Africa

Seychelles officially starts presidential campaign ahead of September election

Seychelles began its presidential election campaign on Thursday, with incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan tak

Sudanese army denies bombing World Food Programme aid convoy in Darfur

The Sudanese army has denied accusations by RSF that it carried out an airstrike on a World Food Pro

Ghana singer Shatta Wale held in US fraud probe over Lamborghini purchase

Ghanaian dancehall star Shatta Wale has been taken into custody in Accra as part of a US investigati

Africa’s giraffes aren’t all the same: New study identifies four times more species than previously

New genetic studies have prompted the IUCN to reclassify Africa’s giraffes into four distinct spec

Nigeria deports 102 foreign scammers, mostly Chinese nationals

The deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation in Lagos.

Sudan begins rebuild of Khartoum amid devastating civil war

The UN estimates the rehabilitation of the capital's essential facilities to cost around $350 millio