Guterres condemns “indiscriminate attacks” and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Al Fasher, urging both sides in Sudan’s conflict to end the siege and resume peace talks.
A fire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu, controlled by the M23 rebel group, has killed 14 people, including 12 children, local sources told AFP on Monday.
Cameroonian presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary has rejected the electoral outcome that declared the incumbent President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12 election.
Mali's former Prime Minister Moussa Mara will spend one year in prison after a Bamako court sentenced him on Monday following a social media post detained people.
Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara, 83, was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout, provisional results showed on Monday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has acknowledged that the Security Council faces problems of legitimacy because its composition does not reflect the reality of today's world.
Kenyans have been "lured" by recruiters into fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the Kenyan foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Antibiotic resistance is accelerating across Africa, turning routine infections into deadly threats as overstretched health systems and patients struggle with limited diagnostics, expensive last-line treatments, and drug
The World's oldest president Paul Biya has been declared winner of the October 12 election, securing him an eight term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100.
Zanzibar will hold an early vote on October 28, intended to give public servants a chance to exercise their constitutional right.
The final results are expected within five days after voting.
Liberia has said it would take in a Salvadoran man at the centre of a deportation row denounced by opponents of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
Six Iranian nationals have been arrested after the Kenya Navy intercepts a vessel ferrying methamphetamine off the coast of Mombasa, a port city about 485 kilometres southeast of the capital Nairobi.
Djibouti's parliament has voted unanimously to lift a presidential age limit, opening the way for President Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term.
Cameroonian authorities have detained about 30 politicians and activists linked to opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, his campaign said on Sunday.
Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has removed Natangwe Ithete from his posts as deputy prime minister and minister of industry, mines and energy, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday.
The United States has removed Mali from the list of countries whose nationals are required to deposit a $10,000 bond before securing visas to travel to the US.
Sharia-enforcing police in Nigeria's northern city of Kano have cancelled a wedding of two TikTok celebrities that was ordered by a court after a viral video, an official told AFP on Sunday.
Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya's coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earth minerals.
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they had captured the army headquarters in the city of Al Fasher, the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.
Local media says air defense systems responded to drone strikes on Kenana military base in White Nile.
There are more than eight million registered voters with five presidential candidates.
A decree said Andry Rajoelina's Malagasy nationality was revoked because he had acquired French nationality in 2014, local media reported.
Cameroon’s electoral body is expected to announce the final election results on Monday, but opposition leaders have warned against rigging of results.
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