Officials and business leaders in South Africa and Kenya are welcoming China’s new zero‑tariff policy for 53 African nations, saying it will open fresh trade opportunities, cut costs for small businesses, and strengthen economic ties across the continent.

Denis Sassou N’Guesso arriving at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday where he met with Vladimir Putin.

Footage released by Russia’s défense ministry purports to show troops fighting with Tuareg rebels in Mali. It comes after Moscow’s Africa corps paramilitary unit was forced to withdraw from the town of Kidal following attacks by Tuareg rebels and jihadists.

The UNESCO-protected pyramids, at several sites including Meroe, have survived years of sand, rain, war, and neglect.

Mali’s security crisis intensified this week as jihadist group JNIM announced a blockade on all roads leading into Bamako, even as junta leader Assimi Goïta appeared publicly for the first time in days to claim the situation was “mastered.”

Rules for showing red cards to players at the World Cup were updated Tuesday because of two controversies in international football this year.

FIFA is paying out more than $100 million in extra cash to World Cup teams to help cover higher-than-expected costs of being in North America.

Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic.

As Uganda presses ahead with its crackdown on illegal migration, authorities have arrested dozens of foreigners since Monday. The latest operation targeted a group of people living in the north of the country, and another group living in a closed compound.

France has called on its nationals in Mali to leave the country “as soon as possible,” warning of an “extremely volatile” security situation after coordinated attacks struck several cities, including the capital Bamako.

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Tens of thousands of people have returned to Khartoum since the army recaptured it from the Rapid Support Forces in March last year.

The United States on Tuesday denied funding paramilitary units charged with securing mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a day after Kinshasa announced the creation of a mining guard.

Zimbabwe shipped its first consignment of lithium sulphate on Monday, raising Harare’s hopes of becoming a hub for battery minerals processing.

Felix Tshisekedi said poor oversight and capital flight were some of the issues preventing the country from fully benefiting from record sales.

The last contingent of Kenyan police officers has left Haiti, bringing an end to the UN-backed Multinational Security Support Mission, that’s been in place since 2024.

In his first address to the country since the weekend’s wave of attacks, Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita said on Tuesday that “the situation is under control.”

In his first address to the country since the weekend’s wave of attacks, Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita said on Tuesday that “the situation is under control.”

Senegal’s National Assembly adopted an electoral code reform on Tuesday, paving the way for Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to run in the 2029 presidential election. The opposition called the changes “tailored to one man.”

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of energy and industry minister Fatma Thabet Chiboub, ahead of a parliament meeting to review controversial draft laws on renewable energy contracts.

Mali’s military leader Assimi Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale jihadist-separatist attacks at the weekend, has met the Russian ambassador to his country, his office said on Tuesday.

Madagascar has expelled a French diplomat, accusing them of involvement in alleged destabilisation activities, in a move that signals growing tensions between the island nation and its former colonial power, France.

Ghana has pulled out of talks on a multi-year US aid deal after Washington allegedly demanded access to citizens’ personal data.

Mali’s air travel has been disrupted after a surge in violence forced airlines to suspend flights, raising fresh concerns over security in the region.

Justice has been delivered nearly six years after the Kafolo assault that shook the nation

Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths there mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said.

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered €7.2 million ($8.5 million) in compensation to be paid to victims of the Malian former jihadist leader Al Hassan, who was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2024.

Russia says it wants Mali to return to peace and stability as soon as possible after a wave of attacks by jihadist and separatist groups.

Ugandan authorities said Tuesday that they have detained dozens of foreigners in a crackdown on illegal migration that the internal affairs ministry suggested was linked to human traffickers and cyberscam operations.

Mali’s Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga is calling on citizens “not to give in to panic” after coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and Tuareg separatists led to the fall of the strategic northern town of Kidal and the death of the country’s defence minister.

The International Monetary Fund has approved 266 million US dollars for Liberia under a new 21-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility, aimed at helping the country strengthen its economy against climate-related shocks.

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A military-escorted civilian convoy in northern Ghana was attacked on Monday, leaving three civilians dead and one injured, the Ghana Armed Forces said.

Mali is grappling with the aftermath of sweeping, coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and rebel groups that seized multiple towns and military bases over the weekend.

The United Nations Secretary-General has expressed his deep concern over the weekend’s attacks in Mali.

At least 29 people have been killed in a brutal attack in northeast Nigeria, where gunmen opened fire on civilians gathered at a football pitch in Adamawa state, underscoring the country’s deepening security crisis.

Hundreds of members of Mali’s diaspora gathered in Montreuil, near Paris, on Monday in a show of support for the country’s ruling junta.

Hundreds of members of Mali’s diaspora gathered in Montreuil, near Paris, on Monday in a show of support for the country’s ruling junta.

The Prime Minister of Mali’s transitional government, General Abdoulaye Maiga, on Monday visited some of the injured in Saturday’s attacks by jihadi and rebel forces that killed the country’s defence chief.

The Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis received a warm welcome in Tripoli on Monday as he arrived for talks with his Libyan counterpart, Taher al-Baour.