Omar Artan, the soccer referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup tournament, has returned home to a hero's welcome by supporters and officials
June 10, 2026
At least 12 people are dead and nine more were injured in a mass shooting in a Johannesburg suburb
June 10, 2026
Staring at the burned out shell of his Belfast home, Jamie Corry said he would never get over the sight of watching his house go up in
June 10, 2026
More than 1,300 migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish coast in the first five months of 2026, according to an advocacy group that tracks crossings from Africa along
June 10, 2026
At least 12 people were killed and nine injured on Tuesday evening when gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, police said
June 10, 2026
Greece's parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their transfer to "return hubs" outside the bloc
June 10, 2026
The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA had been set to make history for his country
June 09, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said confirmed Ebola cases had climbed to nearly 600, raising awareness within the local population about the importance of safety
June 10, 2026
A protester was shot in central Kenya on Tuesday, witnesses said, during a demonstration against a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the U.S. has raced
June 09, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said confirmed Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and that the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the response in the
June 09, 2026
At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo
June 09, 2026
The director-general of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Uganda should reconsider its decision to close its border with Democratic Republic of Congo
June 08, 2026
Protests over a US Ebola facility in Kenya highlight Africa’s growing resistance to Trump-era deals
June 08, 2026
Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing
June 08, 2026
Pope Leo calls war a ‘painful defeat’ of negotiations as Israel and Iran trade worst strikes in months
June 08, 2026
South Africa will crack down on groups behind xenophobic violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, as anti-immigrant protests tarnish the country's reputation.
June 07, 2026
The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country
June 07, 2026
Ugandan authorities have tightened border controls with Congo to prevent Ebola's spread
June 06, 2026
The United Nations said on Friday it is deeply concerned by violent protests outside its offices in Libya this week and blamed social media for fueling disinformation about the
June 06, 2026
Political parties backing Guinea's coup-leader-turned-President Mamady Doumbouya have won a majority in the bauxite-rich West African country's legislative elections, the
June 06, 2026
At least 1,094 Nigerians have registered interest in voluntary return from South Africa following xenophobic attacks, up from
June 05, 2026
Somali security forces have restored order in two districts of the capital, the information ministry said on Friday, a day after government troops and militias allied
June 05, 2026
Advocacy groups representing deportees sent by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea filed a complaint on Friday with the main human rights body of the African Union, an attempt to
June 05, 2026
At least 49 people have died of thirst after a truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger
June 05, 2026
Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body
June 05, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11
June 05, 2026
Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office of the U.N. refugee agency in the capital Tripoli on Thursday during a protest against migrants who have travelled
June 04, 2026
Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration
June 04, 2026
Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears
June 04, 2026
South Africa will send envoys to other African countries and around the world after a spate of xenophobic attacks targeting immigrants from other nations on the
June 04, 2026
Four days ago, Mozambican immigrant Lado Amido answered a knock at his door in the South African town of Kleinmond.
June 04, 2026
Government troops and militias allied with the opposition exchanged fire overnight and on Thursday morning in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, damaging
June 04, 2026
Portugal and Austria have defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning
June 03, 2026
A Nigerian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging after convicting them over a 2022 attack on a Catholic church in Owo, in southwestern Ondo state,
June 03, 2026
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on commanders of armed groups it accused of driving the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting
June 03, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial in Paris to honour the victims of the 1994 genocide against the
June 03, 2026
A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed U.S.
