Africa

Kenya has started registering new voters ahead of the 2027 general election.

The Sudanese irrigation ministry warns that water flow has been high for four consecutive days as dams in the area discharged excess water.

No candidate surpassed the 50% threshold required for an outright victory in the first round.

Mauritanian authorities on Sunday reported the first death from Rift Valley Fever since 2022.

Namibia began deploying hundreds of soldiers on Sunday to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves.

Nigeria’s oil workers’ union has ordered members to cut off crude supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, escalating a labour dispute after hundreds of workers were recently dismissed by the company.

Guinea’s presidential election will be held on December 28, the presidency has announced in a decree read out on state television.

Officials say establishing a nationally accredited DNA laboratory is among Somalia’s immediate priorities.

Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman, PM of the African country’s interim government, in his address accuses France of “destabilising” the Sahel nation by backing “terrorists” and fuelling rivalry between Niger and its neighbours.

The demonstration brought together several pro-Palestinian organisations, political parties, and Muslim and Christian groups in one of the biggest such turnouts in months.