LAGOS—After one viral video in 2020, Nigerian Anthony Madu went from pirouetting on the dusty streets of Lagos to dancing in the corridors of a prestigious British dance school.
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC—At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded river boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday.
FREETOWN— Sierra Leone authorities on Saturday burned $200,000 worth of narcotic drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the synthetic drug kush, two weeks after drug abuse was declared a national emergency.
NOUAKCHOTT— Mauritania's defence minister arrived in Mali on Saturday for talks with the junta leader, both sides confirmed, as the neighbors look to defuse a dispute over cross-border violence.
UNITED NATIONS— The U.N. political chief says the year-old war in Sudan between rival generals vying for power has sparked “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to flout U.N. sanctions aimed at helping end the conflict.
WASHINGTON—The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved long-delayed military aid to Ukraine in a rare show of bipartisan unity, while also bolstering Israel and Taiwan defenses and threatening to ban Chinese-owned TikTok.
Kenya’s military on Saturday paid a tribute to its army chief who died in a helicopter accident this week with a 19-gun cannon salute and a religious ceremony.
NAIROBI, KENYA — Sandra Muhoza, a Burundian journalist, on Friday was charged with “endangering internal security,” an offense that risks up to life in prison, her lawyers and relatives said.
ADDIS ABABA - In recent weeks, bulldozers have torn down countless buildings in the Piassa district of Ethiopia's capital -- some dating back a century -- as part of a modernization drive by the authorities.
JERUSALEM— More than six months of Israel's military offensive in Gaza has turned the Palestinian territory into a "humanitarian hellscape," UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, also warning that one wrong move could see the Middle East devolve into wider war.
WASHINGTON— International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday drew attention to the suffering in Yemen and Sudan, both plagued by civil wars and often overshadowed by the plight of other countries.
NAIROBI—A controversial draft law governing non-governmental organizations in Rwanda passed a first reading in parliament on Thursday, with critics questioning the timing of the bill shortly before elections in July.
NOUAKCHOTT — Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday visited neighboring Mauritania on his first official trip abroad since his election at the end of March, the two presidencies said.
KANO—A vehicle transporting local traders hit an improvised landmine killing at least 10 people and wounding 23 in an area of northeast Nigeria battling a long-running jihadist conflict, three paramilitary sources said on Thursday.
NAIROBI—A Kenyan court has ordered doctors and the government to reach an agreement within 48 hours to end a nationwide strike that is now in its fifth week.
DAKAR—The deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday.
NAIROBI—The government of Burundi and the United Nations have launched an appeal for financial aid to cope with the "devastating effects" of months of relentless rainfall that has displaced nearly 100,000 people.
OUAGADOUGOU-Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities," according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday.
PARIS—France's President Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadera on Wednesday agreed to work towards a "constructive partnership" after a fallout over growing Russian influence in the former colony.
TRIPOLI—The abrupt resignation of the United Nations special envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, is the latest sign of the failure of reconciliation efforts in the war-torn North African country, analysts told AFP.
Load more
