Search underway for over 40 missing after Nigerian boat capsizes

Search and rescue efforts are underway after boat carrying over 50 passengers sinks en route to local market
18 Aug, 2025
At least nine people killed in ADF attack in eastern DRC

An attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has killed at least nine people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Sunday.
17 Aug, 2025
Uganda targets higher gold exports after launching large-scale refinery

Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250 million Chinese-owned project in the country’s east that will also refine gold to 99.9% purity.
17 Aug, 2025
France seeks release of embassy staff arrested in Mali for ‘destabilising’ govt

France has opened talks with Malian authorities following the detention of a French embassy staff member in Bamako, describing accusations of “destabilisation” in the country as “unjustified.”
17 Aug, 2025

At least 30 people killed in road accidents during annual pilgrimage in Senegal

DRC peace plan shared with government, M23 rebels: Qatari official

‘Armed bandits’ kill 20 civilians in west Niger

Burundi lays foundation for country’s first railway linking to Tanzania

Nigeria arrests top leaders of notorious terrorist group
17 Aug, 2025
Sudan paramilitary RSF kills dozens in attack on famine-hit Darfur camp
RSF attack Abu Shouk last week and killed more than 40 people, as the paramilitaries have tried to seize Al Fasher, the military’s last stronghold in Darfur.

16 Aug, 2025
DRC rejects Kenya’s new envoy to city under rebel control
The Congolese foreign ministry said that Kenya did not contact Congo’s government in the capital, Kinshasa, before making the announcement.

16 Aug, 2025
Ethiopia’s iconic fossil Lucy leaves for Europe amid safety concerns
There are safety concerns about the transportation of her fragile bones for an exhibition at the Czech National Museum in Prague.

16 Aug, 2025
Guinea-Bissau expels Portuguese media outlets
Journalists from the former colonial ruler, Portugal, have been ordered to leave Guinea Bissau.

15 Aug, 2025
South Africa opens national dialogue to find solutions to problems
Among the problems President Cyril Ramaphosa cited were unemployment that has passed 33 percent and inequality, among the starkest in the world.

15 Aug, 2025
Mali arrests French national, military generals over ‘destabilisation plot’
The government says the arrested French national acted on behalf of French intelligence services to mobilise political and civil society figures and military officers.

15 Aug, 2025
Russia pledges military support for Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
Parties sign joint statement on results of consultations, memorandums of understanding between defense ministries of Russia, Alliance of Sahel States

15 Aug, 2025
Ghana holds state funeral for officials killed in helicopter crash
Authorities say the funeral on Friday will be largely a military service led by the Ghana Armed Forces.

14 Aug, 2025
At least 25 people buried after goldmine collapses in northern Tanzania
Rescue operations are ongoing at a Tanzanian mine which collapsed and buried at least 25 people, the country’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Thursday.

14 Aug, 2025
More than 30 nations urge an end to the siege of Sudan’s El Fasher city
Senior officials from more than 30 countries and international bodies on Thursday urged an immediate halt to the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur region.




