Africa

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 …

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 …