Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a document key to advancing the peace process in the DRC’s troubled east, ceasefire-broker Angola said on Monday. Since 2021 the…

French President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the “disappearance” of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, his office said, after reports that the prize-winning novelist had been arrested in Algeria. Sansal, a…

Mali’s ruling junta on Thursday appointed its spokesperson,  Abdoulaye Maiga, as prime minister a day after firing Choguel Maiga who had criticised the administration, state television ORTM reported. Choguel Maiga…

Mali‘s junta chief on Wednesday sacked civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the government, days after Maiga issued a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the…

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 47, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against…

At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a Ugandan refugee camp when lightning hit a makeshift church where they were sheltering, local officials said Sunday. Around 50…

More than 50,000 people have so far been vaccinated against mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the World Health Organization’s chief said on Friday. The outbreak is…

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s party suffered a resounding defeat in general elections, according to preliminary tallies Friday, losing its nearly six-decade grip on power of the diamond-rich country. Reporting from…

A French student researching the career paths of 2011 protesters in Tunisia has been held in the North African country since October 19 after a military judge ordered his detention,…

The party of Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said Thursday that his convoy was attacked a day earlier while he was campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections. The West African nation…