JOHANNESBURG — Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a summit of the BRICS nations in August, South Africa said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation about whether the country would arrest him on an international warrant.
Witnesses told news agencies that fighting rages in Sudan's western Darfur region, the death toll of Kenya's "Doomsday" Cult reaches 400 people as detectives exhumed 12 more bodies, the family of a murdered member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament Chérubin Okende resorts to court and more.
ABUJA — Nigeria's inflation rose for the sixth month in a row in June, to 22.79% from 22.41% in May, putting pressure on the central bank to tighten policy further when it meets to set interest rates next week.
Five-story apartment building collapsed Monday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing Nine people as rescuers searched through the rubble, Libyan border guards rescued a group of African migrants in a desert area near Tunisia’s border, fighting in Sudan fuels hunger and poverty and more.
MOSCOW — Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia as hunger and high food prices push more people into poverty.
GENEVA — The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, said Friday nearly 289 children are known to have died in the first half of 2023 while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, a figure doubled that recorded in the first six months of 2022.
NAIROBI —Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of demonstrations that have left at least 15 people dead.
Zambian football authorities Friday called up 18-year-old goalkeeper Leticia Lungu to play for the national squad at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, set to kick off in Auckland, New Zealand, next Thursday.
GENEVA — "The end of AIDS" is still possible by 2030, the United Nations said Thursday, but cautioned that the world's deadliest pandemic could only be halted if leaders grasped the opportunity.
CAIRO — Egypt Thursday joined a list of international players attempting to mediate the ongoing conflict in Sudan by hosting a regional summit focused on preventing the outbreak of a civil war and addressing the deepening humanitarian crisis.
JOHANNESBURG — A mass shooting in South Africa left six people dead and four wounded when three men entered the yard of a home and opened fire, police said Wednesday, with a search for the suspects underway.
Zambian football authorities Wednesday announced that their women's national team set to play in the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will perform without their starting goalkeeper, Hazel Nali.
Britain Wednesday announced the imposition of sanctions on businesses linked to Sudanese military groups behind the ongoing conflict in the Northeast African nation.
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court to investigate possible "war crimes" in Sudan's Darfur region where fighting has intensified despite calls for an end to the conflict.
ADDIS ABABA — Sudan's government on Monday refused to participate in a regional meeting to resolve the crisis in the conflict-wracked nation, accusing Kenya, which chaired the talks, of favoring rival forces.
Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he would elevate 21 churchmen, including three from Africa, to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group that will one day choose his successor after his death or resignation.
West Africa’s regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, voted Sunday to appoint Nigeria’s newly appointed President Bola Tinubu as chairman, amid deepening regional insecurity, military coups and terrorism.
HARARE — Zimbabwean police Friday thwarted a planned weekend opposition campaign rally over lack of toilets and unsuitable roads to the venue, the latest in a series of bans ahead of August's polls.
TUNIS — Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the "collective expulsions" of Black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border.
NAIROBI — Kenya police fired tear-gas on Friday to disperse protesters marching against a new finance law that has doubled the fuel tax and introduced a housing levy for employees. One man was shot dead amid the unrest, a hospital official said.
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