Four states conducted intense diplomacy with the United States and Iran this week to prevent a threatened US attack on Iran over Tehran's action against protesters, a Gulf official told Reuters.
Flooding triggered by torrential rains in northeastern South Africa claimed at least 10 lives overnight and forced the closure of the iconic Kruger National Park, officials said on Thursday.
Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote's wealth has increased by $451 million to reach $30.4 billion in the first two weeks of 2026.
Rwanda has sent a contingent of military engineers to Jamaica to "support the Caribbean country's recovery efforts by rehabilitating infrastructure destroyed by a powerful cyclone" in 2025, the Rwanda Defence Force said
The United States said on Wednesday it was suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, President Donald Trump's latest move against foreigners seeking to come to America.
A senior Ugandan official on Wednesday defended the internet shutdown implemented ahead of elections, saying it was necessary to prevent "riots and misinformation."
Egypt said on Wednesday that all the members of a 15-person Palestinian technocratic committee meant to administer post-war Gaza had been agreed upon by all Palestinian factions, who swiftly offered their support.
Terrorists killed 14 people, half of them children, in an attack in Cameroon's English-speaking Northwest region on Wednesday, state media reported.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Wednesday that Cairo would take all necessary measures to preserve Sudan's unity, as the neighbouring country approaches its fourth year of war between the army and its par
The African Union delegation, led by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola, will examine the status of the peace agreement and steps being taken towards the election.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni held his final campaign rally in the capital Kampala on Tuesday ahead of the Thursday, January 15, 2026 presidential election.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has vowed to protect his country's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national pride, asserting that "Somalia belongs to Somalis."
The US has delivered “critical” military supplies to Nigerian forces in a move aimed at strengthening bilateral defense cooperation, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Tuesday.
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have killed 14 government soldiers and five civilians in an ambush in DR Congo's volatile east, officials and a local source told AFP on Tuesday.
The Gambia requested the ICJ declare that Myanmar breached its obligations under the convention, to order the cessation of any wrongful acts, and to ensure reparations and guarantees of non-repetition for Rohingya victim
The African Union has expressed concern after the United States' government recently directed the cessation of funding and participation in some of the United Nations' entities.
Somalia's Council of Ministers has annulled all agreements and memoranda of understanding related to bilateral security and defence cooperation between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates, citing concerns over national
Armed assailants boarded a fishing trawler off Gabon's coast over the weekend and abducted nine sailors, the defence ministry said on Monday.
Since April 2023, the conflict between the army and the RSF has killed tens of thousands and left around 11 million people displaced.
The sender and the receiver lived only a few kilometres apart. A short drive. A long war.
Muguka addiction has become almost a public health emergency in parts of Kenya, pitting proponents of a ban against a national law that keeps the herbal stimulant rooted in tradition on the shelves.
China's foreign minister said Beijing supported Somalia in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity in a phone call on Sunday with his Somali counterpart, a Chinese ministry statement said.
Sudan’s government officially returned to the capital Khartoum on Sunday for the first time since the outbreak of war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023.
Algeria's hopes of solving a goalkeeping crisis with a big name flopped at the Africa Cup of Nations and they will need to look for alternatives before the World Cup kicks off later this year.
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