Fighting resumes in Somaliland as tens of thousands flee/in /by
The violence began on February 6th when Dhulbahante clan elders reportedly issued a declaration saying they were no longer part of Somaliland.
Somali forces respond as ten civilians killed in jihadist attack in Mogadishu/in /by
In recent months, the Somali army and local clan militias have retaken chunks of territory from the militants in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force known as ATMIS
Nigeria’s Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election/in /by
Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday took the last lap of his presidential campaign to his Lagos power base, where he received a triumphant welcome at a packed stadium.
Protesters take to the streets to protest Sudan’s military rule/in /by
Sudan has been politically unstable since an uprising overthrew its longtime autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
Africa’s longest river is under threat/in /by
The Nile is essential to millions of people, including in Sudan. But it could vanish due to factors including rising sea levels resulting in saltwater intrusion downstream. 85-year-old farmer Ahmed Abakr already suffers from changing water levels.
Tunisian Islamist opposition leader in court on incitement charges/in /by
Rached Ghannouchi's lawyer said the charges related to remarks he made that had been interpreted as "inciting" Tunisians to kill each other.
Egypt unveils renovated wing of Cairo museum/in /by
The centrepiece of the reopening of the upgraded wing is a scroll containing around 113 spells from the "Book of the Dead"
Top Sudan general calls coup a ‘mistake’ and vows to hand over power/in /by
Over a year after a military takeover upended Sudan's short-lived transition to civilian rule, the way forward remains obscure.
Angolans flood the streets for Luanda Carnival’s post-pandemic return/in /by
For several decades in the middle of the 20th Century, the event was completely cancelled. In the 70s it came back but then as the Victory Carnival, commemorating the retreat of the South African army in 1976.
Mali: junta denounces Charles Michel’s comments on the collapse of the state/in /by
Mali: The junta denounces Charles Michel's comments on the collapse of the state