Africa

JUBA, South Sudan The South Sudan Unity government announced Friday an extension of the transitional period by two years and...

LUSAKA, Zambia Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema said Friday his government has in place a response plan, with the provision of...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says as of September 2024, floods in Nigeria have affected about 800,000 people...

BAMAKO, Mali Burkina Faso and Azerbaijan expressed an interest Thursday to cooperate in several sectors, including energy and mining, to...

KIGALI, Rwanda The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is seeking $600 million towards the mpox response...

LAGOS, Nigeria At least 37 people have been killed and around 400,000 others displaced following massive flooding in Nigeria's northeastern...

KIGALI, Rwanda Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the country’s opposition-led National Assembly on Thursday in a bid to break...

LUSAKA, Zambia Zambia's president fired the country's army commander Thursday, replacing him with his deputy. "President Hakainde Hichilema has in...

JOHANNESBURG Former South African anti-apartheid activist Pravin Gordhan has died, his family said on Friday. He was 75. According to...

The U.S. government has warned that JNIM and ISIS-West Africa, ISIS-Sahel, and AQIM terrorists are metastasizing and moving towards Ghana...