JERUSALEM —Israel's Holocaust commemorations this year have a searing significance for six elderly survivors now deeply scarred by the Hamas attacks of October 7 that sparked the ongoing Gaza war.
LOME, Togo— Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's legislative election announced on Friday.
CAIRO, EGYPT — Hamas negotiators arrived in Cairo on Saturday for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce with Israel that would see the return to the Middle Eastern nation of some hostages, an official with the militant group said.
Forty-two artefacts looted from Ghana during British colonial rule went on public display in Kumasi, the second largest city of this West African nation, for the first time this week. David Doyle of Reuters has more.
GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — An air strike killed at least nine people, including seven children, on Friday at a displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma, a local official said.
JOHANNESBURG - South African analysts say the death of Luke Fleurs, a professional footballer who played for Kaizer Chiefs, is an illustration of the reported high crime rates in the nation.
Nigerian authorities on Tuesday said the West African nation would raise salaries for government workers by between 25 and 35%, backdated to January.
LONDON—Britain sanctioned the speaker of the Ugandan parliament, Anita Among, and two lawmakers from the east African country under its anti-corruption laws, official documents published on Tuesday showed.
NAIROBI—Kenya expects a green light for a $1 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, President William Ruto said, which would boost an economy showing improvement after averting a debt crisis earlier this year.
BAMAKO—Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander for a West African affiliate of Islamic State, during a large-scale operation in the northern region of Menaka, the Malian authorities said in a statement read on state television on Monday.
UNITED NATIONS—The U.S. is appealing to all countries —including the United Arab Emirates —to stop support for Sudan's warring parties, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a "crisis of epic proportions is brewing."
LAGOS—Gasoline shortages have worsened in Nigeria's major cities, with long winding queues at fuel outlets on Monday, crippling transport and businesses and highlighting state oil firm NNPC Ltd's struggle to meet supply obligations.
BRUSSELS—The European Union has decided to restrict its visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals due to a lack of co-operation from Ethiopia's government over repatriating those who stay illegally, the EU Council said on Monday.
NAIROBI—African leaders on Monday called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a low-interest World Bank facility for developing nations that they rely on to help fund their development and combat climate change.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least 23 members of Nigeria's civilian joint task force were killed on Saturday in separate attacks by militants and an armed kidnapping gang in the north, two officials from the force said on Sunday.
FREETOWN — Sierra Leone's Energy Minister Kanja Sesay resigned on Friday over a weeks-long electricity crisis, the same day the government announced it had paid some of the tens of millions of dollars it owed to energy providers.
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Debt issuance in the West African regional financial market rose 30% year-on-year in the first quarter, the head of the regional market for government securities UMOA-Titres said Friday.
DUBLIN — The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's minister of foreign affairs and defense told a British newspaper on Friday.
KINSHASA — Kenya Airways on Friday accused authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of harassment over the continued detention of two of the airline's staff for alleged customs violations despite a court ordering their release.
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