June 02, 2026
Mozambique said five of its citizens died in anti-immigration violence in the South African town of Mossel Bay over the weekend in the latest flare-up of
June 02, 2026
Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking
June 02, 2026
Uganda has confirmed six more new cases of Ebola, bringing the total confirmed in the country so far to 15, the health
June 02, 2026
The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116
June 02, 2026
Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility
June 02, 2026
For SJ Du Venage, a provincial council member for a right-wing party in South Africa's governing coalition, the decision to leave his
June 02, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday concluded his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo by briefing the president on the response to the
June 01, 2026
Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a
June 01, 2026
Ethiopians voted Monday in an election marked by insecurity, with the ruling Prosperity Party expected to secure a majority
June 01, 2026
Nigerian politician Peter Obi said he would run for president again in January after winning his party's nomination, setting up another contest between incumbent Bola Tinubu
June 01, 2026
Voting took place in Ethiopia on Monday in parliamentary and regional elections expected to hand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling Prosperity Party an easy victory,
June 01, 2026
Britain will not have to pay Rwanda tens of millions of pounds over the cancelled deal to deport asylum seekers to the East African nation, the
June 01, 2026
An international arbitration panel has rejected Rwanda's multimillion-dollar claim linked to a controversial refugee resettlement deal
June 01, 2026
Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base
June 01, 2026
Dubai looks back to normal. Beneath the surface it’s a different story
June 01, 2026
The World Health Organisation chief travelled on Saturday to the Congolese province hardest hit by an Ebola outbreak, urging residents to seek
May 30, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly
May 30, 2026
Ghana’s parliament on Friday approved a new bill that criminalizes the so-called promotion of LGBTQ activity, part of a broader crackdown on sexual minorities in West Africa.
May 29, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak
May 29, 2026
A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo
May 29, 2026
Authorities in Kenya say eight female students have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others
May 29, 2026
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Friday his economic reforms stabilised the country and revived investor confidence, despite a steep cost-of-
May 29, 2026
The World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected
May 29, 2026
Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls' boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on
May 29, 2026
A Sudanese medical group says attacks in central Sudan have killed 27 people, including elderly individuals
May 29, 2026
A Kenyan court has ordered the temporary suspension of a plan for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country after a lawsuit
May 29, 2026
A fire has devastated a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, killing at least 16 students and injuring many more
May 28, 2026
Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups
May 28, 2026
From Antwerp to the Seychelles, Baton Rouge to Melbourne, or New York to Namibia, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has upended
May 28, 2026
Kenya has provided written approval for the U.S. to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak centred in the
May 28, 2026
Kenya has approved a request from the U.S. to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to Ebola, U.S. officials told Reuters on
May 28, 2026
South Africa's parliament has scheduled for Monday the first meeting of an impeachment committee that will probe allegations
May 28, 2026
A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh - nicknamed "Donald Trump" for its distinctive blond tuft - has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government
May 27, 2026
A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' secondary school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing at least 16
May 28, 2026
Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States
May 28, 2026
Almost 300 Ghanaian nationals returned home on Wednesday after waves of anti-immigrant protests in South Africa heightened safety concerns.
May 27, 2026
They could do nothing but watch as paramilitary fighters shot and killed their loved ones. They were held captive and endured beatings.
May 27, 2026
Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda's government said on Wednesday
May 27, 2026
South Africa's government and Afrikaner advocacy groups reject the notion of a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in the country
May 27, 2026
Muslims in Mali's capital, Bamako, face challenges celebrating Eid al-Adha due to a blockade by armed groups linked to al-Qaida
May 27, 2026
An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting
May 27, 2026
There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo
May 27, 2026
President Trump has announced that the U.S. is admitting 10,000 additional white South Africans as refugees, citing persecution in their home country
May 26, 2026
Argentine authorities have seized more than 700 marine animals trafficked from Kenya in a major wildlife trafficking bust at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport
May 26, 2026
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's dismissal of a government headed by a firebrand critic of the International Monetary Fund gives fresh
May 26, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to clear his name over a scandal in which bundles of cash were stolen from a
May 26, 2026
Human Rights Watch reports that the United Arab Emirates trained Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside a paramilitary group in Sudan's war
