Africa
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has formally nominated himself to run for a seventh term in the January 2026 election, extending a rule that has lasted… Read More »Uganda: President Musuveni seeks seventh term in office
Ghana has expelled at least six West Africans to Togo after their forced return from the United States, lawyers said Tuesday, deepening concerns over the… Read More »Ghana expels African deportees from US to Togo
A Kenyan high court has ordered the arrest of a British national accused of murdering 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru near a British army training camp in… Read More »Kenyan court issues arrest warrant for British national over 2012 murder
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum today commissioned three landmark projects, including eye and dental hospitals, and a nursing college, in Monguno town in the… Read More »Gov Zulum inaugurates eye, dental hospitals, nursing college in Monguno
At least seven civilians were killed and 71 others injured when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched artillery strikes on El-Fasher, the capital of North… Read More »Seven civilians killed, dozens wounded in Sudanese ‘massacre’
At least 141 people, mostly Hutu civilians, were killed or went missing in a series of attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to… Read More »M23 rebels kill over 140 people in Congo attacks
At least 14 civilians have been killed by Sudanese paramilitary fighters as they tried to escape the besieged city of El-Fasher in Darfur, a rights… Read More »Sudanese paramilitary fighters kill feeling 14 civilians
In recent years, the Central African Republic (CAR) has emerged from the shadows of conflict into a nation on the rise—thanks largely to the… Read More »President Touadéra’s Leadership Restores Security and Boosts Investor Confidence in the Central African Republic
A significant peace agreement, recently forged between the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Rwanda, is poised to bring an end to decades of… Read More »Rwanda peace deal, vista to new era, says DR Congo president
 At least 38 people have died and 28 others were injured after a passenger bus collided head-on with a minibus and burst into flames… Read More »38 killed in fiery bus crash in Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region
A bystander shot by Kenyan police during clashes with protesters this week was on life-support on Wednesday, the hospital treating him said. Violent clashes erupted… Read More »Kenyan on life-support after police shooting
 South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll… Read More »Death toll in South Africa floods rises to 67
BY JENNIFER EZIMAKOR At the heart of Africa’s capital, a diverse gathering of scholars, diplomats, media professionals, and civil society leaders came together on May… Read More »Montage Africa Day Colloquium demands justice for Africa
By Abba Onyekachukwu, Abuja The Federal Government (FG), through the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA) are seriously planning with The Gambia to collaborate in… Read More »Nigeria, Gambia to collaborate toward developing tourism
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has denounced the recent terrorist attack in the Republic of Benin, labeling it a cowardly act designed… Read More »ECOWAS condemns deadly terror attack in Benin, vows stronger regional security cooperation
Following grave accusations of wrongdoing, Ghana’s President John Mahama suspended Chief judge Gertrude Torkornoo. This is the first time a sitting chief judge in the… Read More »President Mahama suspends Chief Justice Torkornoo over misconduct allegations
Burkina Faso’s military government has announced that it thwarted a “major plot“ to overthrow Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s military leader. According to Security… Read More »Burkina Faso Claims It Foiled Coup Plot Linked to Ivory Coast-Based Ex-Soldiers
Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have begun a two-day high-level meeting in Accra, Ghana, to address the formal… Read More »ECOWAS Convenes in Ghana to Deliberate on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s Withdrawal
