TUNIS — Two teenage would-be migrants from Tunisia died after hiding in a refrigerated container on a ship traveling to Europe, the country's civil protection department said on Monday.
LIBREVILLE — Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno embarked Tuesday on an official visit to Russia "at the invitation" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two states announced.
CONAKRY — A Guinean court on Monday ordered the detention of the head of a press union who last week called for demonstrations against internet and media restrictions, a judicial official said.
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, RSF, on Tuesday said two Togolese journalists who are awaiting trial for "defamation" against a minister were targeted by the Pegasus spy software in 2021.
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday is scheduled to meet Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara before heading to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, where he will meet President Bola Tinubu — a bid by Washington to forge a united front with key African democracies as crises engulf the world.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is often called a moderate when compared to Donald Trump, her ex-boss-turned-rival for the 2024 Republican presidential ticket. But what does that word mean in the context of current US right-wing politics?
YAOUNDE -- Thick layers of melted wax from candles and flowers bore silent tribute Monday as colleagues marked a year since the discovery of the mutilated body of an abducted Cameroon reporter.
ABIDJAN - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called on the president of Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, to address election concerns after he was sworn in for a new term.
Geneva - The United Nations migration agency launched its first global annual appeal on Monday, requesting nearly $8 billion for this year alone to manage the growing scale of population displacement.
MONROVIA — Liberia's new President Joseph Boakai pledged to fight corruption in the West African country, as he was sworn into office on Monday following his election victory over former President George Weah.
ABIDJAN — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the United States was committed to deeper relations with Africa despite global crises, as he began a trip in the shadow of coups and the rising influence of Russia and China on the continent.
SOA, Cameroon— Cameroon on Monday launched the first malaria vaccination program to be offered nationwide and as a matter of routine, AFP journalists saw, in a step the WHO has described as "historic."
GENEVA - Generative artificial intelligence could transform healthcare through things like drug development and quicker diagnoses, but the World Health Organization warned Thursday of the potential pitfalls in rushing to embrace AI.
TRIPOLI - Libya's state-owned energy firm said Sunday production had resumed at Al-Sharara oilfield, which provides a quarter of the country's daily oil output, two weeks after protests led to a shutdown.
TEMBISA, South Africa - Supporters of South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma's newly-formed radical left-wing party said Sunday they hope he might soon be the country's leader again, even though he failed to show up at their rally.
ABUJA - Five kidnapped Nigerian sisters have been rescued after their abduction and the death of another sister triggered a public outcry, police said on Sunday.
GAZA STRIP - Fighting raged across Gaza and Israeli units raided the West Bank on Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected calls for post-war "Palestinian sovereignty." Alongside fierce fighting in southern Gaza and across the besieged territory, strikes in Syria and Iraq raised fears of a wider conflagration.
KAMPALA - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Addis Ababa and Mogadishu to open dialogue to settle their dispute over Ethiopia's maritime deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland.
The government of war-torn Sudan has informed the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, an eight-country trade bloc, that it is suspending its membership in the east Africa bloc, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second five-year term on Saturday, despite refusal by the opposition to recognize his election victory, citing widespread irregularities in the December general election.
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