Seychelles elections: Long queues of voters in Africa’s smallest country
If no contender receives more than 50% of the vote, the two top candidates go into a runoff. Just over 77,000 people are registered to vote in Seychelles.
27 Sep, 2025
Trump administration reverses visa restrictions on Ghana after deal on US deportees
Ghana’s foreign minister said the “good news” was delivered by US officials on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
27 Sep, 2025
‘Sudan has bled’: PM Idris urges UN action on RSF’s atrocities
Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris says ”international silence” emboldens the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
27 Sep, 2025
Diamond-rich Botswana launches citizenship by investment scheme to boost economy
President Duma Boko says the program will to secure the long-term financial future of the country.
27 Sep, 2025
Madagascar president sacks energy minister after protests over power cuts
Nigerian court rejects separatist leader’s bid to dismiss treason charge
Josué Aruna: Building Goma’s lifeline for Nyiragongo’s next eruption
Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery lays off workers over ‘sabotage’
Madagascar crisis: Streets empty in capital after violent protests
26 Sep, 2025
Curfew declared in Madagascar capital as thousands protest power, water crisis
The demonstrators demand restoration of reliable water and electricity across the country.
26 Sep, 2025
ICC: Betrayal by creators, an escape route for African member states
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26 Sep, 2025
African leaders push for veto-wielding seat on UNSC, asking, ‘If not now, then when?’
African leaders, from Somalia in east to Ghana in the west, demand representation and diversity at the UN Security Council, arguing that denying the 54-nation continent a permanent seat is “unsustainable.”
26 Sep, 2025
Kenya’s Ruto decries ‘immense suffering’ of Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s genocidal war
Ruto framed the conflict in moral terms, warning against double standards in the treatment of human suffering.
26 Sep, 2025
Russia, Ethiopia sign action plan on nuclear power project
Russia and Ethiopia have signed an action plan to develop a nuclear power plant project in the African country, TASS news agency reports.
25 Sep, 2025
Uganda signs deal to temporarily host asylum seekers rejected by Netherlands
The Netherlands and Uganda have agreed to cooperate on returning rejected asylum seekers via Uganda as a transit point, the Dutch government said on Thursday.
25 Sep, 2025
Niger says it wants to build two nuclear reactors in partnership with Russia
Niger wants to build two 2,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in partnership with Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, its mining minister said on Thursday.
25 Sep, 2025
Horn of Africa workshop emphasises importance of locally driven solutions
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) has underscored the need for domestically driven solutions to the challenges facing the Horn of Africa during a high-level workshop held in Turkish capital Ankara.
25 Sep, 2025
Al-Shabab leader among 24 terrorists killed in Somalia
Somali security force said it had carried out coordinated operations targeting al-Shabab leaders and other terrorists, killing 24 terrorists.
25 Sep, 2025
How protests shine a light on Kenya’s constitution
The right to expression and democratic protest enshrined in Kenya’s constitution as a non-negotiable component faces its sternest test yet as the Gen Z movement continues to resonate in the East African nation.
