Home to around 1.6 million people, Uganda’s Karamoja region has seen worsening food insecurity over the course of the past few months, according to Save the Children.

Cameroon football chief Samuel Eto’o has rejected embezzlement allegations, calling the claims mere smear campaigns.

Moroccan lawyers are continuing a nationwide strike, launched nearly three months ago to protest changes to their practise which they say undermine their independence

After decades of heavy reliance on oil and gas, Algeria is seeking to diversify its economy by expanding industry, agriculture, services and mining.

South Sudan has seen no progress on corruption or political stability, a United Nations commission warned on Thursday after touring the country ahead of its first-ever elections.

Congolese authorities inaugurated a new treatment centre in the city of Kisangani as they race to ramp up surveillance, diagnostic and treatment capacity

Smail Debeche, a professor of international relations at the University of Algiers III, said the decision was a reaction to what he described as UAE actions against Algeria on the regional level, including in Africa’s Sahel region and Libya.

The trial of Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, the driver involved in the December 2025 crash that injured boxer Anthony Joshua and killed two members of his team, was adjourned Thursday to November 17.

Protesters in South African have given immigrants living in the country illegally until Sept. 30 to leave, threatening larger demonstrations if their demands are not met.

Residents in the rebel-controlled city of Bukavu have been reeling in the aftermath of a fire that tore through two schools and proved deadly.

In the wake of the migrant rush into Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta back in July, Morocco has insisted there are ‘no facts’ indicating its involvement.

A man suspected of killing his wife and two daughters in England appeared in a Johannesburg courthouse on Thursday. Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma is a British citizen of Zimbabwean origin; he has admitted unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A devastating fire has struck the city of Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The blaze, which broke out in the densely populated Kadutu district, killed at least 24 schoolchildren and destroyed two schools as well as more than 300 homes, according to a provisional toll from local autho

The six-week-old pups, named Russ, Spud and Jackie, were first shown to the public this week. They’re tiny, weighing just 350 grams, and staff say visitors are delighted to spot them in their enclosure.

Campaigning for Morocco’s legislative election opened on Thursday, with the governing coalition seeking to retain power amid discontent over economic and regional inequalities.

Africa’s imports of electric motorcycles and three-wheelers from China rose sharply in the first half of 2026, underscoring a divide in the continent’s transition to electric vehicles.

The Kenyan President’s order to close immigrant-owned small businesses sparked panic in the country. But now, as it seeks to backtrack from the concern, Kenya has warned foreign workers they have 90 days to regularise their status.

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Algeria said Thursday it was cutting diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates following years of tension, with Algiers accusing Abu Dhabi of interfering in national and regional affairs.

The Kenyan President’s order to close immigrant-owned small businesses sparked panic in the country. But now, as it seeks to backtrack from the concern, Kenya has warned foreign workers they have 90 days to regularise their status.

The flame for the Dakar Youth Olympics was lit in Athens on Thursday for the first Olympic competition ever staged in Africa.

Oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel as fighting between the U.S. and Iran intensifies, raising fresh concerns for consumers and businesses around the world.

The spectacle has been normalized at traffic stops in and around Nairobi, with acrobats taking advantage of gridlocks to perform for acknowledgement with cash tips. It is how they earn a living

An additional three dozen health facilities serving more than 400,000 people in Sudan are closing this year due to global aid cuts, worsening a dire humanitarian situation in a country torn by more than three years of war, aid groups said Tuesday.

Oil-rich Nigeria can tackle its cost-of-living crisis in part by fighting government waste, presidential candidate Peter Obi told AFP, as politicians jostle to lead Africa’s most populous country.

After decades of heavy reliance on oil and gas, Algeria is seeking to diversify its economy by expanding industry, agriculture, services and mining.

US President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 payment to every adult American if Republicans win control of both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections.

The 2026 edition has brought together government and military delegations, aviation authorities, space agencies, airlines, and aerospace manufacturers

Uganda’s Tooro kingdom has named television news anchor  Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as its new king, but the succession has been challenged by the mother of the late King Oyo Nyimba, just days before his burial.

The Ebola survivors’ association in Beni, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, held an awareness-raising session for students as school resumed last week

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended his government’s handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta where some 80,000 migrants tried to enter at the end of July

At least 19 people have died from mox since the outbreak was confirmed in Kenya three months ago, according to a statement released Monday by the Kenyan Ministry of Health.

Generative AI is increasingly used for information warfare in Mali, according to a study released Wednesday, with the conflict’s factions mastering the technology to varying degrees.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached by Libya’s rival political groups that paves the way for elections to be held within two years.

A Kenyan start-up has built a mechanical hand that can translate a teachers’ voice into sign language in real time, allowing deaf children to learn alongside their hearing counterparts

Chinese nationals convicted in Madagascar for their involvement in online fraud networks have been transferred to their country of origin to continue serving their sentences.

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday wounded at least nine people and reduced buildings to rubble in various areas

Nominations for the 2026 Ballon d’Or, which recognises performances during the 2025-26 season, were announced by France Football magazine on Tuesday, ahead of the awards ceremony in London on October 26.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they have attacked and damaged two U.S. warships and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, in what they call retaliation for a U.S. strike on Iranian tankers.

Dozens of exhibitors from several countries are taking part in the El Alamein International Air Show, held this week at the airport in Egypt’s northwestern Mediterranean coast.