The decision comes as Human Rights Watch says security forces uses excessive force against demonstrators on 12 June.

Its summer camp immerses children in the world of technology, including building a robot, learning to code, and getting to grips with artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping Sierra Leone’s music industry, offering artists new creative tools while raising difficult questions about originality, ownership and copyright.

Its summer camp immerses children in the world of technology, including building a robot, learning to code, and getting to grips with artificial intelligence.

The United Nations says a new report by it’s Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan provides further evidence that atrocities committed by warring parties in the region constitute markers of genocide

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and John Mahama have agreed to revive what’s being called the ‘Cocoa OPEC’, a coordinated strategy to harmonize farmgate prices and align crop calendars across both countries. They have invited Cameroon and Nigeria, the region’s smaller producers, to join

The US military says it has completed its latest wave of airstrikes against Iran, targeting around 90 military sites in a major escalation of the conflict.

Water was back on in Bamako on Wednesday, following sabotage to an electrical supply line that left much of the Malian capital without power for several days.

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said Wednesday it “cannot remain silent” after what it believes was unfair and biased officiating in Egypt’s 3-2 round of 16 loss against Argentina on Tuesday

Tunisia’s famous Tabarka Jazz Festival is back after a six-year hiatus.

Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, hosts the second edition of an African space technology trade show known as the African Space Solutions Market from July 7 to 9, 2026.

A new World Health Organization report has warned that cancer is placing a devastating human and economic burden on societies worldwide, claiming more than 26,000 lives every day and exposing major inequalities in survival rates between rich and poor countries.

France and Morocco soccer fans gathered outside a hotel hosting the French national squad expressed hopes for their respective teams to advance at the World Cup one day before the two teams kickoff the quarterfinal stage of the tournament when the meet outside Boston.

Russia will continue to provide military backing for the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who make up the Alliance of Sahel States, the parties said at a meeting in Niger’s capital Niamey.

There were mixed reaction in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare on Wednesday, a day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law constitutional changes that will extend his term to 2030 and scrap direct presidential elections.

A US immigration attorney says the group of 11 people includes at least two who have legal protection that should have shielded them from deportation.

It says resurgent authoritarianism has translated into systematic repression, including of journalists, political opponents, and independent lawyers.

It excepts the world economy to grow by 3 per cent, down from 3.5 per cent in 2025.

The healthcare workers at the epicentre of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments.

At the alliance summit, he also renewed claims on Greenland and demanded Washington cut trade ties with Spain.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into how a fake government agency operated openly in the heart of his administration and was almost handed nearly a million dollars in public funds.

Heavy rainfall has caused intense flooding in several parts of Nigeria over the first days of July, during the peak of the country’s rainy season.

The late Iranian leader’s six-day long funeral procession is taking place in the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, before heading back on Iran.

Tanzania is rapidly building one of Africa’s biggest gold reserves, with its central bank buying nearly 28 tonnes of gold over the past 18 months, worth an estimated 3.7 billion dollars.

The landmark ruling on the lawsuit filed by the Rastafari Society of Kenya in 2021 is due to be pronounced on 15 July.

At least 14 people have died and 28 others were injured after a bus collided with a truck in a remote area of northern Uganda, police said on Wednesday.

Sudanese families who fled from the war, are living in poor conditions in the town of Tajoura in northwestern Libya are trying to make sure the children in the community don’t miss out on their education.

In response to the spread of the Ebola epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, patient care capacity has been significantly strengthened in Ituri province.

The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is stepping up security at its base in the northeastern town of Am Dafock, following an attack there last month.

Police and soldiers flooded the streets of Dar es Salaam Tuesday as Tanzania moved to crush planned pro-democracy protests, leaving the city heavily secured with no demonstrators in sight.

Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller Maersk said on Monday it will resume some sailings through the Suez Canal under the joint network with its German peer Hapag-Lloyd, instead of sending vessels around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

South African security forces have arrested more than 200 people, most of them undocumented foreign nationals, in a major raid targeting illegal mining. The operation took place on Tuesday at a gold mine shaft west of Johannesburg.

The Archbishop of Rabat, Cristóbal López Romero, is stepping back from his duties after at least five women accused him of sexual assault, according to an investigation by the AFP news agency.

Members of Haiti’s national football team returned home on Tuesday after their historic appearance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

South Sudan’s worsening conflict is placing enormous pressure on the country’s healthcare system, with the International Committee of the Red Cross reporting a 50 percent rise in medical evacuations during the first half of 2026.

For football fans at this coffeehouse in Cairo, Tuesday’s World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina started with a bang. But then it all went wrong.

Pakistan has reportedly begun mediation efforts to reunify Libya, according to Reuters news agency.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began his African tour with a visit to Ethiopia on Tuesday, where he met with Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, chairperson of the African Union Commission.

A liquefied natural gas tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. The attack comes as Iran mourns Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and nuclear talks with the United States remain stalled.

Heavy police deployments and protest bans marked this year’s Saba Saba Day in Kenya, but many citizens say the anniversary remains a powerful symbol of the country’s unfinished democratic journey. While fear kept crowds small, activists insisted the fight for justice is far from over.