President Joseph Boakai has initiated consultations with members of the Liberian Legislature to review a possible response to an incursion by Guinean soldiers in northern Lofa County.
The Liberian government has called on citizens to remain calm as diplomatic engagements continue to address the emerging situation along the
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Madagascar's military ruler, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, has dissolved the government, dismissing the prime minister and the entire cabinet. No reason was given for the move.
The announcement said the government had ceased its functions and that a new prime minister would be appointed in line with the constitution. Permanent secretaries were tasked with running ministries in the interim. The now-dismissed
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The Rwandan government has rejected sanctions imposed by the United States Department of the Treasury on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four senior commanders. They argued that the move was "targeting only one party" to the Washington Accords and a misrepresentation of the conflict in eastern DR Congo.
The U.S. Treasury
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Four unexploded missiles believed to have been among the 16 Tomahawk warheads fired on Nigerian targets by the U.S. Africa Command on December 25, 2025 have been discovered by local residents and Nigerian police, according to a post on X by Trevor Ball, a researcher with Bellingcat, a Netherlands-based investigative journalism collective. "Residents of Zugurma in Mashegu local government area of Niger State were thrown into
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Colonel Michael Randrianirina is now the president of Madagascar after weeks of anti-government protests forced former president Andry Rajoelina to flee the country. The 48-year-old former commander in the elite CAPSAT army unit had broken ranks with Rajoelina last week, urging soldiers not to fire on demonstrators.
During his inaugural address at the High Constitutional Court in Antananarivo, Randrianirina vowed
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The government has rejected a media report alleging it paid a large ransom to Islamist group Boko Haram to secure the release of more than 200 pupils and staff abducted from St Mary's School in Papiri in November 2024. Information Minister Mohammed Idris dismissed the claims, reported by AFP and citing unnamed intelligence
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The Ghanaian government has announced plans to evacuate traders injured in an attack in northern Burkina Faso. The victims were part of a group of 18 Ghanaians who had crossed into the Sahelian state for routine business.
"They were ambushed in a village while transacting business. Armed insurgents and terrorist groups attacked them, and unfortunately, we lost a number of our compatriots," President John Mahama said, confirming that seven Ghanaian traders were killed in the
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The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch, has called for a "re-evaluation" of relations with Uganda. The call follows a series of now-deleted tweets from Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who accused the U.S. of aiding the escape of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
Senator Risch has said the defence
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the 53-year-old son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly shot dead. Khaled al-Zaidi, his lawyer said, a four-man commando unit assassinated him at his home in Zintan, though it's unclear who may have been behind the attack. His sister told a conflicting account, claiming that he died near the Algerian border.
Gaddafi was long seen as the most influential and feared
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The military-led government has dissolved all political parties by decree, ending their ability to operate even internally. The government said the move was necessary because the proliferation of parties had caused abuses, fueled divisions, and weakened the social fabric.
A bill scrapping party statutes, financing rules, and the post of opposition leader was to be sent to the transitional council, with all party
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