South Sudan's petroleum ministry confirmed on Thursday that it had asked for a total of $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans from two international firms operating in the country.
Sudan's army said paramilitary forces launched drone strikes on Thursday targeting a northern town housing a major dam, while fighting between the parties raged in the strategic region of Kordofan.
A dozen senior magistrates arrested in Burkina Faso last month are being prosecuted for corruption, the government announced on Thursday.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit has sacked more than 37 senior state officials, including vice-presidents, a chief justice, ministers, and army generals, in less than one year.
Kenya's foreign affairs minister says active recruitment networks target its citizens with fake job offers
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday the United States boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa later this month would not prevent the meeting of the world's leading economies from going ahead.
Argentinian President Javier Milei will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this month, his spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit has sacked Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel and demoted him from the military rank of general to private status.
Leaders of the world's largest economies meet in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23 for the G20 summit, being held for the first time in Africa.
Sylvia Bongo and her son were accused of exploiting the former leader to effectively run Gabon for their own personal profit.
Roger Lumbala was arrested in France in December 2020 and has been held in a Paris prison since. He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if convicted.
President William Ruto dismisses as "absolutely false" allegations of being involved with the UAE to ship arms to the RSF.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher held on Tuesday what he called "constructive" talks with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to ensure life-saving aid reaches all corners of the war-ravaged country.
A local medical group accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday of holding seven families around the city of Babnousa in West Kordofan over links to the Sudanese army.
A military helicopter crash in Ghana that killed eight people, including the defence and environment ministers, was caused by adverse weather conditions, according to an official probe published on Tuesday.
The head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan hosted Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Port Sudan, the country's temporary and wartime capital, on Tuesday.
President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially received the posting letter of Somalia's new ambassador to Kinshasa, Ilyas Ali Hassan.
The "Butcher of Al Fasher" has become the face of crimes against humanity in Sudan, highlighting how RSF's turf war with the military has descended into militia savagery as the world watches from the sidelines.
Army forces have shelled an RSF military camp in South Darfur, media reports say.
Gaddafi is set to leave Lebanon for a "confidential" destination, his lawyer says, adding that he holds a Libyan passport.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of inciting violence during riots in 2021 in which more than 300 people were killed.
Thousands of Sudanese civilians are being held in “dire conditions” by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Al Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur, a local medical group said.
A Malian woman who regularly posted videos on TikTok praising the army has been abducted by armed men and executed in a public square, state television and two local sources said.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu held talks in Cairo on Monday to strengthen military and technical cooperation.
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