Mali is experiencing a significant easing of its severe fuel shortage, following the import of over 54 million liters of petroleum products in ten days. This surge in supply marks a critical step toward ending the crisis that has hampered the economy and daily life for weeks.

The head of the Ugandan army and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said on Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 arrested following the election.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI says African fraternity will prevail after what he called “deplorable” acts that marred the closing minutes of the Africa Cup of Nations final between Morocco and Senegal.

The finance minister told leaders at the World Economic Forum that this was a ‘temporary setback’.

Fans planning to attend the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico may face visa hurdles, but a new system aims to make travel easier.

Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services.

The miners have been terrorising residents of the Sporong informal settlement on South Africa’s gold reef.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200 million Americans.

Three years on, Khartoum’s Bahri Teaching Hospital is welcoming patients once again, nearly three years after it was wrecked and looted in the early days of Sudan’s war.

Nearly a year after Rwanda-backed M23 fighters seized the eastern Congolese city of Goma, life for civilians has changed dramatically, marked by insecurity, displacement, and deepening political tensions.

Nearly a year after Rwanda-backed M23 fighters seized the eastern Congolese city of Goma, life for civilians has changed dramatically, marked by insecurity, displacement, and deepening political tensions.

Guinea-Bissau has halted a US-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns, pending an emergency ethical review. The country’s health minister says a six-member ethics committee never met before the study was approved, a major red flag.

South Africa’s iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday.

Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar history.

A catastrophic hunger crisis is set to dramatically worsen in northeastern Nigeria, as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns it will be forced to slash food aid to over a million vulnerable people within weeks due to a critical lack of funding.

Mali’s military junta has created a new ministerial-level post to oversee the mining sector, tightening the government’s direct grip on the country’s crucial gold industry, and has appointed a former Barrick Mining executive to the job.

Facing catastrophic deforestation, Nigeria is deploying an unconventional defense: recruiting the very poachers and loggers who once threatened its last wildlife refuges.

Clean cooking is gaining ground in Cameroon. Eco-charcoal is emerging as a practical response to health, energy and environmental challenges while Cocoa exports stall in Ivory Coast as 660 tonnes pile up without clearance. Farmers go unpaid while exporters demand compensation for losses.

Police on Thursday detained a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of participating in bouts of violence in a remote part of central Uganda during last week’s election.

Residents of northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state say kidnappers surrounded their village, beating up people, as they abducted dozens of Christian worshippers. “They took them from church on Sunday around 10am in the morning,” says the mother of a kidnapped victim.

It was initially designed as an initiative to cement the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Funerals for victims of Spain’s train accident took place in Huelva province. Andrés Gallardo and David Cordon were among the mourned. The country is in national mourning with flags at half mast.

Almost three years of war in Sudan have left more than eight million children out of school for nearly 500 days.

At least eleven police officers were killed in a major jihadist assault in eastern Burkina Faso over the weekend, security sources confirmed, highlighting the persistent and deadly violence plaguing the country despite military claims of progress.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk’s idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft.

As Sudan’s brutal internal conflict nears its two-year mark, humanitarian leaders at the World Economic Forum issued a stark warning: the world’s largest displacement crisis is being dangerously neglected, with millions facing famine and disease while international attention remains elsewhere.

Many Gazans are resorting to collecting scraps of plastic and paper in rubbish dumps to light fires.

Residents of Greenland are being told to prepare in case of a crisis. Saber-rattling by Donald Trump has the island on edge, even though the US President appeared to walk back threats to annex the Danish territory during a speech in Davos on Wednesday.

The army retook Khartoum last March from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces which it has been battling for nearly three years.

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping attacks on Somalia during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos have ignited another backlash across the Horn of Africa.

In Khan Younis, residents burn rubbish for heat due to fuel scarcity, with aid groups warning of risks to children from the harsh winter conditions.

Greece woke up to severe weather on Wednesday as heavy rain and strong winds swept across much of the country.

New Zealand was shaken by a landslide at Mount Maunganui, burying parts of a seaside campground. Rescuers heard voices but found no signs of life. Heavy rain preceded the slide.

American YouTuber IShowSpeed was in Lagos on Wednesday, where he celebrated his 21st birthday by hitting 50 million subscribers.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is on the run after police raided his home. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said he escaped the raid and has since been in hiding.

Guinea-Bissau’s junta said in a decree published on Wednesday that the country would hold presidential and legislative elections on December 6.

Egypt “announces its acceptance of the invitation and its commitment to fulfilling the relevant legal and constitutional procedures,” the statement said, praising Trump’s Middle East policies.

Northern Nigeria has been the hardest-hit part of the country, with a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen across the northwest and north-central regions over the recent months, alongside an insurgency in the northeast.

Mambé previously served as prime minister from 2023 until his resignation on January 7, following Ivory Coast’s parliamentary elections in December.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the US president described the self-governing Danish territory as a “piece of ice” that is “part of North America.”