Provincial authorities in Tshopo said the attack took place on Sunday and blamed the anti-government M23 armed group, which is backed by neighbouring Rwanda. According to officials, four “kamikaze drones loaded with submunitions” were launched at the airport but were intercepted and shot down.

Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya, who has been absent from the country for more than two weeks, is in “good health”, authorities told local media Monday, as speculation swirled surrounding his medical fitness.

A total of 4,305 — including 223 women — will eventually be released, Ziyambi said, with the scheme “focusing on vulnerable groups and those who have demonstrated significant progress in their rehabilitation”.

Somaliland says its recognition by Israel could be a boon for its Berbera port. But with missiles flying across the region, it could also be a target.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) convened an extraordinary session in Vienna following a sharp escalation of tensions after joint Israeli–US strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory missile attacks.

The golden mask of King Amenemope, ruler of Egypt’s Twenty-First Dynasty, is among more than 180 artefacts now on display in London as part of the Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold exhibition at Battersea Power Station.

On Friday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned of the country’s deteriorating situation and called for urgent action to prevent a return to full-scale civil war.

The African Union called for dialogue and de-escalation after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, warning that conflict could risk harming people on the continent.

These calls for dialogue come as regional and international pressures intensify for a peaceful resolution to the crisis, amid growing concerns over political and social stability in the region.

A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse. Skywatchers will be able to see the spectacle on Tuesday morning in several continents. Sadly people in Africa and Europe won’t be able to enjoy the celestial show, but many others are in for a visual feast.

Iranian missiles and drones have hit the United Arab Emirates, shaking Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven for foreigners. The Associated Press’ Jon Gambrell explains more.

Congregants at the Ahlul Bait Foundation of South Africa – an association of Shia Muslim communities – gathered in Cape Town to pay their respects to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli military operations in Iran.

The Shajareh Tayyebeh School, located in Minab near a base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was struck on Saturday during what officials described as a large-scale offensive carried out jointly by Washington and Tel Aviv

Oil prices soared and stocks fell in Asia on Monday on the back of turmoil in the Middle East after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and several ships attacked.

The Tour du Rwanda 2026, one of Africa’s most prestigious cycling competitions, has come to an end. The winner is German rider Moritz Kretschy, while Eritrean Henok Mulubrhan won the final stage.

As Algerians fast and pray and gather together for the holy month of Ramadan, a worry lurks in many minds: how to afford the holiday feasts this year.

Two vessels were attacked Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies said, as Iran pressed a second day of strikes in response to US-Israeli air raids

Created in 2014, the Amani Festival has become a powerful symbol of peaceful co-existence in eastern part of Congo, where dozens of armed group wreak havoc

Belgium’s special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the “shadow fleet” Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been Iran’s spiritual guide and top political authority since 1989, when he succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as supreme leader

The helicopter went down minutes after takeoff and burst into flames in a hilly area of Nandi County in the west of the country, police chief Samuel Mukuusi said, adding all six people on board had died. Among the dead was lawmaker Johana Ng’eno

The Iranian government announced a 40-day mourning period after the country’s state media confirmed the leader’s death on Sunday

It’s been more than a decade since Haiti last held a general election, and gang violence has only worsened since President Jovenel Moise was killed in July 2021 at his private residence

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting on the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran

The individuals are Defense Minister Sadio Camara, as well as military officials Alou Boi Diarra and Adama Bagayoko, according to a notice by the US Treasury Department

The annual event attracts different cultures and religions, but started out as a protest against gentrification in Bo-Kaap, known for its brightly coloured houses and largely Muslim population

President Ramaphosa said one part of the army would deploy in the Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located and which statistics say has around 90% of the country’s gang-related killings

The campaign for March’s presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville begins on Saturday, with 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso seemingly assured of extending his decades in power

Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran’s capital, as witnesses reported smoke rising near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, who hasn’t been seen publicly in days

The outbreak threatens mass shortages of meat, job losses and millions of dollars in lost revenue as countries including China and Zambia ban South African meat exports

Conakry claimed the latest border dispute was the result of the unauthorised entry into the country by armed troops from Sierra Leone.

Alongside established designers, 12 young talents took part in a competition designed to reveal the stylistic voices of tomorrow.

Its foreign affairs minister has been in Kyiv to discuss the fate of two nationals taken prisoner on the frontline.

According to a contracting document, the U.S. is aiming to process 4,500 refugee applications each month from South Africa. This is in spite of South Africa insisting that white people in the country do not face persecution.

Residents in Pakistan’s Bajaur district reported shells hitting civilian homes, with injured families taken to local hospitals as clashes spread across frontier areas.

Abubakar Malami and his son, Abdulaziz, are both facing terrorism and illegal firearms charges filed by the Department of State Services .

Senegal’s parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers’ cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall’s government.

The mayor of Cape Town on Friday announced he would be running for leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in South Africa’s ruling coalition, after current leader John Steenhuisen said he would not be running for a third term.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that there is particular concern around data governance and pathogen sharing.

Pakistan is facing renewed fighting along its border with Afghanistan as clashes continue near the Torkham crossing.