A BURST of heavy gunfire and explosions erupted early Thursday near the international airport in Niger’s capital Niamey before halting…
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PASSENGERS flights between Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and cities in the northern Tigray region have been cancelled amid fears of…
THE UN says it is gravely concerned after a senior military leader in South Sudan urged his troops to “spare…
SUDAN has moved to the forefront of the global humanitarian landscape, now hosting the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. According…
THE Rwandan government has launched legal action against the UK to seek payments it claims it is owed under a…
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has invited his Chadian counterpart to Paris, as both countries seek to renew and improve future…
UGANDA’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has denied claims that soldiers assaulted Barbara Kyagulanyi, the wife of opposition leader Bobi Wine,…
PROMINENT Kenyan opposition figure Rigathi Gachagua has alleged there was an attempt on his life during a Sunday church service.…
RENEWED fighting in South Sudan has displaced more than 180,000 people, with witnesses describing indiscriminate use of barrel bombs and…
MLAU and his family, who live near Marracuene – a town 30km (19 miles) north of the capital, Maputo -…
THE head of South Sudan’s armed forces has given soldiers seven days to “crush the rebellion” in the east that…
AFRICA is no longer in the grip of a public health emergency over mpox, though the viral infection “remains endemic…
A SOUTH African court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s heritage body to stop the sale and export of…
THE president of Somaliland has held separate talks with his Israeli counterpart and the second son of the US leader,…
A TUNISIAN court has handed new prison terms to two well-known media figures in what critics say is the government’s…
MILITARY authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative elections for 6 December, despite calls for a swifter transition…
AN armed attack has killed at least 31 civilians in western Niger near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali…
THE life of Uganda’s veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye is in danger, his wife has said after visiting him in…
TOGO has arrested and extradited Burkina Faso’s former leader to his home country, after authorities in Ouagadougou accused him of…
MALAWI’s energy regulator has hiked petrol and diesel prices by more than 40%, marking the second time fuel costs gone…