Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, with each side claiming to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors
March 06, 2026
Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks
March 06, 2026
The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan
March 03, 2026
An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan
March 02, 2026
Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous
March 02, 2026
South Africa has launched a mass cattle vaccination drive to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens meat, dairy, and export supplies
February 28, 2026
European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease
February 27, 2026
Congolese authorities and a civil society group say they found mass graves in an area of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S. mediated peace deal
February 27, 2026
U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain has announced she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health
February 26, 2026
Police in Kenya say they have arrested a suspect in an alleged scheme that tricked Kenyans to fight in Ukraine on the side of the Russians
February 26, 2026
The U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.”
February 25, 2026
The Vatican has announced a packed early-2026 travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV, with trips to Monaco, Spain, and four African countries
February 25, 2026
The U.S. will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after the African country withdrew from talks on a proposed $367 million bilateral funding deal
February 25, 2026
Sierra Leone's government says that several members of a security team including an officer have been apprehended and transported over the border by members of the Guinean military
February 24, 2026
The United Nations and Somalia's government has said that nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger
February 24, 2026
More Ghanaians are wearing the colorful fugu traditional outfit in a trend triggered by online mockery
February 23, 2026
Conservationists are raising the plight of the pangolin, a scaly anteater found in parts of Africa and Asia that is the most trafficked mammal in the world
February 21, 2026
A new Kenyan intelligence report says 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine
February 19, 2026
A Frenchman who seemed like a beloved teacher in Morocco now faces accusations of decades of abuse
February 19, 2026
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February 18, 2026
Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice as critics accuse the country’s leader of crackdown on dissent
February 18, 2026
Lawyers say a new group of third-country nationals has been deported by the United States to Cameroon
February 16, 2026
In Nigeria's capital, a rock musician is taking to the streets with roses and a guitar to remind people to slow down and feel the love ahead of Valentine's Day
February 14, 2026
The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
February 12, 2026
Authorities say Cyclone Gezani killed at least 36 people, injured more than 370 and destroyed almost 18,000 homes across Madagascar
February 12, 2026
Authorities in Madagascar say at least 31 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani hit the large Indian Ocean island
February 11, 2026
The British Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and his brother Wale were both toddlers when their father died
February 11, 2026
The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing
February 09, 2026
A drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children
February 07, 2026
In the Nigerian villages of Woro and Nuku, attackers arrived on motorbikes, going door to door, shooting and setting homes ablaze
February 06, 2026
The Nigerian government has launched a military operation against Islamic militants after more than 160 people were killed in Muslim-majority villages
February 05, 2026
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, where acute malnutrition has been registered in two more towns there
February 05, 2026
From scarcity to pride: How one country rebuilt its food culture after decades of war
February 05, 2026
Armed extremists have killed over 162 people in attacks on two villages in Kwara state, western Nigeria, a lawmaker said
February 04, 2026
Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen, political team says
February 04, 2026
Kenya is rolling out tax breaks to encourage use of electric vehicles
February 04, 2026
Libyan officials say that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in the northern African country
February 03, 2026
A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved ones
February 03, 2026
Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan say restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving medical care and food assistance at risk
February 02, 2026
Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards
February 02, 2026
A landslide last week collapsed tunnels at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead
February 02, 2026
Three months after paramilitary fighters overran the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, a doctor is providing a rare first-person account of the attack
January 31, 2026
Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding
January 30, 2026
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital
January 30, 2026
Ethiopia’s national carrier cancelled flights to and from its troubled northern region of Tigray as fears grew of a renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces
January 30, 2026
South Africa has declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours
January 30, 2026
Researchers say human-induced climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods in southern Africa
January 29, 2026
A crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck has killed at least 11 people in South Africa
January 29, 2026
Spain will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization
January 27, 2026
A military hunt is underway in Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine, whom the country's army chief is calling a wanted fugitive
