President Adama Barrow has declared the country's prolonged electricity crisis a national emergency and promised to increase power generation as protests over rolling blackouts intensify ahead of the December presidential election.

Demonstrators in Banjul and surrounding areas burned

Street vendors in Harare have vowed to defy a government order to leave illegal trading sites. They said informal trading was their only means of survival in the current economic climate and amid high unemployment.

As the September 9 deadline approaches, the government is preparing to launch a zero-tolerance operation against illegal

Lawyers representing former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor have abandoned their request for a preliminary examination of evidence, clearing the way for the cocaine-trafficking case against her to proceed directly to trial. Legal experts say the withdrawal allows the State to continue building its case in open court. 

During preliminary testimony, a prosecution investigator said Howard-Taylor communicated with

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei is seeking to reassure citizens of neighbouring countries and other African nationals, saying they would remain free to live and work in Kenya as long as they complied with Kenyan law.

President William Ruto had earlier told MPs to scrutinise the proposed Local Content Bill to

Kenya's prolonged nurses' strike is placing increasing pressure on the country's public health system, with essential services disrupted as nurses demand the implementation of long-standing labour agreements. Hundreds of nurses have demonstrated in Nairobi, calling on the national and county governments to address salary arrears, allowances, staffing shortages, promotions and career progression.

At

The World Food Programme has warned that food assistance must form a central part of the response to the rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where conflict, displacement and severe hunger are making it harder to contain the disease.

The outbreak, declared in May and caused by the rare Bundibugyo species, has

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have released several women journalists and a lawyer who were arrested in South Darfur in February and held for varying lengths of time. Their release follows demands by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and more than a dozen civil society groups. 

The CPJ had previously raised the

Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, was buried in Zanzibar, in accordance with Islamic tradition. Senior government officials, political leaders and religious figures attended the funeral prayer led by Zanzibar Grand Mufti Sheikh Saleh Omar Kaabi.

Hafidh died at Mlimani Mzena Memorial Hospital after receiving treatment for a heart condition. He was a retired agricultural

The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of replacing the widely used Mercator world map with a projection that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The non-binding "Correct the Map" resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union member states, received support from 164 countries, including France and the United Kingdom. The

Three years after a devastating earthquake struck  Morocco's Al Haouz region, killing more than 2,900 people and injuring over 5,500, reconstruction has progressed significantly in some communities but left thousands of families still waiting for assistance.

In Ighermane village, about 90% of homes have reportedly been rebuilt, with 114 of around 150 families receiving some form of state support. But in