May 26, 2026
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye named a seasoned economist as prime minister on Monday, three days after dismissing
May 26, 2026
Farmers across Sudan say the hike in global fuel and fertilizer costs resulting from the Iran conflict will
May 25, 2026
Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven
May 25, 2026
Angry residents in eastern Congo have attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center treating Ebola patients
May 23, 2026
A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives
May 25, 2026
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries,
May 24, 2026
Benin's new president, Romuald Wadagni, vowed at his inauguration on Sunday to confront rising security threats and to ensure economic growth translated into concrete
May 24, 2026
Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak there to five, the health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities
May 23, 2026
Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola
May 23, 2026
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks
May 23, 2026
It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk posed by the Ebola outbreak, the WHO regional director for Africa said on Friday, warning that just one case
May 22, 2026
Volunteers are going door-to-door to combat misinformation about Ebola in the area at the centre of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
May 22, 2026
The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the U.S., citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force
May 22, 2026
After seven years living as an undocumented migrant in Spain, doing day jobs and staying in shanty towns, Moroccan Abdelmoujoud Erra
May 22, 2026
People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain
May 21, 2026
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the
May 21, 2026
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places
May 20, 2026
A Kenyan court ruled on Wednesday that sections of a law targeting sexual offences in the East African nation cannot apply to
May 20, 2026
Arsenal fans in Botswana were briefly excited by the apparent announcement of a public holiday to celebrate their team's first Premier League title win in 22 years
May 20, 2026
Moroccan and French foreign ministers said on Wednesday the two countries are preparing to sign a treaty to strengthen ties during an upcoming state visit
May 20, 2026
A U.S. doctor will be transferred from Uganda to a hospital in Prague on Wednesday after he came into contact with a patient infected with Ebola, Czech health officials said
May 20, 2026
Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers
May 19, 2026
The Trump administration plans to admit up to 10,000 more white South African refugees into the United States, citing discrimination against Afrikaners
May 19, 2026
Trump administration proposes admitting more White South African refugees
May 19, 2026
Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak that has killed nearly 120 people
May 18, 2026
With more than 100 deaths authorities suspect were linked to Ebola, a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the epicentre of a deadly outbreak. The World Health organisation has declared the new outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
May 18, 2026
At least 80 people have died in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province
May 16, 2026
A U.N. court says that a Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague
May 17, 2026
US and Nigerian forces kill senior ISIS commander, Trump says
May 16, 2026
President Donald Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission to kill a leader of the Islamic State group
May 16, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday removed Sisisi Tolashe from the position of minister of social development.
May 14, 2026
Some 19.5 million Sudanese people, or more than 40% of the population, are facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, as the
May 14, 2026
Areas of southern Somalia are at risk of famine, two global food security monitors said on Thursday, with one district reaching a level of hunger not seen in
May 14, 2026
Italy's defence minister said on Thursday he had written twice to the Treasury urging a decision on whether to tap a European Union arms-
May 14, 2026
A global hunger monitoring group reported that over 40% of Sudan's population faces acute food insecurity through May
May 14, 2026
M23 rebels and the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions during a month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2025 and
May 14, 2026
The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
May 14, 2026
A top official in South Africa's African National Congress party threw his weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday over the "Farmgate"
May 13, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has concluded his Africa visit with talks in Ethiopia
May 14, 2026
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced former power minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years in prison after convicting him of laundering 33.8 billion naira ($24.71 million), the
May 13, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron jogged with Kenyan marathon star Eliud Kipchoge, spoke with local university students and announced $27 billion in new
May 13, 2026
Ghana will evacuate 300 citizens from South Africa following a wave of xenophobic attacks targeting migrants from other sub-Saharan African countries, a post by the foreign
May 13, 2026
The country where you don’t wear a rolex — you eat it
May 13, 2026
Nigeria's military has denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend
May 12, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate" in which thieves
May 12, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Tuesday for a seventh term, extending his rule in the east African country into a fifth decade.
