Ousted Senegal PM Ousmane Sonko re-elected party chief amid crisis/in /by
The speaker of Senegal's parliament, Ousmane Sonko, a powerful mentor-turned-rival to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, won re-election Saturday as head of their party amid a political crisis sparked by their falling-out.
Pope Leo XIV praises Spain for its stance on Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine/in /by
Pope Leo XIV has praised Spain for its stance on Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine, and for welcoming migrants, at the start of a weeklong state visit that marks the first papal trip to the country in fifteen years.
Traders disrupted as Uganda closes border due to Ebola outbreak in Congo/in /by
Traders are facing significant losses after Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to Ebola fears.
Libya presses on rebuilding flood-ravaged Derna but trauma persists/in /by
Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.
Displaced migrants leave South Africa after xenophobic attacks/in /by
Displaced migrants following xenophobic violence in South Africa’s Western Cape province left the region by bus on Thursday.
Fitch lifts South Africa rating in first upgrade in two decades/in /by
Fitch Ratings raised South Africa's credit rating on Friday, citing stronger fiscal discipline and lower-than-expected debt, marking its first upgrade of the country in more than two decades.
Al-Qaeda-linked armed group JNIM releases propaganda video of Mali attack/in /by
The Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has released a propaganda video of the attack on 25 April 2026 against the Malian army camp and the airport in Sevaré, near Mopti, in central Mali.
Clinic in DR Congo’s Ebola epicenter ‘overwhelmed’ with patients/in /by
A hospital in the Ebola-hit region of Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo is overwhelmed by the huge number of patients.
Anti-migrant violence leaves even South Africans living in fear/in /by
The coastal town of Mossel Bay along South Africa’s Western Cape was the site of last week’s anti-migrant rampage. Nineteen-year-old South African Nhlamulo Sambo died amid that violence. His family say he was attacked because he was Tsonga and blame his death on what they call a “tribal war."
Liberia: Cllr. Scott Disputes Senators On Nocal/in /by
[New Dawn] Dispute centers on oversight and administrative roles in Liberia's petroleum sector