Africa

A tragic road accident in Egypt’s Menofia Governorate claimed the lives of 19 people on Friday after a truck collided with a minibus carrying workers in the city of Ashmoun, …

South Africa’s fragile coalition government has been hit by fresh turmoil as the Democratic Alliance (DA) withdrew from the national dialogue initiative led by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The move marks …

Sudan’s Sovereign Council President, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has approved a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and …

The Central African Republic has declared 3 days of mourning after an explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a …

A heavy police presence engulfed Nairobi on Wednesday as Kenyans took to the streets to mark the anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-tax protests, which left at least 60 dead …

Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré, on May 26, was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing trend of jailing Malian critics of regional juntas. Traoré, …

At least 120 children in northern Mozambique have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgent group Al Shabab, international NGO Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The children are reportedly being used …

Mali’s transitional president, General Assimi Goïta, arrived in Moscow on Sunday on a five-day official visit the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The talks come ahead of the …

Three Kenyan police officers were formally charged on Monday, June 23, with the murder of 31-year-old blogger Albert Ojwang, whose death in custody earlier this month has ignited national protests …

A regulatory agency announced Saturday that the Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on cobalt exports for three months, a measure aimed at curbing an oversupply of the …