Africa

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female prime minister, making her only the second woman in the Arab world to hold the …

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Saturday that the country would not yield to “pressure or blackmail,” after the US withheld his visa to attend the UN …

At least 17 people, including two senior military generals, have been killed after a Congolese army aircraft crashed in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The aircraft was travelling …

Azerbaijan has signed a series of visa exemption agreements with Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, and Benin on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General …

African leaders attending the 2026 United Nations (UN) General Assembly have renewed calls for reform of the UN Security Council to give the continent permanent representation in the powerful decision-making …

The US State Department declared this week that neither of Sudan’s two warring factions is fit to govern, sharpening Washington’s pressure campaign as its push for a ceasefire stalls. “Neither …

Moroccans have gone to the polls to elect a new parliament, with concerns over jobs, wages, education, healthcare, and public services featuring prominently as voters choose representatives to shape the …

The head of the UN health agency is hailing “encouraging signs” in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in one part of eastern Congo, while warning that case counts are …

The United States (US) government has announced new visa restrictions on South Africa over what it describes as “uncompensated land seizures” and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws. US Secretary of …

The UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that ongoing fighting, heavy rains and continued displacement threaten an “imminent end” to Sudan’s emergency relief supply via the IOM-managed …