Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims
Nigeria's military has denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend
May 12, 2026Nigeria's military has denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend
May 12, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate" in which thieves
May 12, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Tuesday for a seventh term, extending his rule in the east African country into a fifth decade.
May 12, 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years
May 12, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new investments in Africa at a summit held in Kenya
May 12, 2026
At least 100 civilians were killed in a Nigerian military airstrike on a crowded market in northwest Zamfara state, Amnesty International said on
May 12, 2026
The Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebel group has withdrawn from several key positions in Congo's eastern South Kivu province over the weekend, the Congolese army and a rebel official said
May 12, 2026
The United Nations human rights chief warned on Monday that widening and intensifying violence in Sudan, as well as the rising use of drones, could
May 11, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a visit to Kenya ahead of a two-day Africa Forward Summit
May 11, 2026
The remains of a U.S. soldier missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered in the Atlantic Ocean
May 11, 2026
A Microsoft data center site in East Africa has been delayed by disagreements with the Kenyan government over the company’s request for guaranteed payments, Bloomberg News reported
May 10, 2026
Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
May 10, 2026
Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport
May 09, 2026
South Africa's highest court on Friday revived impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over
May 08, 2026
An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the Uganda border, killing at least 40 people
May 08, 2026
Shorn of influence in its former colonies in West Africa, France will seek to deepen ties elsewhere on the continent next week at an Africa summit in the
May 08, 2026
Nigeria's army says that seven children and two women abducted last month in Nigeria have been rescued by troops
May 07, 2026
In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled
May 07, 2026
African countries including Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have warned migrants in South Africa to be cautious and remain indoors due to
May 07, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said he was open to standing for a third term, angering opposition politicians who accused him of
May 07, 2026
Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence
May 07, 2026
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's
May 07, 2026
A new report reveals European companies have taken a third of the Indian Ocean's tropical tuna catch
May 07, 2026
The U.N. health agency says two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak
May 06, 2026