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AI, Africa and climate crisis star at Art Basel fair
Jun 14, 2023 (AFP)
The giant annual event in the Swiss border city of Basel, which aims to reflect current trends in the contemporary world, begins with private viewings for wealt...
African space tech? Don't rule it out, says Nigeria's startup king
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
While still in his twenties, the Nigerian co-founded two "unicorns", an industry term for companies that achieve a valuation of more than $1 billion. By most co...
Rwanda leaps forward in its journey to build a robust and vibrant space innovation ecosystem
Jun 08, 2023 (SPX)
The project to develop this ecosystem is funded by the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UKFCDO) under the Research Innovations System...
Ethiopia says foils Al-Shabaab attack near border with Somalia
Jun 07, 2023 (AFP)
The Ethiopian army "stopped the attackers in their tracks before they could wreak havoc" in the Ethiopia-Somalia border town of Dollo, the foreign ministry said...
Rwanda's Kagame orders major military purge
Jun 07, 2023 (AFP)
Army spokesman Ronald Rvivanga told local media that two long-serving generals, Major General Aloys Muganga and Brigadier General Francis Mutiganda, had been sa...
Over 16 million need aid in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger: report
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
This represents a 172 percent rise on 2016, the US International Rescue Committee said in its report on the Sahel region. The three countries are facing a deadl...
Israeli soldiers to join Moroccan war games for first time
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
"This is the first time that the IDF is taking an active part in the 'African Lion' international exercise," said a statement from the Israeli army late Monday....
US slaps sanctions on Sudan warring sides as ceasefire crumbles
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
For nearly seven weeks, Khartoum and other parts of Sudan have been gripped by deadly fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, both ...
Burkina Faso says 50 jihadists killed in attack on convoy
Jun 01, 2023 (AFP)
The incident happened on Wednesday near Tibou in Loroum province bordering Mali, when the convoy of trucks came under attack by around 100 armed men, it said. T...
Burkina PM vows no deal with jihadists, boosts civil militias
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
"We will never negotiate, either over Burkina Faso's territorial integrity or its sovereignty," Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela told parliament, adding that the g...
Sierra Leone civil war criminal released after serving term
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
Allieu Kondewa was a leader of the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF), a notorious paramilitary unit that recruited traditional hunters to fight rebels d...
Two Virunga park guards killed in DR Congo
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
Since 2020, various armed groups have carried out attacks and ambushes targeting guards in the park, Africa's largest nature reserve. In a statement, the park s...
US conducts strike near site of Shabaab attack in Somalia
May 28, 2023 (AFP)
The base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu, was housing Ugandan troops when it was raided Friday in an attack claimed ...
Venice exhibition shines light on Africa's forced urbanisation
May 27, 2023 (AFP)
Away from the national pavilions, the main exhibition put together by Biennale curator Lesley Lokko shines a light on the enduring impact of the colonising Euro...
In Sudan's capital, risking death in search of water
May 26, 2023 (AFP)
After nearly six weeks of street battles between forces loyal to rival generals and with temperatures regularly topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenhe...
Fighting rages in Darfur as Sudan mediators report progress
May 26, 2023 (AFP)
Within minutes of the ceasefire taking effect late Monday, witnesses in the capital Khartoum reported air strikes and gunshots. The one-week truce is the latest...
China and DR Congo vow tighter ties, discuss mining contracts
May 26, 2023 (AFP)
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi's trip, his first state visit to China, is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures between Beijing and African nations. Ts...
Libya says air force strikes 'smuggler hideouts'
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
"Our national air force carried out precise and targeted air strikes this morning against hideouts used by gangs of smugglers in fuel, narcotics and humans in t...
Over one million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
Around 433,000 people were forced from their homes between January 1 and May 10 as a grinding Islamist insurgency raged and clashes broke out in the breakaway S...
Air strikes, combat as one-week Sudan truce officially starts
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
They reported combat in north Khartoum, and air strikes in the east of the capital shortly after 9:45 pm (1945 GMT) Monday night when the truce was to take effe...
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