Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern DRC's South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears of further transmission, the health ministry said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tiani led high-level delegation talks in Ankara as the two countries seek to expand bilateral cooperation.
Vienna sees Africa as "continent full of dynamism, potential, shared interests", Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said.
Four African countries feature in the list of the 10 most neglected crises for 2025, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council aid group.
The authorities also announced a nationwide suspension of the "import, transit, marketing, sale and free distribution" of some motorcycles.
The UN General Assembly elected five non-permanent members, including Zimbabwe, on Wednesday to the Security Council (UNSC) for the 2027- 2028 term.
The US Embassy in Kenya said on Wednesday that an Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base for US personnel poses no risk to nearby communities.
South African police warned anti-immigration groups on Wednesday against taking the law into their own hands after two Mozambicans were killed in the first deaths linked to protests against illegal migrants.
The US has imposed sanctions on alleged intelligence leaders of two key rebel groups in DRC, where fighting has been raging in the east of the country.
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan began a three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting President Vladimir Putin.
Africa’s four richest people have more wealth than 750 million people combined - that’s half of the continent’s entire population.
Repatriations would be limited to citizens who have requested assistance, the Malawi foreign ministry said.
Somalia has carried out coordinated security operations, killing 28 Al Shabab terrorists in the Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions, an official statement said on Tuesday.
Benin's new president on Tuesday visited neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, in a sign of easing tensions between the Sahel nations and Cotonou.
Mozambique said five of its citizens died in anti-immigration unrest in the South African town of Mossel Bay over the weekend, with South Africa's president urging restraint.
Ghana’s Foreign Ministry cites rising xenophobic violence targeting African migrants in South Africa, says it is engaging authorities and monitoring safety of its nationals.
The killings are the first to be officially linked to the latest wave of protests against illegal migrants sweeping South Africa.
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said his new prime minister had expertise to steer Senegal out of its crippling debt.
"We are a responsible government. We know what we are doing," President William Ruto said, citing decades of cooperation with Washington on health programmes.
A Hamas delegation is due to meet with mediators in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss ways of advancing the fragile Gaza ceasefire, Hamas officials told AFP on Monday.
At least 282 confirmed cases of Ebola have now been reported in DR Congo’s ongoing outbreak, the central African nation said late on Sunday.
International arbitrators reject $134 claim by Rwanda against UK for scrapped migrant deal
The US has said it remains confident concerns surrounding a proposed Ebola isolation facility could be resolved after Kenya’s High Court temporarily suspended the project.
Observers from the African Union, headquartered in Addis Ababa, as well as the East African regional bloc IGAD, are monitoring Monday's poll.
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