Nigeria’s ruling party endorses President Tinubu for 2027 re-election
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has endorsed President Bola Tinubu to run for a second and final term in the 2027 elections.
22 May, 2025
Cholera cases spike in Sudan after drone attacks cut power, water
More than 2,300 people have been diagnosed with cholera in Sudan over the past three weeks, authorities have said, revealing that 90% of the cases are in the capital Khartoum.
22 May, 2025
Mass graves of 465 RSF victims found in Omdurman: Sudan’s army
Sudan’s army has said that mass graves for hundreds of civilians have been found in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum.
22 May, 2025
UK surrenders Chagos Islands to Mauritius in exchange for operating military base for 99 years
Britain has signed a deal handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in exchange for operating a joint UK-US military base for 99 years.
22 May, 2025
Julius Malema: The radical South African politician that Trump wants arrested
South Africans angered by Trump’s ‘genocide’ claims
Mali political parties file court petition challenging ban
Where is my hand: Mwendwa’s trauma and the revolutionary surgery in Kenya that restored his nerves
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi freed by Tanzania
22 May, 2025
Ramaphosa meets Trump: Five takeaways from White House showdown
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was pleased with the meeting after an awkward ambush by President Donald Trump similar to what the US president meted out on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy three months ago
22 May, 2025
UK court blocks deal to hand Chagos islands to Mauritius
A High Court judge granted an injunction on Thursday putting a hold on the agreement following a claim by two of the original residents of the islands.
22 May, 2025
African Union ‘cannot be happy’ about expelling Palestinians: Angola
‘We definitely defend the two-state solution,’ says Tete Antonio
21 May, 2025
Third Senegal ex-minister charged in corruption sweep
A Senegalese ex-mining minister has become the third member of the country’s former government in as many days to be charged in a corruption crackdown.
21 May, 2025
Trump displays DRC material as proof of South African ‘genocide’
US President Donald Trump brandished a stack of printed articles about DRC, claiming they documented a “genocide” taking place against white people in South Africa.
21 May, 2025
West Africa’s ECOWAS looks to regional force as insurgent attacks spike
ECOWAS says plans to establish a long-awaited “regional counter-terrorism force” are “in full-gear” as West Africa battles a resurgence of insurgent attacks.
21 May, 2025
Six dead in Côte d’Ivoire landslide after heavy rain
Six people have died in an overnight landslide after torrential rain in Côte d’Ivoire’s main city Abidjan, a government minister has said.
21 May, 2025
Algeria, France relations in ‘worst crisis’ since independence
Algeria and France are currently experiencing their worst crisis since the former French colony won independence in 1962, a French historian has said.
21 May, 2025
Chad’s ex-PM provisionally detained on inciting hatred charge
Chad’s former Prime Minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has been placed in provisional detention, nearly a week after being arrested on suspicion of inciting hatred.
21 May, 2025
Kenya says it ‘cooperated with Uganda’ over Besigye ‘abduction’
Kenya has admitted to assisting Ugandan authorities apprehend opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Nairobi in November 2024.
