Africa

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince on Wednesday demanding that the government keep them safe amid the ongoing gang violence. “We came here to give …

African Union mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a return to civil war. The intervention follows the house arrest of First …

The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, while briefing the media in New York on Tuesday, said the Mission in South Sudan described the situation in the country as relatively …

A heavy security presence in several cities across Zimbabwe largely neutralised a national protest on Monday aimed at pressurising President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign. Most businesses, offices, and schools in …

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have imposed a 0.5% levy on imported goods to fund their new three-state union after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The …

In a video statement on Saturday, Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan vowed to crush the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), ruling out any reconciliation.  He reaffirmed that the army …

Emergency rescue teams on Sunday began trickling into the area of Myanmar hardest hit by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people. But their efforts were hindered by …

In a controversial decision, Guinea’s ruling junta leader, General Mamadi Doumbouya, has granted a presidential pardon to former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara.  Camara, convicted of crimes against humanity for …

Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on …

Residents of an area that lies about 40 kilometres south of Khartoum welcomed army soldiers who reclaimed the area from the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. Allafah neighbourhood is home …