Chad schedules legislative, provincial, and municipal elections for December 29
Chad’s National Election Management Agency (ANGE) has announced that legislative, provincial, and municipal elections will be held on December 29,…
Uganda explores oil in two new regions
Uganda is exploring for oil in two new regions. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development made the…
Rescuers recover fifth body from sunken superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing
Rescuers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily brought ashore a fifth body on Thursday, leaving one…
Israel’s economy is suffering and economists say the solution is to end the war
Israel’s economy is suffering from its nearly 11-month long war with Hamas, as its leaders grind ahead with its offensive…
Kenya: Policemen arraigned over jailbreak have been released on bond
Five Kenyan police officers arrested for allegedly assisting in the escape of 13 suspects, have been on a personal bond.…
Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week
Congo reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked…
Somalia threatens to suspend Ethiopian Airlines flights amid territorial dispute
Somalia has issued a warning to suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights to its territory due to an ongoing territorial dispute.…
South Africa’s ‘favourite teacher’ dies aged 85
South Africans are paying tributes to their “favourite teacher”, William Smith, who has died aged 85.The beloved maths and science…
World’s second-largest diamond found in Botswana
The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned…
Nigerians outraged by president’s new plane
Many Nigerians have reacted with outrage after a new plane was bought for President Bola Tinubu at a time when…
Israel: Relatives of hostages demand ceasefire deal, lament deaths in captivity
Families of hostages and their supporters protested outside Israel’s defence ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday (Aug. 20) demanding a…
Senegal sets up commission to review oil and gas contracts
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug. 19) a commission tasked with reviewing the oil and gas…
China urges EU to stop ‘politicizing’ economic issues as trade tensions flare
China on Wednesday urged the European Union to stop “politicizing” trade issues after the EU released a draft decision to…
Russia: Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk region ends hopes for peace talks
Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s Kursk region has ended “any possibility” of peace negotiations, said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian…
Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody
A suspect who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies…
Plane crash into Lake Malawi leaves two missing
A small plane crashed into Lake Malawi on Tuesday with three people on board, a Malawian official said. A Dutch…
Situation in Libya “has deteriorated quite rapidly” – UN top official
The United Nations top official in Libya told the Security Council Tuesday (Aug. 20) that the recent situation in the…
Obamas deliver resounding endorsement of VP Kamala Harris
Michelle Obama and her husband, former US President Barack Obama gave resounding endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris at the…
DRC: 20 dead and hundreds missing in boat accident
A boat accident on the Lukeni River in western Congo this weekend has left at least 20 people dead and…
Panicked African workers prevented from leaving Lebanon
“I want to go home,” Kenyan Eulita Jerop tells the BBC from Lebanon, where she is employed as a domestic…