Gabon gears up for legislative and local elections as campaigns kick off/in /by
Following Brice Oligui Nguema's victory on April 12, which marked a significant political shift after a coup toppled the long-standing regime of Ali Bongo, Gabon will hold legislative and local elections on September 27 and October 11.
Mali military escorts vehicles after militants attack fuel trucks/in /by
Militants affiliated with al-Qaida have burned and destroyed some 100 trucks transporting fuel to Bamako in recent days, according to a local trade union
ECOWAS chief makes surprise visit to Burkina Faso/in /by
Sierra Leone's president Julius Maada Bio who took over the chairmanship of ECOWAS in June, met Tuesday with Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traoré at the presidential palace in Koulouba.
Letsile Tebogo qualifies for 200m semi-finals in Tokyo championships/in /by
Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo secured his spot in the men's 200-meter semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday, clocking 20.18 seconds to finish first in his heat.
Truck carrying displaced people hit by Israeli strike in Gaza/in /by
Israeli aircraft struck a truck carrying displaced civilians from Gaza City late on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring several others, according to local health officials.
Police remove protesters in Tel Aviv calling for Gaza ceasefire/in /by
Police forcibly removed demonstrators blocking Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as protests called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages.
EU lays out toughest plan to pressure Israel to end war in Gaza/in /by
The European Union laid out on Wednesday its toughest plan yet to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza as Palestinians fled en masse from Israeli tanks, drones and troops pushing deeper into the coastal enclave ravaged by 23 months of war.
Haiti: gangs continue to terrorise local population/in /by
Residents in some areas of Port-au-Prince have returned to what's left of their homes following an assault by armed gangs. But with gangs now controlling an estimated 90% of the capital, some are too afraid to return.
Cameroon: Cocoa plantations grapple with black pod disease/in /by
Cocoa plantations in Cameroon are grappling with black pod disease, in an outbreak that has been fuelled by weeks of heavy rain. According to officials, relying on low-cost fungicides has not helped the situation.
Hollywood icon Robert Redford passes away at 89, leaving legacy of film and independence/in /by
Robert Redford, the charismatic Hollywood star who evolved into an Oscar-winning director and a pioneering champion of independent cinema, has died. He was 89.