Sierra Leone marks first National Day of Remembrance in honour of victims of civil war/in /by
Sierra Leone marked its first National Day of Remembrance on Sunday in honor of the victims of the country’s ten year civil war that killed some 120,000 people and left thousands of others mutilated and injured.
‘Opposition was lucky,’ Ugandan President Museveni says after securing seventh term/in /by
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the nation on Sunday that his landslide election victory showed the dominance of his party, which has governed the east African country for four decades.
Senegal triumphs at AFCON as dramatic final sparks jubilation in Dakar/in /by
Dakar erupted into celebration late Sunday after Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations, the second time in the last four years that the team has won the title.
Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace for people fleeing violence in Eastern Congo/in /by
Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for peace on Sunday for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Supporters of Uganda’s Yoweri Musseveni celebrate as secures seventh term in office/in /by
Supporters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni celebrated in Kampala on Saturday after he was declared winner of a seventh term in office. But runner-up Bobi Wine has called the results "fake."
Somalia’s President Mohamud visits provincial capital claimed by Somaliland/in /by
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was in Somalia’s Las Anod on Friday, the first visit to the provincial capital by a head of state in more than 40 years.
Guinea’s junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya sworn in as president/in /by
Junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in Saturday as president of Guinea after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier promise not to present himself as a candidate.
Nigeria take bronze as Morocco and Senegal set up AFCON final [Football Now]/in /by
Nigeria’s Super Eagles edged the Pharaohs to secure the bronze medal, capping a strong campaign with a podium finish.
Uncertainty in Uvira as M23 rebels again announce withdrawal from eastern DRC city/in /by
In eastern DRC, the armed group AFC/M23 says it will place the city of Uvira under the responsibility of the international community.
Egypt and Sudan welcome US offer to resume mediation over Ethiopia’s Nile River dam/in /by
Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump's offer to resume US mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa's construction of a giant dam.