South Africa rejects handover to Chargé d’Affaires after US rules out ‘official’ G20 participation
South Africa is the first African country to lead the G20, assuming the rotational annual presidency last December and due to hand over to the US.
21 Nov, 2025
US says seeks cooperation with Nigeria after Trump threat
The US is seeking cooperation with Nigeria on protecting the African nation’s citizens, a senior official said on Thursday, weeks after President Donald Trump threatened military action.
20 Nov, 2025
At least 17 Niger soldiers killed after terrorists overrun gendarmerie post
At least 17 Nigerien soldiers were killed on Wednesday when ISGS terrorists launched a coordinated assault on a gendarmerie post in Garbougna, a locality on the Tera–Niamey road in the Tillaberi region, according to security sources.
20 Nov, 2025
South Africa heightens security ahead of G20 summit
South Africa is beefing up security ahead of a G20 summit in Johannesburg from November 22 to 23 that will bring together leaders from the world’s major economic powers, according to senior police officials.
20 Nov, 2025
Nearly a quarter of Somalia’s population face acute hunger: WFP
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu convicted of terrorism charges
Rescuers search for 70 missing after boat capsizes in DR Congo
Mahama to dispatch Ghana military engineers to support Jamaica’s post-hurricane reconstruction
Germany returns royal-era artefacts to Ethiopia
20 Nov, 2025
Russia, Togo to open embassies in boost to ties
The countries have had 65 years of diplomatic relations but were yet to open embassies in each other’s soil.
20 Nov, 2025
Sudan army commander calls for public participation in mobilisation against RSF
A senior Sudanese army officer urged citizens on Wednesday to respond to Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s call to join a nationwide mobilisation against the paramilitary RSF.
19 Nov, 2025
Two Kenyan officers killed in Al Shabab bomb attack near Somalia border
Two Kenyan Border Patrol Unit officers were killed on Wednesday after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Al Shabab terrorists along the Liboi-Kulan road in northern Kenya, police said.
19 Nov, 2025
Three-quarters of $5 billion East Africa crude pipeline built, Uganda says
About three-quarters of a $5 billion pipeline crucial for exporting crude oil from Ugandan fields through neighbouring Tanzania has been built, Uganda’s state-run sector regulator said on Wednesday.
19 Nov, 2025
Palestinians transfer to South Africa could help Israel reach ‘genocidal aims’, UN rapporteur warns
UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese on Wednesday warned that the “mysterious” chartered flight that brought 153 Palestinian refugees to South Africa is “extremely serious.”
19 Nov, 2025
US President Trump says will start ‘working’ on Sudan
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would start “working” on the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help end the conflict.
19 Nov, 2025
UAE faces online boycott calls over Sudan war
The UAE is coming under increasing fire on social media over claims it is embroiled in Sudan’s civil war, with calls to boycott its crown jewel: the financial and entertainment hub of Dubai.
19 Nov, 2025
Aid chief says UN pressing to enter Sudan’s Al Fasher after reports of atrocities
The United Nations is pushing to gain access to Al Fasher in Darfur, where witnesses have reported mass reprisals since a takeover by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces last month, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said.
19 Nov, 2025
How the humble potato harvests hope in Lesotho’s hinterland
Potato cultivation is turning fragile subsistence into steady livelihood in rural Lesotho, raising yields, lowering costs and giving farmers a practical path to food security.
19 Nov, 2025
Putin to meet Togo’s President Gnassingbé in the Kremlin to boost ties
The talks will focus on diplomacy, economy, trade, agriculture, energy, training, and food security, the Togolese government said.
