World / Africa

Aminu Aubakar Kano, Nigeria: A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources...

Khartoum: Five civilians were killed by a drone strike that targeted a civilian vehicle in the Omdurman area, west of Sudan's capital, Khartoum,...

Algiers: President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed Algeria's readiness to contribute to efforts to resolve the crisis in Mali, in a way that...

Algiers: Seven people were confirmed dead and six others rescued following heavy rains that triggered flooding in several parts of Algeria, civil defense...

Paris: The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be played between Jun 19 and July 17 the African Federation (CAF) announced on Saturday...

Nairobi: Kenya will waive its fuel quality rules, the government announced Thursday, in an emergency measure to keep supplies running amid shortages caused...

Kampala: A Ugandan-American man was sentenced to death on Thursday over the murders of four young children he stabbed to death at a...

Abuja: Nigerian airlines continued flying Thursday despite threatening a shutdown over sky-high jet fuel prices roiling the industry in Africa's top crude producer...

Nairobi: There was a hero's welcome for marathon world record-breaker Sabastian Sawe as he returned to Kenya and was lauded by President William...

Tripoli: Seven people were rescued and 17 bodies recovered after a boat broke down off Libya's eastern coast and was stranded at sea...

Johannesburg: A South African court on Wednesday ordered the deportation of the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe, implicated in the...

Berlin: A German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his trousers and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt...

Tripoli: Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis,...

Abuja: The court martial over last year's foiled coup plot in Nigeria will resume on May 8, a spokesman for the country's Defence...

Bamako: Mali's government said that the defense minister, Sadio Camara, was killed after an attack targeted his residence, as part of a wave...

Khartoum: A drone attack hit an aid truck in Sudan's North Darfur state, destroying all the supplies on board, the UN refugee agency...

Bamako: Mali's defence minister died after an attack on his house, his family said Sunday, April 26, 2026, as the army fought a...

London: Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own women's-only world record. The reigning Olympic and world silver...