Last week, the Kenyan government announced price hikes in response to rising global oil prices, including a 23.5-percent increase for diesel — triggering a call for the strike by transport workers.

Nigeria continues to battle both jihadist insurgents in the northeast and criminal gangs known as bandits, who frequently target rural communities and schools for ransom.

The border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, around Goma and Gisenyi, has been closed since Sunday morning, according to several eyewitness accounts collected on the ground.

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua blamed the increase on corruption and questioned why fuel remains more expensive in Kenya than in neighboring Uganda, despite Kenya serving as the region’s main import hub through the Port of Mombasa.

With a population of about 550,000, Cape Verde is widely regarded as one of Africa’s strongest democracies. The country’s electoral calendar will conclude in November with a presidential election.

Equatorial Guinea’s Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono Angue met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, where the two discussed defence cooperation and Russia’s role in Africa.

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has signed into law forbiding foreign interference in the country despite warnings from different concerned parties.

Djibouti has unveiled its first government since the re-election of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, with the new cabinet made up of 26 ministers, including eight women and one secretary of state.

The health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday that authorities had already selected sites in Rwampara and Mongwalu to establish new treatment centers and that dozens of patients were receiving active care.

Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague.

Terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and public health emergency each describe a different level of spread,  and they help determine how fast and how far the response goes.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has described food security as a “strategic intervention” as Ethiopia and the Dangote Group move ahead with plans for a major fertiliser plant in the country’s Somali region.

Cape Verdeans headed to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections marked by uncertainty, with five parties competing and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva seeking a rare third term in a country long praised for its political stability.

A fast‑moving Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and reached the major city of Goma, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency.

Eighty-year-old Laurent Gbagbo was re-elected as leader of the PPA-CI party at its congress this week.

Royalties from ‘Dai Dai’ are dedicated to FIFA’s fund aiming to expand access to quality education and football opportunities for children.

Ugandan officials confirm that a Congolese man who died at the health facility had tested positive for the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever.

It was Francis Ngannou’s second mixed martial arts bout in four years and he immediately teased the possibility of new fights.

The founding of the SPLA in 1983 saw the start of Sudan’s second civil war which ultimately led to South Sudan’s independence in 2011.

Some 88 people have died from the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever in the DR Congo, with one death in Uganda, and at least 336 suspected cases.

Four robot monks in traditional robes joined Seoul’s lantern parade ahead of Buddha’s birthday, symbolising Buddhism’s tech-savvy modernisation.

Tens of thousands of people joined rival London marches for Tommy Robinson and Palestine, as 4,000 officers used strict routes to avoid clashes and keep order.

The Nigerian president called the strike a ‘significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism’.

A Moroccan, Nigerian, and Rwandan among the six women honoured at the event in the south of France on Friday.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s latest analysis shows that 19.5 million Sudanese – two out of every five citizens – are in danger.

The 18-year-old waved a large Palestinian flag from an open-top bus during his team’s La Liga victory parade through Barcelona on Monday.

Accra on Friday said it had helped restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability ahead of schedule.

It includes medical volunteers, engineers, and members of civil society groups from 30 different countries.

At least 80 people are reported to have died and 246 suspected cases identified in Ituri province in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus.

Health workers in Kinshasa met with Dieudonne Mwamba, Director General of the National Institute of Public Health, to discuss a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s political party, the African National Congress (ANC) expresses support for its president, after the Constitutional Court ruled that parliament had acted unconstitutionally

Tobacco production in Zimbabwe is rebounding to record levels as farmers look for more profitable and resilient crops.

In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a conflict that drags on despite peace talks has taken a dangerous new turn, with civilians now struck from the air by drones, far from the front line

Ghana has officially concluded its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the International Monetary Fund, marking the end of the country’s latest financial bailout arrangement after years of economic turbulence.

The tombs of Amenhotep-Rabuia and his son Samut have been opened to the public for the first time since they were rediscovered in 2015.

A third round of direct talks are taking place in the United States as fighting continues in southern Lebanon, despite a truce.

Residents of Jabalia bury two Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a wake, as Gaza reports nearly 73,000 dead and truce violations persist.

U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to Beijing Friday with a private meeting at Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s official residence before he departed for Washington

Ukraine and Russia swap 205 prisoners each in the first stage of a planned 1,000-for-1,000 exchange, mediated by the United Arab Emirates.

African fashion is going through a quiet but powerful shift. It’s no longer only about traditional outfits for ceremonies or cultural events.