NAIROBI - -Somalia's president has signed a law "nullifying" a contentious agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland in a largely symbolic gesture of his government's displeasure over the deal to grant port access.
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — The Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11. Some of the biggest names in world football will feature at the tournament.
CAIRO, EGYPT — Sudan's paramilitary chief spent the first months of the country's war in the shadows. Now he has emerged to embrace civilian politicians and tour African capitals in a bid for international legitimacy, analysts say.
BANJUL, GAMBIA — Delivering justice for crimes committed by the Gambian state under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh is one of the major issues facing President Adama Barrow, who took the reins of the tiny West African nation in 2016.
PARIS — The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa's large birds of prey facing a human-driven "extinction crisis" researchers said on Thursday.
DAKAR — Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday rejected the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in next month's presidential vote, his lawyer said.
Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi Thursday in protest at Kenyan President William Ruto's hosting of talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces or RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, its acting foreign minister said.
AL-JAZIRA STATE, Sudan - Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi Thursday in protest at Kenyan President William Ruto's hosting of talks with paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, its acting foreign minister said.
NEW YORK - Former US president Donald Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from foreign governments including China during his time in the White House, a congressional report claimed Thursday.
PARIS — French energy giant TotalEnergies on Thursday said it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.
NAIROBI — The African Union appealed for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested port deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland.
Several state capitol buildings across the United States were evacuated Wednesday over multiple bomb threats, according to officials, one of whom said a "mass email" was responsible for triggering the security response.
NAIROBI – The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces was holding talks in Kenya on Wednesday amid regional diplomatic efforts to try to forge a cease-fire in the war at home.
AGADEZ, NIGER — The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent's knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing "Issaka Issaka" an historic win in Niger's king of sports.
NEW YORK — Acclaimed rapper Snoop Dogg will be a special reporter for US broadcaster NBC at the Paris Olympics this year, the network has announced, reprising his star turn at the Tokyo Games that delighted viewers.
FREETOWN — Sierra Leone on Tuesday charged 12 people with treason and other offenses for their roles in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, a press release said.
Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, officials have said.
LONDON — Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel from mainland Europe to Britain in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, according to government figures released on Monday.
LONDON -Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said Monday that Britain is "willing to take direct action" against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen who have repeatedly attacked vessels in the Red Sea.
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers killed at least 10 Palestinians and torched dozens of homes in the occupied West Bank in 2023, making it the "most violent" year on record for settler attacks, an Israeli watchdog said Monday.
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