South Africa urges effective ceasefire and inclusive dialogue to end DRC conflict/in /by
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/in /by
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/in /by
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 Faso faced Equatorial Guinea.
Burkina’s Traoré takes over as chair of AES, calls for ‘large-scale’ operations against extremists/in /by
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/in /by
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/in /by
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.
Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a state crime, demands apology and reparations/in /by
Algerian MPs have passed a law that declares France's colonisation of the country a state crime and demands reparations and an apology.
Pretoria’s Lawley Street lights up for Christmas/in /by
One street in South Africa's Pretoria has been bringing festive joy to thousands of people for over 30 years.
Rare bird species thrives in Morocco after succesful breeding program/in /by
The rare northern bald ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, has been revived by breeding and rewilding efforts in Rabat
Turkey’s president condoles with Libya after death of army chief in plane crash/in /by
The private jet carrying Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other officers and three crew members crashed in Turkey on Tuesday after taking off from the capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board