The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions
August 19, 2026
As campaigning for January's elections begins on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu's pitch for a second term faces a politically
August 19, 2026
The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season
August 19, 2026
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country
August 19, 2026
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20 deportees expected to arrive on Thursday,
August 19, 2026
A federal judge allowed U.S.
August 18, 2026
A government-owned ferry that capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba last week was carrying about 180 passengers, double what police had given as its capacity, the government
August 18, 2026
At least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a village in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local officials and residents
August 18, 2026
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term
August 18, 2026
In a tragic attempt to reach Europe, dozens of Moroccans died trying to cross into Spain
August 18, 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema secured a second term in office after winning the Southern African country's presidential election, official results released by the
August 18, 2026
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people
August 17, 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was re-elected for a second term, but the opposition leader put in an unexpectedly strong showing, capitalising on
August 17, 2026
Somali federal troops drove opposition forces out of one of the country's biggest cities, Baidoa, on Monday, following heavy clashes that left many people dead, residents
August 17, 2026
Authorities in Zimbabwe continue searching for bodies after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba last week, killing more than 80 people
August 17, 2026
Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by land and sea
August 17, 2026
Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered following a boat accident in a lake in Zimbabwe, police said on Saturday, taking the death toll to 68.
August 15, 2026
Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta,
August 15, 2026
The world’s oldest president left for a ‘brief stay’ in Europe. He hasn’t returned in two months
August 15, 2026
An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West
August 15, 2026
Authorities in eastern Libya under military commander Khalifa Haftar helped secure the release of an American missionary held hostage held
August 15, 2026
Chad's presidency said in a statement that President Mahamat Idriss Deby has
August 14, 2026
Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes
August 14, 2026
US missionary abducted in Niger released after nine months in captivity, Christian organization says
August 14, 2026
Get ready for Africa’s soccer breakout, says Manchester City star Antoine Semenyo
August 14, 2026
An American missionary kidnapped in Niger in October has been released
August 14, 2026
More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing food aid access within weeks due to a severe funding shortfall, potentially
August 14, 2026
The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
February 27, 2025
Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by
February 28, 2025
The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks
May 23, 2025
Botswana has set up a new sovereign wealth fund to drive economic diversification, create jobs and manage state companies, officials said on Wednesday.
September 10, 2025
A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States to Eswatini in Africa has been repatriated to his home country
September 23, 2025
At least 36 children and a staff member are missing after being kidnapped by gunmen from a school in Nigeria's northeast, the third such mass school abduction since May in
July 01, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death in Bas-Uele, according to Africa's CDC
August 13, 2026
Mourners have gathered in a Zimbabwe fishing town to honor the victims of a ferry disaster on Lake Kariba
August 13, 2026
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More than 50 Muslim and Christian leaders have signed an interfaith peace accord in Abuja, launching a new body to promote religious harmony across Nigeria.
August 13, 2026
Zambians voted on Thursday in a national election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema's economic gains since a pandemic-era debt crisis are
August 13, 2026
The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces renewed its assault on the city of al-Obeid on Wednesday and stepped up drone and land attacks across the
August 13, 2026
The status of the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish territories is not up for discussion, Spanish
August 12, 2026
At least 44 people died after a passenger ferry capsized in a lake in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, police said, roughly trebling an earlier estimate of the death count after more
August 12, 2026
Survivors have described a tragic ferry disaster on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, where at least 44 people have died
August 12, 2026
One Somali family's long trek to escape drought conditions is an example of a deepening humanitarian emergency in Somalia, where years of drought, conflict and economic pressures are pushing more families from rural communities into displacement camps as hunger rises and humanitarian funding shrinks
August 12, 2026
Firefighters in western Libya are battling to extinguish a massive fire caused by a drone strike on an oil facility after their town came under a wave of drone attacks targeting key oil installations
August 11, 2026
The African Union has backed a broader discussion on migration, a South African government official said on Thursday, after Ghana made a proposal to place xenophobic
July 30, 2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a
July 30, 2026
Ebola has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo, marking a 50% increase in about a week
July 30, 2026
Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta is experiencing a humanitarian and security emergency after 1,500 migrants reached the city by swimming across from Morocco over the
July 30, 2026
Detained prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who collapsed while in court on Wednesday, is unconscious and has been admitted to an intensive care unit, his
July 30, 2026
Ampol posts near five-fold surge in profit as Iran war boosts refining margin
Oil falls 1% ahead of US announcement to impose further sanctions on Iran
UK productivity showing sustained improvement, economists say
MLB home run leader Schwarber punctuates Phillies' unlikely comeback win over the Cardinals
Trump is heading to his golf course in Ireland to watch the Irish Open golf tournament next month
Ryan Blaney wins second consecutive NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway