Gaza beach tragedy: 12 drown attempting to reach food aid
Twelve people drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday,...
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Faye’s headache of keeping poll promises and kingmaker Sonko
In his first speech after his landslide victory, Senegal’s incoming President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised to stay the course of...
Senegal President Faye appoints ally Sonko as prime minister
Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in...
Explainer: Why the US government is trying to ban TikTok
The USHouse of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to...
Kenyan government recommends regulating, not banning, TikTok
Kenya's government has advised lawmakers against banning TikTok over concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended stricter...
TikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interest
A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok, unless it is sold within a year, is about national security,...
US, British citizens among suspects on trial in Congo after thwarted coup
More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic...
Kenyan police arrival in Haiti marks new era for security, prime minister tells UN
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the UNSecurity Council on Wednesday that the arrival of the first Kenyan police officers...
How can South Africa form a unity government from wildly different visions?
Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing...
DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles...
ICC prosecutor warns of war crimes committed in Darfur’s al-Fashir
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur...
Jacob Zuma’s MK party seeks to block new South African parliament from convening
Former South African presidentJacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK party has applied to the country's top court to block the...
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
Rwanda said the UNrefugee agency had lied when the organisationtold a British courtthis week that asylum seekers sent to thecountry...
Man rescued five days after South Africa building collapse
A man was rescued from the rubble five days after a deadly building collapse in South Africa in what Western...
White-led DA party joins ANC in South African unity government
TheAfrican National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-businessDemocratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together inSouthAfrica's new government...
Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome,...
Tanzania conservation plan takes another hit as EU withdraws funding
The European Union Commission has joined the World Bank in cutting funding for Tanzania's wildlife conservation programmes in light of...
Kenya President Ruto’s regional message in bilateral visit to US
Kenya's President William Ruto on Monday landed in the US in his first-ever State visit to Washington and used this opportunity to deliver a...
South Sudan opposition groups push for new constitution
South Sudan’s opposition and civil society groups, currently negotiating a political deal with their government in Nairobi, say they want...
Kenya’snew US-backed bid to save Sudan from‘genocide’
Sudan’s 13-month war is generating the highest amount of displaced people and hurtling towards genocide, a special envoy told the United Nations...
UN peacekeepers deployed in DRC to counter new wave of violence
UN peacekeepers have started deploying troops in more areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to deal with a...
South African polls: ANC is weaker, opposition fragmented
With unemployment, power outages, and crime spiralling out of control, South Africa, one of Africa's most affluent and influential nations, faces a pivotal election on...
Africa’s tragedy of displacement rises highest in two-decade period
Africa’s conflicts are turning out to be the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving crucial Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), drawing back the...
Post-Covid, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals
China's flagship economic cooperation programme is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus,...
Flash floods hit Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, has experienced devastating flash floods that transformed streets into difficult to pass waterways.Residents reported...