MALABO, Equatorial Guinea—Equatorial Guinea on Friday issued an international arrest warrant for a former Supreme Court president accused of plotting to destabilize the central African nation, state television announced.
The United Nations commission investigating human rights in South Sudan said Friday that armed conflict, violence and entrenched impunity persist in the country as it prepares to hold its first elections.
TOKYO, JAPAN — Kenyan double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge on Friday paid tribute to his fellow countryman, Kelvin Kiptum, after the world record-holder died last month when his car crashed into a tree.
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories —Thousands of Palestinians flocked to an aid distribution point early Thursday, desperate for food amid Gaza's looming famine, only to be met with lethal chaos including live fire by Israeli troops.
ABU DHABI—World trade ministers were locked in disagreement Thursday on fisheries subsidies, agriculture and digital customs duties as a major World Trade Organization conference was extended beyond its scheduled deadline.
N'DJAMENA, Chad —A cousin and leading opponent of Chad's transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno died in a battle with troops that his party said Thursday was an "assassination."
MAPUTO —Mozambique's parliament ratified an extradition treaty with Rwanda on Thursday despite fears that Kigali will use it to persecute exiled dissidents.
DAR ES SALAAM — Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who introduced multi-party democracy to the East African nation, died on Thursday aged 98, the presidency said.
SAO PAULO—Brazil called for a "new globalization" to address poverty and climate change as it opened a meeting Wednesday of finance ministers from the world's top economies, but the Ukraine and Gaza wars risked overshadowing the plea.
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius — Mauritius inaugurated on Thursday an Indian-financed air strip and jetty on the island of Agalega, but denied the remote islet would be used for military purposes.
CAIRO, EGYPT — Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, as the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces approaches one year.
RABAT—The mayor of Rabat, the first woman elected to the job, resigned on Wednesday amid criticism of her management of the Moroccan capital, she told AFP.
DAKAR, SENEGAL — Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Thursday reiterated that he would step down from his post as planned on April 2, seemingly rejecting one of the conclusions of his own political talks aimed at settling weeks of crisis.
Kano, Nigeria—A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed at least 20 boarding school students and infected hundreds more, the education commissioner in northeastern Yobe state said on Wednesday.
SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal—At least 24 people seeking to reach Europe drowned off northern Senegal when their loaded vessel sank, the governor of the Saint Louis region told AFP on Thursday.
CONAKRY, Guinea —A prominent media activist in Guinea, detained for calling a demonstration against censorship, was freed Wednesday on the third day of a general strike, an AFP journalist saw.
ACCRA, Ghana—Ghana's parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by activists.
DIAMNIADIO, Senegal —Senegal's President Macky Sall could soon set a date for a delayed presidential election after two days of talks aimed at settling the country's biggest political crisis in decades.
N'DJAMENA — Sporadic shots were heard Wednesday in Chad's capital near the headquarters of an opposition party, accused by the government of an overnight attack on the internal security agency's offices which left several dead.
N'DJAMENA —An attack on the office of Chad's ANSE internal security agency in the capital N'Djamena has killed several people, the government said Wednesday.
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