January 27, 2026
The Nigerian military says several of its officers will face trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the West African nation’s government
January 26, 2026
Michelle Francine Ngonmo, a Cameroonian-Italian, has dedicated her career to promoting Africans and people of color in Italian fashion
January 26, 2026
Armed men entered the home of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and held his wife, Barbara Kyagulanyi, at gunpoint as they demanded to know his whereabouts
January 24, 2026
After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds
January 24, 2026
Senegal has won the Africa Cup of Nations in dramatic fashion
January 18, 2026
Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services
January 22, 2026
The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was arraigned on Tuesday
January 20, 2026
Witness testimony has ended in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer accused of failing in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack
January 20, 2026
Senegal's team receives a heroes' welcome in Dakar following their Africa Cup of Nations victory
January 20, 2026
Player protests, an awful penalty and fan uproar: What happened in the most chaotic AFCON final in history
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
Authorities in South Africa say a collision between a truck and a school minibus in Gauteng province has killed at least 13 children
January 19, 2026
Senegal is celebrating after its soccer team defeated Morocco 1-0 to win the Africa Cup of Nations
January 19, 2026
President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance
January 18, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing
January 16, 2026
Authorities say torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in recent weeks and are warning that more severe weather is expected across the southern African region
January 16, 2026
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election
January 16, 2026
Widespread delays have plagued voting in Uganda’s presidential election
January 15, 2026
A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
January 14, 2026
Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce
January 14, 2026
The Ugandan opposition leader known as Bobi Wine has been campaigning for president in a flak jacket and helmet as soldiers filled the streets of the capital, Kampala
January 14, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants
January 13, 2026
Senegal and Ivory Coast fans who want to support their teams at the World Cup this summer have had their plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration
January 13, 2026
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s military son, is not on the ballot in Thursday's presidential election
January 12, 2026
Minnesota leaders are urging protesters to remain peaceful as demonstrators converge on a Minneapolis park to protest the fatal shooting of a woman
January 10, 2026
Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, is set to dismantle its institutions effective Friday
January 09, 2026
A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others
January 09, 2026
Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela
January 09, 2026
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland
January 09, 2026
A tennis player played so poorly that it went viral. Tournament organizers say they should have never let it happen
January 08, 2026
Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program
January 08, 2026
Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning checkpoints
January 08, 2026
The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is proposing setting U_S_ military spending at $1_5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
January 07, 2026
Fossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution
January 07, 2026
Uganda is preparing for a election in an atmosphere of political violence
January 07, 2026
Provisional results have shown Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadéra won a third term in last month’s election
January 06, 2026
British boxer Anthony Joshua has reportedly returned to the UK after a deadly crash in Nigeria
January 03, 2026
Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant named Craig
January 03, 2026
Police say the driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria has been charged
January 02, 2026
A multi-story building under construction in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, collapsed Friday, leaving at least four people believed trapped, according to a government official
January 02, 2026
British boxer Anthony Joshua is initially staying in Nigeria as he recuperates from injuries sustained after a deadly crash
January 01, 2026
British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in car crash that killed two close friends in Nigeria
December 29, 2025
Bazoumana Touré scores in stoppage time as defending champion Ivory Coast recovers from a two-goal deficit to beat Gabon 3-2 in the Africa Cup of Nations
December 31, 2025
Mali and Burkina Faso have banned U.S. citizens from entering their countries
December 31, 2025
Authorities report that at least 41 young men have died from circumcision procedures during traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December
December 30, 2025
Tributes have been paid after the crash that injured British former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed two close associates
December 30, 2025
Host nation Morocco and South Africa have advanced to the Africa Cup of Nations’ knockout stage
December 29, 2025
Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the communication gap between patients and providers
Latam currencies gain as markets balance Iran escalation and ceasefire chances
National Healthcare Properties moves closer to public markets with US IPO filing
Rules of war must be respected in words and action, ICRC president says
Four killed in Israel's Haifa after Iranian missile strike
US Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Trump ally Steve Bannon
New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi's prediction market, US appeals court rules