Côte d’Ivoire opposition leader dealt a blow in bid to run for president
The leader of Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition party suffered a blow to his presidential hopes on Thursday as the head of the electoral commission said it would not be updating the electoral roll, from which he has been barred.
14 Aug, 2025
Eswatini government’s acceptance of US deportees challenged in court
Eswatini activists have urged the High Court to declare as unconstitutional the country’s acceptance of five foreign nationals deported from the United States.
14 Aug, 2025
African Union joins campaign for ‘true size’ of Africa on world map
The African Union argues the current world map gives the impression that Africa was “marginal”, despite being the world’s second-largest continent by area.
14 Aug, 2025
Namibia expresses deep concern over Israeli plans to occupy Gaza
The decision will worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis marked by hunger, deprivation and the risk of forced starvation, says Namibia’s foreign ministry
14 Aug, 2025
UN Security Council rejects Sudan’s rival government
US sanctions officials over Cuba’s medical missions to Africa
Dozens die in Sudan’s ‘worst’ cholera outbreak
Twelve companies close, 4,000 jobs lost as South Africa’s car industry suffers low sales
Ugandan opposition seeks to nullify law on military prosecution of civilians
13 Aug, 2025
World Food Programme suspends flights to Burkina Faso town after explosion
The World Food Programme has suspended flights to Burkina Faso’s northwestern town of Solle after an explosion near a helicopter it chartered injured a crew member and a government official.
13 Aug, 2025
South Sudan denies talks with Israel on resettlement of Palestinians
The government of South Sudan has denied reports that it is holding talks with Israel to relocate Palestinians from Gaza.
13 Aug, 2025
Pretoria terms US report on South Africa’s rights status ‘inaccurate and deeply flawed’
Pretoria has denounced a “deeply flawed” US report highlighting South Africa’s “deteriorating” human rights situation, days after Trump’s administration slapped 30% tariffs on many of the country’s exports.
13 Aug, 2025
Football body fines Kenya $50,000 over fan unrest, warns matches could be relocated
Kenya will receive a $50,000 fine over crowd safety and security breaches, a football governing body said on Wednesday, warning that the country’s home matches will be relocated if the situation is not contained.
13 Aug, 2025
Kenya’s Methodist Church leaders implicated in $4.6m corruption scandal
An internal audit reveals forged receipts, phantom suppliers and theft of food aid for drought-hit communities.
13 Aug, 2025
Somali army inaugurates new Turkish-built base in Mogadishu
The new commando brigade base is expected to bolster Somalia’s fight against terrorists.
13 Aug, 2025
Israel in talks with South Sudan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, sources say
It is unclear how far the talks have advanced, but if implemented, the plans would amount to transferring people from one war-ravaged land at risk of famine to another.
13 Aug, 2025
US sanctions armed group, Hong Kong firms over DR Congo conflict minerals
The sanctions target armed groups and companies linked to illegal mining, says Treasury Department
13 Aug, 2025
France admits to ‘repressive violence’ in Cameroon’s independence war
Between 1956 and 1961, France’s fight against Cameroonian independence claimed “tens of thousands of lives” and left hundreds of thousands displaced, an official report said.
12 Aug, 2025
Thousands displaced in southern Sudan amid renewed clashes between army, RSF
Thousands of civilians have been displaced in Kadugli and El-Fasher in southern Sudan due to renewed clashes between the army and paramilitary RSF.
