The African Union has co-hosted an international conference in London on Tuesday, aiming to support the suffering population in war-torn Sudan. The country was plunged into a brutal civil war on 15 April 2025.

The Maldives has declared a ban on Israeli visitors to its luxurious tourist islands, expressing strong support for the Palestinian people.

Officials said 189 people were rescued alive from the rubble, with 24 of them still hospitalized

While his final destination remains unconfirmed, Casablanca is believed to have been a transit point. The lack of official communication regarding his departure has sparked criticism from human rights organizations and families of the massacre victims, who view the move as a setback for justice.

The South African government has appointed Mcebisi Jonas, former deputy finance minister, as special envoy to the US in an attempt to improve relations with Washington. The two countries’ relationship is at its lowest point in years.

Human Rights Watch also urged the UN peacekeeping mission to establish bases in high-risk areas, warning that without security guarantees, peacekeepers cannot operate effectively.

Zuckerberg and other top Meta executives are expected to testify as the trial unfolds, in what could be a defining moment for tech regulation in the U.S.

Gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers raided two villages in Plateau state’s Bassa district before shooting and hacking their victims

Renganaden Padayachy was charged alongside former central bank governor Harvesh Seegolam. They are accused of embezzling about $6.7 million from the Mauritius Investment Corporation

Gabonese expressed themselves following the provisional results indicating that Brice Oligui Nguema, the military junta who removed longtime president Ali Bongo in a coup in 2023, has emerged victorious in Gabon’s presidential election, securing an impressive 90.35% of the votes.

A judge in charge of emergency proceedings declared herself not competent to rule in the case brought by Valérie Yapo, who had sought the removal of the Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) leader. While his boosts the former banker’s chances, the saga is far from over

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of “the world’s largest hunger crisis” in war-torn Sudan, where famine has been confirmed in several places.

Islamic extremists with the Boko Haram group took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States on Monday. The ambassador was expelled last month by the Trump administration.

Many living with serious injuries have limited access to orthopaedic therapy and must navigate damaged communities that have little or no infrastructure to accommodate them

After a first round of “positive” and “constructive” discussions in Oman over the weekend, Washington and Teheran are set to continue their talks over Iran’s nuclear programme in Rome this week.

A South African court is set to re-open Monday an inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli, a key anti-apartheid figure and Nobel laureate, in 1967.

In January, imports and exports dropped by 2.2 percent. The decline eased in February, with trade remaining largely flat.

Authorities announced on Sunday that a human trafficking ring responsible for smuggling Moroccan migrants into Spain and other EU nations has been dismantled in southern Spain.

52 people have died over the weekend in a renewed outbreak of violence in eastern DRC, where government forces and Rwandan-backed rebels have been fighting since early January.

Algeria has instructed 12 French officials to leave the country within 48 hours, as stated by the French foreign minister on Monday.

The last election in 2022 followed the 4.5 clan-based system, which allocated equal parliamentary shares to four major clans and a half-share to minority groups. Somalia has not held direct elections since 1967.

In September, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said it was concerned about the looting of the museum, whose restoration was organized with the UN agency and funded by Italy since 2019.

The African Union announced on Sunday that it had named Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo, as new mediator in the ongoing conflict in eastern DRC. Gnassingbé will take over from his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenço, who stepped down from the role last month.

Gabon’s Coup Leader Brice Oligui Nguema Wins Presidential Election in Landslide Victory

Brice Oligui Nguema, the leader of Gabon’s transitional government and the military figure behind the August 2023 coup that ousted the Bongo dynasty, has won the presidential election with 90.35% of the vote, according to provisional results announced on Sunday by the Ministry of the Interior

The director of Gaza’s health ministry condemned Israel’s airstrike on a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday that forced patients to evacuate. The pre-dawn strike hit Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City – also known as Baptist hospital – after Israel issued an evacuation warning, according to the heal

10.3 million metric tons of food in South Africa goes to waste each year according to the UN and much of it ends up in landfills adding to the country’s environmental problems. A growing number of chefs recognise this and are trying to create sustainable businesses.

Vultures have an image problem. Seen as ugly and associated with death, they are among the least loved animals in the world. But conservationists in Africa are trying to change that. They’ve launched an effort to save endangered vultures by trying to put a dollar figure on their incredible value.

Tanzania’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, has been disqualified from the upcoming elections, a senior election official confirmed on Saturday.

Dozens of displaced Sudanese arrived in Tawila, North Darfur, on Saturday following attacks by the country’s notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces.

The majority of polls closed in the oil-rich Gabon on Saturday in a presidential election that the country’s military rulers hoped would legitimize their grip on power.

Palestinian families in Gaza City have once again been displaced uncertain where to go after the Israeli army issued orders on Friday to evacuate areas in the east of the city ahead of military operations targeting Hamas.

Voters in the oil-rich Gabon headed to the polls on Saturday in a presidential election that the country’s military rulers hoped would legitimize their grip on power.

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course of two months, the U.N. children’s agency said Friday, warning that existing funding gaps meant that hundreds of thousands were deprived of protection.

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships, if their planet-heating emissions are not already accounted for, making it effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions.

A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl.

Exhausted, some people expressed frustration over the slow process, while others—like Rosa Eridania Reyes, who was waiting for the body of the father of her two children and a security guard at the Jet Set Disco—voiced anger, demanding accountability.

Large groups of Palestinians gathered for hours in a playground in central Gaza, eagerly awaiting food distributed by a charity kitchen on Friday.

Foreign ministers from the Gaza contact group emphasized the need for a lasting ceasefire and opposed the displacement of Palestinians from their homes on Friday.