Africa

Benin’s traditional rulers and Nigerian authorities have for years been negotiating their return.

“The aircraft was flying from the capital, Kinshasa, when it ran off the runway during landing at Kolwezi airport in Lualaba province,” says official

President Salva Kiir did not provide explanations for the dismissals, and is within his rights, as the peace agreement of 2018 gives him authority to make appointments at both national and state levels.

More than 100,000 civilians have been displaced from Al Fasher in western Sudan since the city’s takeover by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month, the IOM has said.

Ethiopia has confirmed three deaths from the Marburg virus in the southern city of Jinka, with Health Minister Mekdes Daba saying an investigation has commenced into other suspected deaths.

Nigeria is in talks with the United States following President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention over the alleged persecution of Christians by terrorists in the country, Nigeria’s foreign minister has said.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as the new deputy minister for education, and Wanu’s husband as the health minister.

Famous Guinean singer Elie Kamano says his teenage children have been kidnapped over the weekend.

Turks Abroad and Related Communities unveiled the Africa Yearbook 2024 to show key developments across the African continent

The attack targeted some of the country’s most essential government services.