Guinea’s military government sets new election date

The announcement comes a month after the government set September 21, 2025, as the date for a constitutional referendum, which it said would be a precursor to a return to constitutional rule.
13 May, 2025
Burkina Faso army killed 130 members of Fulani ethnic group: HRW

At least 130 civilian members of the Fulani ethnic group were killed by Burkina Faso’s army and pro-government militias in March, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
12 May, 2025
Militants attack Nigerian army base, troops missing

Suspected insurgents have attacked a Nigerian army base and captured soldiers and ammunition during a raid in the northeastern state of Borno.
12 May, 2025
Egypt retrieves 25 smuggled artefacts from US

Egypt has retrieved 25 rare artefacts which are said to have been smuggled to the United States.
12 May, 2025

African Union will not accept ‘any interference’ in Sudan: AUC chairperson

France terms Algeria’s expulsion of its officials ‘brutal’

Dozens killed in Burkina Faso insurgent attack

Criminal gang leader Bello Turji forces over 5,000 Nigerians to flee their homes

Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition leader Thiam resigns amid French citizenship row
12 May, 2025
Why Lomé’s conference on African debt marks a turning point
Africa’s current external debt accounts for just over 10% of all external debt by developing countries The continent’s debt is only a “problem” because the financial system has – so far – intractably made it so.

12 May, 2025
Afrikaners’ relocation: South Africa rejects Trump’s ‘persecution’ claims
“We are glad that a number of organisations, even from the Afrikaner structures, have denounced this so-called persecution,” Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola

12 May, 2025
White South Africans start relocating to US under Trump ‘refugee’ programme
The first batch of 49 White South Africans deemed ”victims of racial discrimination” by President Donald Trump fly to the US on Monday.

12 May, 2025
Gunmen kill at ‘least 23 people’ in central Nigeria in latest violence
Red Cross says the attacks happened in four villages resulting deaths and injuries.

12 May, 2025
Why Côte d’Ivoire joined Niger, Mali in erasing French street names
The move by Côte d’Ivoire comes as French influence in West Africa declines rapidly.

11 May, 2025
Sudan says it may halt South Sudan oil exports after RSF attacks
Sudan’s army-aligned government has told energy firms to prepare to stop handling crude oil from South Sudan, which relies on its neighbour for exports.

11 May, 2025
Armed assailants kill 12 people, injure 17 others in South Sudan
A group of unknown armed assailants have killed at least 12 people and injured 17 others in South Sudan.

11 May, 2025
Algeria expels two French intelligence agents over fake diplomatic passports
Algerian authorities have expelled two French intelligence agents for entering the country using “fake diplomatic passports.”

11 May, 2025
At least 62 people dead, 50 others missing after floods devastate eastern DRC
At least 62 people have been confirmed dead and 50 are missing after severe floods recently swept through villages in eastern DRC’s South Kivu province.

11 May, 2025
South Africa road accident kills eight people, injures 16 others
At least eight people have been killed and 16 others injured in a road accident in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province on Sunday.




