Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been sworn in for a second term after being elected in a landslide vote marred by apathy and questions around the vote count
September 17, 2024
Three Americans sentenced to death in Congo for a coup attempt have filed an appeal
September 17, 2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon plans to travel to Africa in mid-October in a push by the biggest U.S. lender to expand on the
September 17, 2024
In Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, many households have limited access to nutrient-rich foods due to rising costs and the impact of climate change on agriculture and food systems
September 17, 2024
The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase their support for African countries
September 16, 2024
Mali said on Tuesday that its capital Bamako was under control after insurgents attacked a gendarmerie training school and
September 17, 2024
Islamic militants have attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital
September 17, 2024
Senegal's slower economic growth, its widening fiscal deficit and a potential delay in International Monetary Fund financing could cloud the outlook ahead of Nov.
September 17, 2024
South Africa's consumer confidence recovered further in the third quarter to its best since 2019, helped by improved willingness to spend and hopes of an interest rate cut in September,
September 17, 2024
Kenya's finance ministry forecasts a fall in the budget deficit to 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2025/26 fiscal year that starts next July, from 4.3% of GDP in the
September 17, 2024
South Sudan and Sudan have made progress towards restarting the pumping of South Sudan's crude oil through a pipeline running to a port in its neighbour, South Sudan's finance
September 17, 2024
Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry by drought
September 16, 2024
Authorities say Moroccan security forces stopped groups of people who sought to force their way across the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta
September 16, 2024
More than 200 inmates escape as Nigerian prison wall collapses in floods
September 15, 2024
(This Sept. 16 story has been corrected to remove Goemaere as the source of the statement that the insurgency had driven people from their farms, in paragraph 12) By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (
September 16, 2024
Kenya's auditor general has started to examine the country's debt to ascertain the amounts owed to various creditors, Finance Minister John Mbadi told Reuters on Monday.
September 16, 2024
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will introduce new biometric passports as part of their withdrawal from a West African bloc in favour of a new Sahel alliance after military leaders
September 15, 2024
Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on Sunday.
September 15, 2024
The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protesters took their anger to the streets of their capital
September 14, 2024
The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday.
September 14, 2024
At least three killed as trains collide in Egypt
September 14, 2024
Thousands of mourners in Uganda have been paying their respects to Rebecca Cheptegei
September 14, 2024
South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile was fine after having struggled with the heat while giving a speech on Saturday afternoon, the premier of Limpopo province told state
September 14, 2024
Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29
September 14, 2024
Germany opens its doors to Kenyan workers in controlled migration deal
September 14, 2024
Stock market today: Asia shares rise moderately ahead of closely watched Federal Reserve meeting
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
Biden calls on Sudan's warring parties to re-engage in negotiations
Dollar catches footing ahead of Fed
California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI
Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. becomes first shortstop with multiple seasons of 30 homers and 30 steals
Ukraine boxing champ Oleksandr Usyk released after Poland detention