Nigerian court jails four Chinese for illegal mining
The court in the city of Jos has also ordered the deportation of the Chinese nationals and be banned from entering the country in the future.
16 May, 2025
Nigeria’s Trans Niger oil pipeline bursts, spills crude: rights group
Nigeria’s Trans Niger Pipeline, a major oil artery, has burst and spilled oil into B-Dere community in southern Nigeria’s Rivers State, an environmental rights group has said.
16 May, 2025
Sudan hospital drone attack kills scores of people
A drone attack on a hospital in Sudan’s city of El-Obeid has resulted in several deaths and injuries, according to eyewitnesses.
16 May, 2025
Seventy South African white rhinos to be relocated to Rwanda
Rwanda’s biggest national park has announced it will receive 70 white rhinos from South Africa later in May.
15 May, 2025
Fighting in southwest Chad kills at least 35 people
UN chief urges dialogue after Libya capital truce
Ethiopia’s TPLF party says ban ‘serious threat’ to peace process
S. Sudan medical system ‘collapsing’: Doctors Without Borders
Suspected insurgents raid eastern Burkina Faso city, free prisoners
15 May, 2025
Uganda army chief warns women soldiers against parading in trousers
Uganda’s army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has warned military commanders against making women soldiers parade in trousers, saying “trousers are for men, not women.”
15 May, 2025
South Sudan dismisses President Kiir’s death rumours
South Sudan’s foreign ministry issued a statement saying it “categorically and strongly denies the false and malicious reports circulating on social media”.
15 May, 2025
How solidarity is bridging Africa’s refugee funding gaps
As funding cuts impact the flow of critical aid for displaced communities in Africa, local and regional initiatives aim to fill the vacuum.
15 May, 2025
South African grannies hit runway with pride in rare contest
Grandmothers parade with pride against domestic violence that has become a national scourge in South Africa,
15 May, 2025
Sudan paramilitary attack leaves Khartoum without electricity
Power outage disrupts services, worsens suffering of citizens, says country’s electricity provider
15 May, 2025
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to meet Trump next week amid tensions
South Africa’s president to visit US next week to meet Trump
14 May, 2025
Gabon transfers wife and son of former President Bongo to house arrest
The wife and son of Gabon’s former President Ali Bongo Ondimba have been transferred from prison to house arrest.
14 May, 2025
Thiam re-elected head of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition party
Two days after resigning as the head of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition party, former international banker Tidjane Thiam was re-elected to the post on Wednesday.
14 May, 2025
Mauritania’s ex-president jailed 15 years after appealing 5-year imprisonment over corruption
An appeals court has sentenced Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years in prison for abuse of office and illicit enrichment, an increase from the original five-year term.
14 May, 2025
Ethiopia bans Tigrayan opposition party TPLF
TPLF, a leading opposition party that has dominated Ethiopian politics for decades, has been banned from any political activity, the country’s electoral commission said on Wednesday.