Thousands rally behind Traore in Burkina Faso capital

Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso’s transitional President Ibrahim Traore on Wednesday, days after the military authorities said they had uncovered a “plot” to overthrow the government.
30 Apr, 2025
African Union lifts sanctions against Gabon

The African Union has lifted sanctions against Gabon after the Central African nation was suspended from the organisation following a coup in August 2023.
30 Apr, 2025
Five key decisions Trump took on African countries in 100 days

In his first 100 days in office, US President Donald Trump, carried out radical policies with global implications, particularly impacting the African continent.
30 Apr, 2025
South Africa to present new budget after VAT scrapped

The country’s finance minister is expected to table the new budget on May 21
30 Apr, 2025

Trump plans to visit Africa amid shaky relations

Tunisia president rejects foreign criticism of country’s judiciary

Egypt’s intelligence chief meets Israeli negotiators on Gaza ceasefire

Nigeria appoints new commander after renewed militant attacks in northeast

Ghana arrests three Indian nationals over suspected gold smuggling ring
27 Apr, 2025
Namibia president sacks agriculture minister
Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has sacked Agriculture Minister Mac-Albert Hengari after he was recently arrested for various offences, including gender-based violence.

27 Apr, 2025
RSF kills 31 civilians in Sudan’s Omdurman city: medics
At least 31 Sudanese civilians, including children, have been executed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, local medics said on Sunday.

27 Apr, 2025
Kenya Airways flight to Tanzania returns to Nairobi over ‘medical emergency’
A Kenya Airways (KQ) flight to Tanzania’s commercial city Dar es Salaam returned to the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday following a mid-air “medical emergency.”

27 Apr, 2025
Algeria landslide kills four people, injures 13 others
Four people have been killed and 13 others injured after landslide hits western Algeria’s coastal city of Oran.

27 Apr, 2025
Boko Haram terrorists kill 12 people in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram terrorists have killed at least 12 people in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno.

27 Apr, 2025
Niger’s soldiers killed, suspects detained
At least twelve Niger’s soldiers have been killed in an attack near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso.

26 Apr, 2025
Uganda’s latest Ebola outbreak declared over
The declaration of the end of the outbreak followed 42 days “without a new case since the last confirmed patient was discharged.”

26 Apr, 2025
Five unique facts about Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore
World’s youngest head of state, 37-year-old Ibrahim Traore, has seen his popularity soar especially among young people since taking over power in a military coup in September 2022.

25 Apr, 2025
Burkina Faso awards gold mine permit to Russia’s Nordgold
The Niou mine is expected to yield approximately 20.22 metric tons of gold over its eight-year lifetime, officials say

25 Apr, 2025
Beekeeper charged in US with concealing role in Rwandan genocide
Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, allegedly had a leadership role whereby he oversaw killings of Tutsi civilians in the 1994 genocide.




