Africa

Three drone strikes have hit key paramilitary positions in western Sudan, witnesses said on Sunday.

Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria have called on all Libyan parties to put an “immediate” end to escalation and hold simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections.

The Ethiopian health ministry has confirmed the first death from mpox in the country, with five people still infected.

South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) national council member and deputy chief whip in parliament, Petros Sithole, has been shot dead in Johannesburg.

Bernd Kebbel, a Namibian businessman and well known philanthropist who supported wildlife conservation, has been killed by a lioness while on safari.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds separate phone calls with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, says Türkiye’s Communications Directorate

Fishing is central to life in coastal Senegal, employing over 600,000 people.

The death toll in Nigeria has climbed to 151 deaths, with over 3,018 people displaced, authorities say.

Ibrahim Traoré’s rise echoes the revolutionary legacy of Thomas Sankara, harnessing pan-African fervour to dismantle Western influence, embrace economic self-sufficiency and ignite a movement that captivates the continent’s youth.

Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi, the first black woman to win a seat in the Belgian parliament, has been targeted on social media over her Congolese roots, gender and body size.