Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Egypt to strengthen ties
Modi met top Egyptian officials on Saturday afternoon and is expected to meet President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi on Sunday where two countries would also sign a set of memorandums aimed at solidifying their ties
Wagner fighters withdraw from southern Russia
Minsk said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko after the chief of Wagner announced he was turning around his forces
Sierra Leone: Vote tallying underway following general election
Sierra Leone electoral commission began the vote counting process on Saturday evening following a mostly peaceful general election despite a late start in some polling stations, as the opposition denounced alleged irregularities
Côte d’Ivoire: A hospital saves premature babies with the “Kangaroo method”
Mounira is barely 40 centimeters tall. Mouth open, cheek flat against her mother's chest, this baby born almost two months prematurely is growing thanks to the "kangaroo" method, increasingly used around hospitals in Côte d'Ivoire.
Sierra Leone: Incumbent Julius Maada Bio casts ballot
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio cast his vote in the country's general elections and urged citizens to vote.
Hajj 2023: Sudanese pilgrims denied by ongoing war
Raging war in Sudan, only a small part of the country’s predominant Muslim community will be able to circumambulate around the Kabbah. Saudi officials have said they expect the number of pilgrims to reach pre-pandemic levels.
Mali, CAR watch with concern as Wagner mutiny unfolds in Russia
The Russian capital and the regions of Rostov, which borders Ukraine, and Lipetsk announced on Saturday that they were stepping up their security arrangements after head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, accused the Russian army of shelling his fighters.
South Africa: Nearly 30 illegal miners found dead
Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 km south of Johannesburg, the government said on Friday.
Sierra Leoneans rush to polls to elect new government officials
Sierra Leoneans began voting Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis that helped spark deadly riots last year.
Unrest in Senegal impedes sheep herders ahead of Aid-al-Adha
Unrest in Senegal is having a ricochet effect on the country's sheep herders ahead of the Muslim holiday, Aid-al-Adha, also known as Tabaski in Western Africa.