Africa

Burkina Faso’s junta head named former communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as prime minister Saturday, according to a presidential decree, a day after dissolving the government. Ouedraogo served in …

The World Health Organization is sending experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support local health authorities in investigating the outbreak of a deadly new disease. The team consists …

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Friday terminated the duties of Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government. According to a presidential decree read out on …

Hundreds of people marched in Chad on Friday to call for the withdrawal of French troops from the country, a week after the Central African country ended a military agreement …

The Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf of Somalia’s biggest telecommunications firm says there are plans to build more green data centers to support the growing demands of the local …

Namibia’s President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says tackling the country’s unemployment crisis is high on her agenda. From the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Nandi-Ndaitwah will be the country’s first …

Public frustration over Ghana’s economic travails, including high prices and a dearth of jobs, has dominated the run-up to Saturday’s general election, which will likely test the nation’s longstanding democratic …

Türkiye’s state-run aid agency TIKA has renovated and equipped a training and rehabilitation center for young women in Buikwe, eastern Uganda. The center offers several services such as business skills …

Drone strikes by Mali’s military regime killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said Sunday. It was the …

East African heads of state made another push for peace Saturday in eastern Congo, but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s …