Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders to protect their education - and their
November 16, 2024
Gabon held a referendum on a new constitution on Saturday, a major step towards establishing democratic rule after a coup ousted
November 16, 2024
Ratings agency S&P revised South Africa's outlook to "positive" from "stable" on Friday, citing plans for accelerated economic reforms by the new government of national unity and a pickup
November 15, 2024
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine
November 15, 2024
Dozens of escaped residents of the besieged town of al-Hilaliya in Sudan's El Gezira state have tested positive for cholera, a medical
November 15, 2024
Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited outside the site on
November 15, 2024
Nigeria's inflation rate rose for the second straight month in October, advancing to 33.88% in annual terms from 32.70% in September mainly due to higher food
November 15, 2024
Nigeria plans 47 trillion naira ($28.18 billion) spending for its 2025 budget, using an assumption of an oil price of $75 per barrel and target production of 2 million barrels per day
November 14, 2024
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the
November 14, 2024
Several hundred people are believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa, with the government refusing to help them in a bid to force them to come to the surface. CNN's Victoria Rubadiri reports.
November 14, 2024
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
November 14, 2024
Amnesty International said Thursday it has identified several UAE-made armoured personnel carriers on the ground in Sudan after verifying pictures shared on social media showing the vehicles captured or destroyed by the Sudanese army
November 14, 2024
South Africa’s government will not help the illegal miners inside a closed mine as part of an official policy against illegal mining
November 14, 2024
More than 61,000 people are estimated to have died in Khartoum state during the first 14 months of Sudan's war, with evidence
November 14, 2024
Senegal will vote in legislative elections on Sunday that will determine whether the new president and government can gain control over the
November 14, 2024
Weeks of violent protests have marked the outcome of Mozambique disputed Oct. 9 elections, which saw ruling party Frelimo’s candidate Daniel Chapo declared the winner
November 13, 2024
Veteran Mauritian politician Navin Ramgoolam was sworn in as prime minister for his fourth term on Wednesday, a decade after he last left power, following his
November 13, 2024
Sudan's sovereign council said on Wednesday it would extend the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad, seen as essential by aid agencies for the delivery of food and other
November 13, 2024
Unrelenting price rises and a brutal insurgency had already made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed their families.
November 13, 2024
African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial partnerships
November 13, 2024
The United Nations' annual climate conference continued Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small
November 13, 2024
The U.N. political chief has accused allies of Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces of “enabling the slaughter” that has killed more than 24,000 people and created the world’s worst displacement crisis
November 13, 2024
Voters in Somaliland flocked to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees international recognition within reach
November 13, 2024
Ghana’s Supreme Court has ruled that the parliamentary speaker's declaration of four seats as vacant was unconstitutional, effectively restoring the ruling party’s majority in the legislature ahead of the Dec. 7 election
November 12, 2024
A committee of Guinean opposition groups, civil society organisations and activists known as the Forces Vives called on Tuesday for the West African country to establish civilian
November 12, 2024
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, accusing him of being involved in human rights abuses in
November 12, 2024
Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources told
November 12, 2024
Mauritius' opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam was appointed prime minister on Tuesday, returning to the post a decade on after his coalition won a near clean sweep of seats in
November 12, 2024
Chad said on Tuesday it had approved the licensing of Elon Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink to improve access to internet services in the central African country.
November 12, 2024
Why Ghanaian singer King Promise and other African artists don’t want to be boxed into Afrobeats
November 12, 2024
South Africa's unemployment rate fell in the three months after the formation of a coalition government that has boosted business confidence and led to hopes for
November 12, 2024
Mauritius’ opposition coalition has won the country’s election by a landslide
November 12, 2024
The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso
November 12, 2024
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that it reached a staff-level agreement for the fourth review of Zambia's loan program that would release about $185.5 million to
November 12, 2024
The United Nations Security Council is discussing a British-drafted resolution that demands Sudan's warring parties cease hostilities and calls on them
November 11, 2024
African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril.
November 11, 2024
Senegal will have to wait until at least June to get any sort of resolution of its lending programme with the International Monetary Fund
November 11, 2024
Mauritius' incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Monday his political alliance was headed for a major defeat to a rival coalition led by a three-
November 11, 2024
Chad's army says Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead
November 11, 2024
A decline in U.S. influence in Africa means U.S.
November 11, 2024
Ghana's main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him ahead
November 11, 2024
Mauritius held a parliamentary election on Sunday in which Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and his main rivals all promised to tackle a cost of living
November 09, 2024
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will call for an immediate ceasefire and peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict when he attends the upcoming Arab-
November 09, 2024
South Africa's border authority said on Saturday it had partially reopened its main crossing with neighbour Mozambique, where last month's disputed election sparked protests,
November 09, 2024
The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on two generals in Sudan’s paramilitary force for their key roles in the war against the country’s military
November 09, 2024
The Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, or Dak’Art, has opened in the Senegalese capital
November 08, 2024
Nigeria's human rights commission said on Friday an investigation had found "no evidence" that the Nigerian military deliberately attacked women and
November 08, 2024
Mozambique's largest hospital said on Friday that at least three people were killed and 66 injured during clashes between police and protesters the previous day over a disputed
November 08, 2024
Doctor Philip Moreira's commute to hospital on an electric bicycle is a dangerous, smog-infused weave through the chaotic traffic of Senegal's capital Dakar.
November 08, 2024
US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopoly
Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments
North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 million Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
Hungary to install air defence system near Ukraine border
China willing to maintain communication on submarine infrastructure security
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