Africa

Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris has dissolved the country’s caretaker government, according to reports from state news agency SUNA. The news came late on Sunday, just one day after Idris …

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has urged African leaders to break free from aid dependency and commit to self-reliance and sustainable development. Speaking at …

Gabon is set to stop exporting raw manganese by 2029, as part of a national strategy to boost local industry and reduce dependency on unprocessed resource exports. The government announced …

Sudan’s new prime minister dissolved the caretaker government Sunday, a day after he was sworn in before the chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Army Chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. …

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, pressure is mounting on Justice Minister Constant Mutamba after explosive allegations over a multi-million dollar no-bid contract and suspicious fund transfers. On Tuesday, lawmakers …

The UN Security Council on Friday extended by one year the arms embargo and individual sanctions imposed on South Sudan, where recent violent clashes have raised the specter of a …

Sidi Ould Tah who formerly served as Mauritania’s finance minister was elected during a vote Thursday at the bank’s annual meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He replaces Akinwumi Adesina, a …

Health officials and representatives from various organisations met in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Monday to discuss the shortage of life-saving HIV/AIDS medication. Louis Gérald Gilles, member of the country’s Transitional …

The 13th international meeting of high level security representatives from over a hundred countries got underway in Moscow on Wednesday. On the sidelines of the summit, Russia’s Security Council Secretary …

A new cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and infected more than 2,500 over the past week, authorities said on Tuesday. Most cases were reported in Sudan’s capital, …