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DR Congo-M23 talks taking longer than expected; ICC unseals Libya war crimes warrant

Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)

The delay raises question marks over whether the launch of formal peace talks on ending the deadly conflict in the eastern DRC will go ahead as planned in Doha ...

Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit

Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)

Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to Sudan's state news agency ...

Thousands in besieged Sudan city at 'risk of starvation': WFP

Aug 05, 2025 (AFP)

Since May last year, El-Fasher, the state capital of North Darfur, has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been at war wit...

Peacekeepers and Al-Shabaab clash over key Somali town

Aug 03, 2025 (AFP)

Since the beginning of 2024, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab group has seized dozens of towns and villages in an offensive which has reversed nearly all of t...

Senegal strengthens eastern gendarmerie amid Mali border threats

Aug 02, 2025 (AFP)

Jihadist attacks early last month in Mali's west included an assault on Diboli, a border community less than 500 metres from the town of Kidira in Senegal. The ...

Jihadists kill 'dozens' of soldiers and civilians in Burkina Faso

Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)

In a "major" attack carried out on Monday, a military unit in the village of Dargo was targeted by "armed terrorist groups", leaving "several dozens of deaths o...

Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nations

Jul 30, 2025 (SPX)

Many African nations lack modern, accessible maps, which hampers infrastructure planning and economic development. The Map Africa Initiative seeks to overcome t...

Sudan quartet meeting postponed after Egypt-UAE spat; Deadly clashes between Uganda, South Sudan forces

Jul 29, 2025 (AFP)

Egypt and the UAE, seen as the key external players in Sudan's devastating war, disagreed on the role the warring parties -- Sudan's regular army and the parami...

US plan to destroy contraceptives sparks uproar

Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)

The contraceptives are being stored in Belgium and are reportedly planned to be incinerated in France. Both European countries are under pressure to prevent the...

Tunisia plastic collectors spread as economic, migration woes deepen

Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)

The 40-something-year-old said he starts the day off at dawn, hunching over bins and hunting for plastic before the rubbish trucks and other plastic collectors ...

Sudan's RSF names PM, presidential council in rival govt

Jul 26, 2025 (AFP)

The announcement, made during a press conference broadcast from the RSF-controlled city of Nyala in South Darfur, comes more than two years into the war between...

'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta

Jul 24, 2025 (AFP)

They are only allowed medical visits. Their lawyers say they have exhausted all legal recourse and now rely on political action or foreign mediation to secure t...

Somalia demands release of arms cargo ship seized by Puntland

Jul 23, 2025 (AFP)

The oil-rich area declared its autonomy in 1998, and the region has had strained relations with the central government in Mogadishu. Puntland forces intercepted...

Mali forces, Russian fighters killed dozens of Fulanis: HRW

Jul 22, 2025 (AFP)

Primarily nomadic herders, the Fulani are often stigmatised across the Sahel, accused of collaborating with armed Islamist groups and providing the bulk of thei...

One billion Africans being harmed by cooking pollution

Jul 18, 2025 (AFP)

The problem, which its report says can be easily solved, causes as much greenhouse gas emissions every year as the aviation industry. Two billion people across ...

French army leaves Senegal, ending military presence in west Africa

Jul 17, 2025 (AFP)

Ending the French army's 65 years in independent Senegal, the pull-out comes after similar withdrawals across the continent, with former colonies increasingly t...

Paramilitary attack kills 48 in central Sudan village: war monitor

Jul 14, 2025 (AFP)

The Emergency Lawyers, a group that has documented atrocities throughout the two-year conflict between the regular army and the RSF, said civilians were killed ...

The activist who fought for Sierra Leone's first World Heritage site

Jul 13, 2025 (AFP)

The 66-year-old and the conservation group he founded are the reason Tiwai, which was nearly destroyed during Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war, still exists. ...

ICC says violence being used as weaponsin Sudanese conflict

Jul 11, 2025 (UPI)

"There is an inescapable pattern of offending, targeting gender and ethnicity through rape and sexual violence," ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told ...

UN calls for 'immediate deescalation' in Libyan capital

Jul 10, 2025 (AFP)

In mid-May, there were clashes in Tripoli between forces loyal to the government and powerful armed groups wanting to dismantle it. In a statement published lat...