Nigeria: Third Presidential Candidate Upsets Traditional Party Politics in Nigeria

Nigerians are getting ready to vote for a new president Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners, including - for the first time - a candidate who is not from… Read more »

Mali: Junta Denounces 'Aggressive' Statement From EU Council President

Three UN peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali. Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Approves Controversial Oil Pipeline Despite Environmental Concerns

Tanzania has approved the construction of a pipeline that would allow Ugandan oil to be delivered to international markets, dismissing environmental concerns about the project as… Read more »

Kenya: Donated Clothes an Environmental Disaster in Disguise for Developing World

As much as one third of the clothing sent from the wealthy west to developing countries every year may be ending up as landfill. Unwearable polyester garments are little more than… Read more »

Africa: Meet the African Comic Book Heroes Taking the World By Storm

The African presence in the world of comic books and graphic novels is sparse, but Ivorian author Marguerite Abouet is changing that. Thanks to her characters Aya and Akissi, both… Read more »

South Africa: Cow Horn Reveals Herbal Mixtures Used By Healers More Than 500 Years Ago

A cow horn believed to be the oldest known example of a medicine container in southern Africa has been discovered in a South African cave. It sheds light on the herbal remedies… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Amnesty Says Congolese M23 Rebels Killed 20, Raped Dozens in November Attacks

Amnesty International reports that fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped dozens of women and girls in the country's east… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire Reopens Land Borders Closed Since Start of Pandemic

Cote d'Ivoire has lifted its Covid-imposed land border closure, officially re-opening its roads to neighboring countries after nearly three years. Read more »

Chad: Mass Trial Opens Over Ex-President Idriss Déby's Death

The trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of assassinating former Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno has got underway in a special court located at a prison outside… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Closes Domestic Debt Programme As International Creditors Discuss Next Steps

Ghana's finance ministry has announced that the country's domestic debt exchange programme has been successfully closed as foreign lenders discuss forming an official creditor… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Risks U.S. Ire By Staging Naval Exercises With China and Russia

In a controversial move that has strained its relationships with the EU and the US, South Africa will host naval exercises off its eastern coast with Chinese and Russian ships. The… Read more »

Malawi: Cholera Outbreak in Malawi Kills More Than 1,200 With 'Very High' Risk of Spread

More than 1,200 people have died in the deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history and several other African nations have reported outbreaks, the World Health Organization said… Read more »

Burkina Faso: IMF Agrees $80m Bailout to Help Burkina Faso With Worsening Food Crisis

The International Monetary Fund has announced the release of $80 million in emergency aid to Burkina Faso to help it cope with a food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Angela Merkel Awarded UN Peace Prize in Côte d'Ivoire for Helping Refugees

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's First Grammy Nominee Eddy Kenzo Gives Hope That Everyone Can Succeed

Ugandans are routing for 33-year-old singer Eddy Kenzo, nominated for Best Global Music Performance at tonight's Grammy awards in Los Angeles. Just being nominated has left him… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Transitional Leader Denies Diplomatic Split From Paris

Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's junta leader, said his country has not severed diplomatic ties with France, despite asking it to withdraw its forces, and denied Russian… Read more »

Africa: Russian Wagner Group Battles French 'Zombies' in Africa Propaganda Campaign

Video cartoons circulating on social media have shed light on a Russian propaganda campaign aimed at sapping France's influence among its African allies, analysts say. Read more »

Sudan: Israel and Sudan On Track to Normalise Diplomatic Relations

Israel expects to fully normalise ties with Sudan later this year after Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen returned from a lightning diplomatic mission to the Sudanese capital,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Pope Francis Urges Congolese Youth to Work Towards a Better Future

In a speech to tens of thousands of young people in a stadium in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, Pope Francis urged them to work towards a better… Read more »

Somalia: Regional Summit to Discuss Fight Against Al-Shabaab Begins

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday hosted a summit of leaders from several neighbouring countries to discuss the regional fight against islamist insurgents… Read more »

Africa: Total's Contested Oil Projects in Africa - the Case of Uganda and Tanzania

In the Lake Albert region, in northwestern Uganda, TotalEnergies plans to extract large quantities of oil buried deep in the ground. Work has already started. Backhoe loaders are… Read more »

Africa: Stop Choking Africa, Pope Says During DR Congo Service

Presiding over a Mass in the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged the nation's people to forgive those who have harmed them and denounced the "poison of… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Junta Supporters Take to the Streets to Celebrate French Troop Withdrawal

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days after France confirmed its special forces there would… Read more »

Egypt: Tombs - And Possibly Oldest Ever Mummy - Unveiled in New Excavation

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Pharaonic tomb near the capital Cairo containing a gold leaf-covered mummy that had remained closed for 4,300 years. It's believed to be… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Military Kills Senior Islamic State Leader in Somalia Raid

US officials say they have killed Bilal al-Sudani, a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, in a special military operation ordered by President Joe Biden. Read more »