ISIOLO, Kenya — At least five people were killed and others were missing after an informal gold mine collapsed in northern Kenya, officials and local media said.
Like humans, elephant greetings appear to be a complex affair. A new study on African savannah elephants provides new insight into the visual, acoustic and tactile gestures the animals employ in greetings. Ilan Rubens of Reuters has more.
VOA brings you some of the best images taken by Reuters’ photographers from across the continent as South Africa readies itself to vote on May 29.
CAIRO — Tens of thousands of people fled their homes in a camp in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, activists said, after a raid by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who are fighting to seize the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region.
ACCRA — Ghana has agreed to a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with its bilateral creditors, including China and France, to restructure $5.4 billion of debt, two government sources said on Friday.
SANTOS, Brazil— Coffee importers have increased the pace of shipments recently, seeking to avoid problems after December when the European Union's Regulation on Deforestation Free Products (EUDR) enters into force, said the International Coffee Organization (ICO) this week.
Democratic Republic of Congo's lawyers on Wednesday said they'd received new evidence from whistleblowers that deepened concerns that U.S. tech giant Apple could be sourcing minerals from conflict areas. Reuters’ David Doyle has more.
KINSHASA— The Democratic Republic of Congo's national assembly elected Vital Kamerhe, whose home was violently attacked on Sunday, as speaker in a delayed vote, a key step towards installing a government five months after a presidential election.
WASHINGTON— U.S. President Joe Biden said he plans to make an official visit to Africa in February after the U.S. presidential election, an announcement that presumed he will defeat Donald Trump.
MADRID, OSLO, DUBLIN — Israel on Wednesday responded with anger to a move by Spain, Norway and Ireland after they announced that they recognized a Palestinian state and hoped other Western nations would follow suit.
PARIS— International lawyers representing the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Wednesday they had new evidence gathered from whistleblowers, which deepened concerns that Apple could be sourcing minerals from conflict areas in eastern DRC.
The new head of South Africa's struggling state utility Eskom has said talks are being held with groups funding the country's green energy transition over plans to delay the closure of some coal-fired power plants. Reuters’ David Doyle has more.
ACCRA — Ghana will select by December a company to build its first nuclear power plant from contenders including France's Electricite de France, U.S.-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group, and China’s National Nuclear Corporation, an energy ministry official said.
YAOUNDE—Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on Monday, the regional governor said, the second ambush in two weeks targeting government officials.
ABUJA—A Nigerian judge denied separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu bail for the second time in two months on Monday and also dismissed his application to be moved to prison from custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), a security agency.
NIAMEY—Niger and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops from the West African country, a process that has already begun and will be finished by Sept. 15, they said in a joint statement.
The following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it flew over mountainous terrain in heavy fog on Sunday.
KAMPALA— Uganda's military has captured a commander of an Islamic State-allied rebel group who is an expert in making improvised explosive devices, or bombs, that the group has used to carry out deadly attacks in the past, the army said on Sunday.
TRIPOLI - At least one person was killed and six injured when fierce clashes broke out Saturday in the city of Zawiya in western Libya, prompting calls for a cease-fire to rescue families trapped in the conflict area, a Libyan TV channel said.
NAIROBI — Kenyan lawyers have moved to block the country's planned deployment of police to Haiti, a court filing showed, days before officers are expected to arrive in the Caribbean nation to tackle spiraling gang violence.
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