Africa

At least 40 migrants, including infants, have died after a boat carrying people attempting to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday. According to Mahdia court spokesman …

The UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA) on Tuesday described women and girls across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,” facing widespread …

Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died at the Ridge Hospital at the age of 76. Family sources say she passed away on Thursday. Nana Konadu, wife …

UNICEF and GSMA have launched the Africa Taskforce on Child Online Protection (COP), the first of its kind, to strengthen children’s safety, rights and wellbeing in the digital world. Launched …

Authorities in South Africa have suspended eight students from Milnerton High School in Cape Town after a disturbing video of a violent classroom assault went viral, triggering nationwide outrage. The …

Eight days after Cameroon’s presidential election, the National Vote Counting Commission released provisional results pointing to the victory of incumbent president Paul Biya. The Commission said Biya arrived first with …

Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters have voiced anger and frustration following coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s appointment of businessman Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the country’s new prime minister on Monday. Rajaonarivelo, a …

Sudan’s Finance Minister, Gibril Ibrahim, says the country’s oil production has fallen sharply from 500,000 barrels per day to under 30,000 since South Sudan’s secession in 2011. Speaking at the …

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC, marking the end of an era. Odinga died on Wednesday while …

Madagascar’s political crisis deepened on Tuesday as the military announced it had taken control of the country following the impeachment of President Andry Rajoelina. Colonel Michael Randrianirina, commander of the …