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Sudan says it conditionally accepts invitation to U.S.-sponsored peace talks

Sudan's government conditionally accepted on Tuesday an invitation to attend U.S.-sponsored peace talks in Geneva, raising hopes that the talks could advance efforts to end a 15-month

Sudan says it conditionally accepts invitation to U.S.-sponsored peace talks
Africa|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats
Africa|Arts|Entertainment

'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination

With no shortage of talent and ambition, Nigeria's film business can become a global phenomenon like Afrobeats, industry insider Toyosi Etim-Effiong tells CNN’s Stephanie Busari at this year’s Essence Film Festival in New Orleans. 

'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination
Africa|Celebrity|Entertainment

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
Africa|Opinion

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as  growing youth anger fuels unrest
Africa|News

Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war

Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge

Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war
Africa|Europe|News|Political|World

France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco

France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled

France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco
Africa|News|Opinion

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary

Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
Africa|Crime|News|Opinion

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI
Africa|News|World

DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic

Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the

DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic
Africa|News|World

Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability

Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years

Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability
Africa|Political

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led
Africa|Crime|News

Sexual violence widespread in Sudan's capital, report says

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have committed widespread acts of sexual violence in the capital Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages, in

Sexual violence widespread in Sudan's capital, report says
Africa|Political

South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress after backing a rival party in May's

South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal
Africa|Crime|Health

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds
Africa|Crime|Health|News|World

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection

Human Rights Watch is accusing the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan’s civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection
Africa|Sports

Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus

South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya

Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
Africa|Crime|News

Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods

A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city's residents, the Attorney General

Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods
Africa|Asia|News|Travel

Yemenia Airways to resume flights to Cairo and India from Sanaa

Yemenia Airways will resume commercial flights from Sanaa to Egypt and India, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said on Sunday, as part of a deal between opposing sides in Yemen's civil

Yemenia Airways to resume flights to Cairo and India from Sanaa
Africa|Crime|News

Nigeria courts convict 125 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in mass trial

Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-

Nigeria courts convict 125 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in mass trial
Africa|News|Sports|World

The world’s youngest country is making waves in international basketball, and ready to take on Team USA at the Olympics

The world’s youngest country is making waves in international basketball, and ready to take on Team USA at the Olympics

The world’s youngest country is making waves in international basketball, and ready to take on Team USA at the Olympics
Africa|Economy|Finance|Political

Kenya's president names John Mbadi as finance minister

Kenya's President William Ruto on Wednesday named John Mbadi as finance minister in a cabinet that includes opposition coalition members in a planned broad-based government.

Kenya's president names John Mbadi as finance minister
Africa|News|Sports

Nigeria women's basketball team denied entry to opening ceremony boat by federation, AP source says

The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, according to a person familiar with the situation

Nigeria women's basketball team denied entry to opening ceremony boat by federation, AP source says
Africa|Economy|Health|News

Sudan's agriculture minister says there is no famine in the country

Sudan's agriculture minister said there is no famine in the country and cast doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger, rejecting the idea of

Sudan's agriculture minister says there is no famine in the country
Africa|Crime|News

95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp

South African police say they have arrested 95 Libyan nationals on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp in the north of the country

95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp

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