May 12, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years
May 12, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new investments in Africa at a summit held in Kenya
May 12, 2026
At least 100 civilians were killed in a Nigerian military airstrike on a crowded market in northwest Zamfara state, Amnesty International said on
May 12, 2026
The Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebel group has withdrawn from several key positions in Congo's eastern South Kivu province over the weekend, the Congolese army and a rebel official said
May 12, 2026
The United Nations human rights chief warned on Monday that widening and intensifying violence in Sudan, as well as the rising use of drones, could
May 11, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a visit to Kenya ahead of a two-day Africa Forward Summit
May 11, 2026
The remains of a U.S. soldier missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered in the Atlantic Ocean
May 11, 2026
A Microsoft data center site in East Africa has been delayed by disagreements with the Kenyan government over the company’s request for guaranteed payments, Bloomberg News reported
May 10, 2026
Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
May 10, 2026
Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport
May 09, 2026
South Africa's highest court on Friday revived impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over
May 08, 2026
An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the Uganda border, killing at least 40 people
May 08, 2026
Shorn of influence in its former colonies in West Africa, France will seek to deepen ties elsewhere on the continent next week at an Africa summit in the
May 08, 2026
Nigeria's army says that seven children and two women abducted last month in Nigeria have been rescued by troops
May 07, 2026
In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled
May 07, 2026
African countries including Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have warned migrants in South Africa to be cautious and remain indoors due to
May 07, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said he was open to standing for a third term, angering opposition politicians who accused him of
May 07, 2026
Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence
May 07, 2026
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's
May 07, 2026
A new report reveals European companies have taken a third of the Indian Ocean's tropical tuna catch
May 07, 2026
The U.N. health agency says two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak
May 06, 2026
France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal into the Red Sea
May 06, 2026
Uganda's parliament passed legislation to curb alleged foreign influence after scaling back proposed restrictions on funding from abroad that the central bank governor said
May 06, 2026
The United Arab Emirates denied allegations by Sudan that an Emirati drone had been used in an attack on Khartoum airport on Monday launched from Ethiopia, according to a
May 06, 2026
China said on Wednesday Eswatini's leaders were being "kept and fed" by Taiwan, using unusually strong language to condemn the small southern African kingdom for
May 06, 2026
The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia has seen a modest return of international visitors
May 06, 2026
Seven passengers on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, including three who have died, are either confirmed or suspected to have hantavirus, according to the World
May 05, 2026
By Melory Ghazi, Lauren Bacquie and Noemie Olive PARIS, May 5 - The husband of Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi described the family's fears on Tuesday after her
May 05, 2026
Tigray's main political party reasserted control over the northern Ethiopian region's political administration on Tuesday, following through on a threat to violate a key provision of
May 05, 2026
The Nigerian opposition's hopes of mounting a strong challenge to President Bola Tinubu at elections next January have been shaken after two leading
May 05, 2026
Sudan's armed forces have accused Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of being involved in a drone attack on Khartoum airport, part of a barrage that has shattered months of
May 04, 2026
The leader of Mali's military government, Assimi Goita, has taken over as defence minister after the military officer who previously filled the role was killed in coordinated
May 04, 2026
At least 130 Nigerian citizens in South Africa have asked to be flown home following protests targeting foreigners, Nigerian Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-
May 04, 2026
Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa have showcased their talent at the African Dance Biennial in Senegal
May 04, 2026
A gauge of South African manufacturing sentiment improved in April as output and new sales orders rebounded after a weak first quarter, a purchasing managers' index (
May 04, 2026
South Africa's health ministry said on Monday that two passengers have died and a British national was in critical condition after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was
May 04, 2026
A former minister and prominent Malian lawyer was abducted by armed, hooded men in Bamako, according to a family member
May 04, 2026
Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after participating in military exercises, according to the United States Africa Command
May 03, 2026
The U.S.-based organizers of an international human rights conference say they have canceled next week's summit in the African nation of Zambia after pressure from China to exclude activists from Taiwan
May 02, 2026
Malian authorities are investigating soldiers suspected of involvement in last week's coordinated attacks on army bases across the country by militants linked to al Qaeda and
May 02, 2026
Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas
May 02, 2026
A state public prosecutor alleges that some Malian military officers have been working with jihadis and separatists who recently launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade
May 02, 2026
Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law, as multiple
May 01, 2026
A China policy giving Africa’s biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years has come into effect
May 01, 2026
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