Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger establish investment bank to finance infrastructure projects
The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, established an investment and development bank on Wednesday to finance major infrastructure and economic initiatives across the region.
18 Dec, 2025
Benin president says ‘young soldiers with no command’ deceived into coup attempt
Benin’s President Patrice Talon said on Thursday that the bulk of the army did not back a recent foiled coup bid whose leaders recruited young trainee soldiers.
18 Dec, 2025
More than 1,000 civilians killed in Sudan’s Darfur when RSF seized camp: UN
More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in April 2025 on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the UN said on Thursday.
18 Dec, 2025
Zambia president approves law expanding parliament months before election
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday signed into law constitutional changes that will expand the country’s parliament.
18 Dec, 2025
Calls grow to completely replace French with Arabic language in Morocco
Infertility gap grows behind Africa’s tradition of big families
More than a dozen Kenyans rescued from Russia–Ukraine war return home
Sudan shelling reportedly kills nine civilians, including three children, in South Kordofan
Ghana sends 54 military engineers to Jamaica after deadly Hurricane Melissa
18 Dec, 2025
Nigeria’s Tinubu nominates new oil regulators after chiefs resign amid Dangote dispute
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria’s oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a clash with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.
17 Dec, 2025
Twelve people killed, three others abducted in Nigeria’s Plateau state attack
At least 12 people were killed and three others abducted when gunmen attacked a mining site in Atoso village in Nigeria’s restive Plateau state, a local group leader said on Wednesday.
17 Dec, 2025
Kenyan Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim dies
Kenyan Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim has died aged 69, the country’s Chief Justice Martha Koome announced on Wednesday.
17 Dec, 2025
M23 rebels yet to leave key DRC town of Uvira despite announcing exit, residents say
M23 rebels have not withdrawn from the eastern Congolese town of Uvira despite an announcement earlier this week that they would pull back, residents told Reuters on Wednesday.
17 Dec, 2025
Kenyan environmentalist ends wildebeest route-obstruction case against top hotel
A Kenyan environmentalist who sued to stop the opening of a new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge that he said blocked a wildebeest migration corridor in the Maasai Mara reserve has applied to withdraw the case.
17 Dec, 2025
Chartered aircraft with four people on board crash-lands in southern Nigeria
A small chartered plane from Kaduna has crash-landed at Sam Mbakwe International Airport in Owerri, in the southern state of Imo, leaving two of the four people on board in critical condition.
17 Dec, 2025
RSF destroying evidence of atrocities in Sudan: report
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF group has undertaken systematic mass killing and body disposal in the city of Al Fasher, a new report has found.
17 Dec, 2025
Why the African Development Fund matters now more than ever
The fact is, the ADF is not just a financial tool. It’s a development lifeline, a climate resilience builder, a peace enabler, managed by Africans for Africans.
17 Dec, 2025
Somalia and Türkiye to boost cooperation in fisheries sector with strategic agreement
The agreement will provide the Turkish fishing industry with access to Somali waters and is intended to open new job opportunities to Somali people and expanding the country’s reach in global trade.
17 Dec, 2025
South Africa to deport Kenyans working on US Afrikaner ‘refugee’ applications
The South African home affairs department said no US officials were arrested in the raid.
