SOUTH Africa has defended weeklong naval drills with Russia, Iran, China and other countries as “essential”, describing the manoeuvres off…
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ONE month after an attempted coup shook Benin, the west African country will hold parliamentary and local elections Sunday, set…
CHINESE, Russian and Iranian warships have arrived in South African waters for a week of naval drills as geopolitical tensions…
GHANA’s former finance minister, who is wanted at home on suspicion of corruption, has been detained by US immigration, his…
THE US has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia, alleging that officials destroyed a UN World Food Programme…
AT least 22 migrants have been killed and 65 others injured after a lorry they were travelling in overturned in…
ISRAEL’s foreign minister has held talks with Somaliland’s president on his first visit to the breakaway region since Israel controversially…
BURKINA Faso’s military authorities have announced that they have foiled what they described as a sophisticated plot to assassinate the…
THE Central African Republic has re-elected President Faustin-Archange Touadera, according to provisional results released by the electoral authority on Tuesday.…
AT least 13 people have been killed – eight of them children – after a drone strike on a house…
UGANDA’s authorities have denied reports that they are planning to cut access to the internet during next week’s election. The…
GUINEA’s Supreme Court on Sunday validated an overwhelming presidential election victory for junta chief Mamady Doumbouya, crediting him with 86.72%…
RENEWED tensions are flaring in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with fresh fighting reported around the city of Uvira in…
THE United Nations Security Council has welcomed Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Latvia and Liberia as its five…
MALI and Burkina Faso have restricted United States citizens from entering their countries following President Donald Trump’s visa restrictions. The…
RESCUE operations are ongoing in Nairobi, after the Friday collapse of a multi-storey building under construction left at least four…
AT least seven people have died and many others are missing after a boat carrying about 200 migrants attempting to…
GABON’s President Brice Oligui Nguema started the New Year with a major government reshuffle. It’s the latest step in the…
SOMALILAND has rejected accusations that it agreed to host Israeli military facilities and resettle displaced Palestinians from Gaza in exchange…
ON the outskirts of Kosti, a city in south-central Sudan that has transformed into a giant way station for the…