomé's biggest market, Omiel Moundounga is looking for local products. The Gabonese chef is a strong supporter of African cuisine. He says consumer…
The most deadly attack targeted the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) in the town of Guessel in the Sahel region (north), killing "so…
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has announced a series of planned privatizations of state-owned companies, as the country struggles with an e…
Chairman of the African Union (AU), Macky Sall, has called for the creation of an African financial rating agency in the face of "sometimes very arbit…
Kenyan Azimio Laumoja presidential candidate Raila Odiga, announced Monday he had chosen Martha Karua to serve as his running mate. At a Nairobi rally…
The United Kingdom will send the first batch of asylum seekers to Rwanda in the coming days, a month after a deal to resettle illegal migrants was sig…
Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved Monday the country’s parliament and called for parliamentary elections by the end of the year…
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has named Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro as "the new head coach of the Super Eagles senior men's national team".…
The South African state-owned electricity utility will implement power cuts during evening peak on Monday and Tuesday, the CEO Andre de Ruter announce…
More than 18 million people are on life-long HIV treatment worldwide, but an almost equal number do not have access to treatment yet according to the …
Last updated: 17 minutes ago Burkina Faso's fashion designers are on a mission to remind the world that there is more to this country than conflict. S…
The Sahel region is experiencing its worst drought in over a decade, plunging more than 10.5 million people into malnutrition. For Burkina Faso, the s…
A total lunar eclipse graced the sky over Santiago on Sunday, providing a night-time thrill for stargazers in Chile's capital. The moon was bathed in …
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who returned to power Sunday after a marathon vote, is a former academic and peace activist whose first te…
A new Chinese-built expressway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi will help boost the economy of the African nation, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for transpor…
A former Somali president voted out of power in 2017 has been reelected to the country's top job after defeating the incumbent leader in a protracted …
Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia's war-wracked Tigray region arrived Sunday in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum, according to an AF…
A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new alliance to oppose a power grab by Pre…
Mali's junta announced Sunday that it will quit a West African anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional g…
Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following Sunday's long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, …
A former Somali president voted out of power in 2017 has been reelected to the country's top job after defeating the incumbent leader in a protracted …
Somalia's presidential vote is proceeding to a third round Sunday, with the incumbent leader facing off against a former president. Legislators are ch…
Last updated: 24 minutes ago Thailand commemorates Visakha Bucha Day, Buddhism's most sacred day of the year which marks Buddha's birth, enlightenment…
