Africa

Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede was named the interim president of the Tigray region on Tuesday, replacing Getachew Reda.  Before his appointment, Tedese acted as the deputy president of Tigray’s interim …

Algeria has banned flights to and from Mali after repeated violations of its airspace, according to the country’s state television.  The move comes amid rising tensions between the two countries. …

Africa must increase its annual rate of progress twelvefold to meet the global target for reducing maternal deaths by 2030, according to new estimates from the United Nations.  While the …

Alliance of Sahel States countries, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, said on Sunday they have recalled their respective ambassadors from Algeria. The three countries in the military alliance, known by …

France and Algeria have resumed diplomatic talks aimed at mending strained relations between the two countries. This follows months of fighting that have hurt Paris’ economic interests in its former …

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued a warning about the persistent violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

The World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund are raising red flags over the economic fallout from new U.S. tariffs introduced by the Trump administration. The WTO now projects …

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangui this week, rallying behind opposition lawmakers to firmly oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s rumored bid for a third term in office.  With …

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a hefty 50% reciprocal tariff on Lesotho, a small, landlocked kingdom in southern Africa. This makes Lesotho the country facing the highest tariff among …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday arrived in the South Sudanese capital of Juba for a visit. Museveni’s visit to Juba comes amidst tension in the oil-rich east African nation …