The President of Madagascar, Michael Randrianirina, is visiting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, in Paris. According to the Elysée, their discussions will focus on humanitarian aid to the cyclone-battered island.

Eighteen Senegalese football supporters were handed sentences ranging from three months to a year for their pitch invasion during the AFCON final.

Ukraine marks four years since Russia’s invasion with a Kyiv memorial as Zelensky and EU leaders honour the dead and vow to keep resisting.

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has pledged to increase the punishment for same-sex relations to up to ten years in prison. The move has been condemned by human rights groups.

The footballer has denied the allegations made by a young woman in a suburb of the French capital in February 2023.

The military spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Lieutenant-Colonel Willy Ngoma, was killed early Tuesday in a drone strike near Rubaya in North Kivu province, multiple sources confirmed, dealing a significant blow to the rebel movement amid ongoing ceasefire efforts.

Four of the 17 men lured into fighting for Moscow on the frontline of its war in Ukraine have returned home so far.

Ghana has renamed its main international airport, dropping the name of a military officer linked to the 1966 overthrow of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. This move has reignited old political and historical tensions.

Police in Haiti exchanged gunfire with a group of suspected kidnappers in downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday, with unconfirmed reports indicating casualties on both sides, as kidnapping-for-ransom continues to plague the capital.

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher has sounded the alarm about the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, where fighting rages on.

The decision comes almost three months after Anicet Ekane died in military detention, some five weeks after being arrested.

Mexican special forces killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, sparking deadly retaliatory attacks that left 25 National Guard members dead across six separate incidents, authorities said Monday.

Hundreds of Kenyan nationals stranded in Cambodia have turned to the courts in Nairobi, asking judges to force the government to secure their return after what they describe as a human trafficking ordeal disguised as overseas employment.

After 10 months in prison, prominent Tunisian lawyer Ahmed Souab walked free on Monday. The 69-year-old was arrested in April last year after condemning a mass trial of government critics.

The World Bank announced Monday it aims to provide Mozambique with $6 billion in mostly concessional financing over the next five years to support public investment projects, as the Southern African nation grapples with strained public finances and recent IMF warnings over worsening debt dynamics.

Greece marks Clean Monday with Galaxidi’s flour war, as crowds throw dyed flour to close the carnival season.

Basel’s 700-year-old carnival begins with the 4am Morgenstreich, as lights go out and masked musicians parade with glowing, satirical lanterns.

A church service scheduled to honour jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been cancelled on the orders of the president, Besigye’s wife said on Monday.

New York was blanketed by nearly 60 centimetres of snow, shutting schools, silencing traffic and turning Central Park into a playground of sledges and snowmen.

Six people were injured and flights temporarily suspended after a fire broke out at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, late Monday afternoon, airport authorities said.

Rainy seasons in Somaliland have been late and meagre for at least five years, leading to frequent droughts. Now the breakaway region hopes Israeli help can significantly boost the amount of land under cultivation from its current level of just 3 percent.

In war-scarred Gaza, residents are doing what they can to mark Ramadan as basic supplies continue to run thin on the ground.

A new documentary about Maurice Pellosh has enabled former clients of the Congolese photographer to rediscover their portraits that were taken decades ago.

Each spring, Georgia’s village of Didi Chailuri revives Berikaoba, a pagan rite with masked berikas, music and wrestling, hoping for fertility and good harvest.

In Gabon, the High Authority for Communication has requested the suspension of social media until further notice. This decision has sparked controversy. We discuss this with Marie Noëlle Ada Meyo, Special Advisor and Deputy Spokesperson for President Oligui Nguema.

Chad has shut it’s border with neighbouring Sudan, following clashes linked to the conflict in Sudan that claimed the lives of five Chadian soldiers.

Closed for more than two months, the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi reopened this Monday, February 23, ending a period of isolation and uncertainty for thousands of residents.

Ethiopia celebrated the 65th anniversary of its Special Operations Command on Sunday in Hawassa, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed praising the military’s modernization efforts, as renewed tensions simmer along the Tigray border—the region devastated by civil war between 2020 and 2022.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe, appeared in a South African court on Monday facing attempted murder charges after a gardener was shot at his Johannesburg home last week.

The Nigerian government paid Boko Haram militants a “huge” ransom of millions of dollars to free up to 230 children and staff the jihadists abducted from a Catholic school in November, an AFP investigation revealed Monday.

Senegalese musician Sahad Sarr’s sound has been a decade in the making, and he is now showcasing it on his new album African West.

A vital border crossing between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi reopened Monday, more than two months after it was shut during an offensive by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DRC, sources on both sides confirmed.

A major blizzard sweeps the US Northeast, closing schools, cancelling flights and shutting nonessential traffic in New York as millions shelter indoors.

The United States convened a fresh round of Western Sahara negotiations in Washington on Monday, bringing together Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and the Polisario Front in a high-stakes diplomatic push to resolve the five-decade-old conflict.

The 18th edition of the Tour du Rwanda kicked off in Rukomo on Sunday with 84 cyclists taking on the first stage. But the day was marred by tragedy. Two spectators were killed and six injured when a vehicle lost control in rainy conditions near the town of Gabiro.

For Ahmed El Habachi, Ramadan has always meant family gatherings and joyous feasts after sunset. This year, the 37-year-old plasterer breaks his fast on a mat inside a tent, surrounded by flood debris instead of loved ones.

Burned out cars blocked roads across 20 Mexican states on Sunday as drug cartels reacted to the death of drug lord Nemesis Rubén Oseguera Cervantes.

Activists in Verona marched on Sunday before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, questioning billions spent on venues and doubting claims of renewable power and long-term benefits.

Fifteen years after the fall of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, Libyans have little to celebrate this Ramadan as the country faces fuel shortages and soaring prices.

Russia launched massive overnight strikes on Ukraine Saturday, hitting a Kyiv suburb, killing one and injuring at least a dozen including children as Zelenskyy condemned Moscow’s attacks.