Africa

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Central African Republic (CAR) counterpart Faustin Archange Touadera for winning a third term in the December 2025 election.

Ethiopian police said they had arrested 22 people accused of trafficking almost 2,000 people.

Sudan, Africa’s third-largest country, is one of the continent’s top gold producers.

Floods killed at least 40 people, displaced thousands of others, according to official records

South Sudan’s Information Minister Ateny Wek Ateny rejected allegations that the government was targeting civilians.

Presidents Erdogan and Tinubu oversee the signing of nine agreements as Ankara targets a $5 billion trade goal with one of Africa’s largest economies.

The Nigerian army said on Tuesday it had rescued 11 kidnapping victims during a late-night operation along the Kaduna–Abuja highway, thwarting an attempt by bandits to move the captives through a forested area.

The South Sudanese government has urged opposition forces (SPLM-IO) to immediately cease hostilities and strictly adhere to a 2018 peace agreement.

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to deepen cooperation with Türkiye on security and trade, citing shared efforts to combat instability and promote economic growth.

Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said on Tuesday that it killed a senior Al Shabab commander in an air strike targeting the terrorist group in the town of Kuunyo Barrow, in the Lower Shabelle region.