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Record rainfall in Moroccan city of Salé leaves residential buildings inundated

Record rainfall in Morocco overnight on Tuesday has left residential complexes in the city of Salé inundated.

Sudanese fans find hope in AFCON despite ongoing conflict

For the Sudanese people, AFCON 2025 is more than just a football tournament; it is a rare beacon of hope. As Sudan endures more than two and a half years of devastating war, fans have flocked to Morocco, eager to witness their team bring a moment of jo...

Nigeria: Rescued teacher reunites with family as last captives are freed

Emmanuel Ibrahim, a social studies teacher at St. Mary’s School in Papiri is one of several hundred students and teachers who were abducted from the school, in Niger State, in an early morning attack in November

Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969.

South Africa urges effective ceasefire and inclusive dialogue to end DRC conflict

South Africa's Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has raised urgent concerns about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, questioning why peace remains elusive despite years of agreements.

Five dead in Mount Kilimanjaro helicopter crash

Five people have died after a helicopter crashed on Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania.

AFCON 2025: Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso start strong on matchday one

Matchday One of AFCON 2025 wrapped up last night in Morocco, with all 24 teams having now played their opening game. Four fixtures were on the schedule across Groups E and F, starting in Casablanca, the country’s economic and industrial capital, where ...

Burkina’s Traoré takes over as chair of AES, calls for ‘large-scale’ operations against extremists

Burkina Faso’s military ruler Ibrahim Traore took over the rotating presidency of the Alliance of Sahel States on Tuesday, at a summit in Mali’s capital Bamako. He called for "large-scale" operations against extremists "in the coming days."

Five killed in suspected suicide bombing at mosque in Nigeria’s Borno state

At least 5 people were killed and 35 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state.

CAR trains polling workers as UN calls on authorities to ensure integrity of general election

As Central African Republic gets ready for Sunday’s general election, the country’s electoral authority, backed by the MINUSCA peacekeeping force, is training more than a thousand polling workers in the commune of Bimbo.