South African police said on Tuesday the death of a Nigerian man in custody late last month had nothing to do with a surge in anti-migrant violence and that he
July 07, 2026
Ghana has postponed bilateral meetings with South Africa that were planned for next month because of a surge in anti-migrant violence in the country, Ghana's
July 07, 2026
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is planning to set up his own political party, a coalition supporting him said, the latest evidence of a durable split with his
July 06, 2026
Authorities report that at least 500 people have died from over 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo
July 06, 2026
Nigeria said two of its citizens were killed in South Africa, one of them by police, during a surge in anti-migrant violence, and threatened to take unspecified action
July 06, 2026
West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), on Saturday claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on military positions in Mali and
July 05, 2026
Insurgents staged attacks on army positions across Mali on Saturday, including in a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and in a town south of the
July 04, 2026
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup
July 04, 2026
The Malian army reports that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, have been targeted by rebels
July 04, 2026
Argentina and Cape Verde headed to extra time at the World Cup with their Round of 32 match even at 1-1 on Friday
July 04, 2026
Belgium coach Rudi Garcia says he was not criticizing African soccer when describing “those teams” who lose their tactical shape following his side’s improbable comeback victory over Senegal at the World Cup
July 03, 2026
South Africa has deployed more than 3,000 soldiers nationwide to bolster security and support police this month during anti-migrant protests that organisers have vowed
July 03, 2026
Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday,
July 03, 2026
Goldman Sachs increased its share of mergers and acquisitions advisory work involving Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the first half of 2026,
July 03, 2026
Kenya's private sector activity picked up in June, breaking a run of three previous monthly contractions, a survey showed on Friday.
July 03, 2026
South Africa's private sector returned to marginal growth in June as easing price pressures helped offset a second straight monthly decline in output and new orders, a
July 03, 2026
The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations from supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in
July 02, 2026
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the court said in a statement.
July 02, 2026
Belgium stages a dramatic comeback to beat Senegal 3-2 in the World Cup
July 02, 2026
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in Kenya's Rift Valley in
July 01, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced cabinet changes late on Tuesday, demoting the former leader of his party's main coalition partner from agriculture
July 01, 2026
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in South Africa to protest illegal immigration
June 30, 2026
At least 36 students and one staff member abducted by gunmen from a secondary school in Lassa in northeast Nigeria remain in captivity, while eight others have been rescued, a
July 01, 2026
An international coalition of human rights lawyers has sued Ghana, accusing the government of violating deportees' rights under a deal with the Trump administration
June 30, 2026
Opposition and civil society groups in Congo are protesting a new ban on public demonstrations related to the Ebola outbreak there
June 30, 2026
Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to
June 30, 2026
A leading East African media group whose outlets in Uganda were shut down at the weekend by soldiers is in talks with the military to reopen, with staff still unable to
June 30, 2026
With anti-migrant sentiment escalating in South Africa, Malawian John Allen threw some clothes in a bag, said goodbye to his South African
June 29, 2026
‘Leave or return in a coffin’: The threat driving migrants out of South Africa
June 29, 2026
Uganda's military chief and son of President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the shutdown of a major news organization
June 28, 2026
France said on Saturday it was considering taking reciprocal measures after Burkina Faso broke off diplomatic relations.
June 27, 2026
Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of responsibility for decades of violence in eastern Congo
June 26, 2026
At least nine people were killed and many others injured on Thursday after a multi-storey building collapsed in Lagos , the state's commissioner for information said on
June 26, 2026
Tanzania's interior minister, Patrobas Katambi, said on Friday the government was banning all political rallies, less than two weeks before youth-led protests
June 26, 2026
Israel has released documents detailing the 1976 Operation Entebbe, a daring raid to rescue more than 100 hostages from an airport in Uganda
June 26, 2026
Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban this week while
June 26, 2026
Protesters have told all undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa by Tuesday, ahead of anti-immigrant rallies that many fear will turn violent.
June 26, 2026
Police in Kenya have detained hundreds of people and fired tear gas as families of those killed in anti-government protests two years ago marched to Parliament demanding compensation and justice
June 25, 2026
Kenyan police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters in Nairobi after dozens took to the streets in memory of
June 25, 2026
South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night
June 25, 2026
‘I am a living statue’: How DR Congo’s most famous soccer fan is keeping Patrice Lumumba’s legacy alive
June 25, 2026
Civil society organizations in South Africa says that adolescent girls and women are among the first to feel the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts
June 25, 2026
An
June 23, 2026
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday two Italian pro-Palestinian campaigners detained in Libya had been released after spending about a month in custody.
June 23, 2026
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing new steps to ensure that perpetrators of crimes against peacekeepers face justice
June 23, 2026
A South African appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu should decide where he is buried, overturning a lower court's
June 23, 2026
Here’s something that very few could have reasonably expected coming into this World Cup: Cape Verde controls its own destiny with one match left in group play
June 23, 2026
While Mohamed Salah’s club career is still undecided, he’s building his legacy with Egypt
June 22, 2026
Ebola has now infected more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an outbreak that has spread to a third displacement
June 22, 2026
New York to impose the country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola
Todd Blanche has to win over skeptical Republicans. Democrats are laying lots of traps
It's 'Super Tuesday' for EU enlargement as 4 candidates move forward with negotiations
Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv looks to harden air defenses
Nvidia halves Asia buyer list in China chip crackdown, FT reports
Jazz guard Trey Alexander taken from court on stretcher in NBA Summer League game
Trump says Reflecting Pool has been drained and will be ‘put back into service soon’