Guinea-Bissau’s former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira is planning a return to the country – and a run for the presidency.

A march organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew more than 110,000 people in London on Saturday, but it turned unruly when a small group clashed with police.

Malawians head to the polls tomorrow in a fiercely contested presidential election that sees former President Peter Mutharika attempting a dramatic political comeback at the age of 84.

The date harvest season has begun in Morocco’s Draa-Tafilalet region and farmers are hopeful it’s going to be a bumper year after mild summer temperatures and abundant rain. At the start of the season, the harvest has already exceeded 100,000 tons.

It was a finish for the ages in Tokyo. Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu edged out Germany’s Amanal Petros in a dramatic men’s marathon at the World Championships winning by just 0.03 seconds after 42 grueling kilometres.

The countdown is on! Just 100 days remain until the 35th Africa Cup of Nations kicks off and this time, Morocco is set to host the continent’s biggest football spectacle, from December 21st, 2025 to January 18th, 2026.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of infected individuals in response to a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai Province.

It was a festive scene in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday as the Catholic faithful gathered to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pope Leo XIV.

Deaths from cholera rose by 50 percent globally in 2024 compared to theprevious year, the World Heath Organization said on Friday.

Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir pips Ethiopia’s Tigst Asset to gold in WCA Women’s marathon in Tokyo

Malawi will hold a presidential election on Tuesday as the African country continues to grapple with an economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.

Nigeria’s pageant industry has long celebrated conventional ideals of beauty. But here at the Albinism Advocacy Pageant in Lagos, the message is diversity and the goal to break the stigma surrounding albinism.

An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza left Tunisia on Saturday, after a stopover in the North African country marked by weather delays and suspected drone attacks.

US President Donald Trump has called on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil and place tariffs on China of up to 100 percent.

Burkina Faso is now free to visit for all African nationals. Ouagadougou says its waiving fees on entry visas for citizens of African countries.

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The world body approved a non-binding resolution endorsing the so-called ‘New York Declaration’ by 142 votes in favor to 10 against. There were 12 abstentions.

Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci has added another culinary milestone to her record-breaking career, cooking what is believed to be the world’s largest pot of jollof rice.

Judges in the war crimes trial of former DRC president Joseph Kabila on Friday delayed their verdict in the case to consider new evidence.

From street party’s to sombre vigils, Brazil’s top court ruling against former president Jair Bolsonaro drew various reactions across Brazilian cities on Friday.

The UN’s top court has rejected a request by Equatorial Guinea to force the return of a Paris mansion seized by France as part of a corruption investigation into the son of the African nation’s president.

The United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have put forward a proposal for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, followed by a permanent ceasefire.

A motorized boat capsized in northwestern Congo’s Equateur Province, killing at least 86 people, state media reported Friday

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced Thursday that he suspended Riek Machar as the country’s first vice president, effectively ending the transitional government of unity that forestalled a return to full-blown war

Speculation was rife in Benin that Yayi, who served as president between 2006 and 2016 was considering a run for the presidency

Health officials in Congo are doing their best to overcome a string of challenges, including a lack of funding, as they try to quell the latst ebola outbreak in the region. U.S. funding cuts have been a major concern.

Kirk was killed by a single shot in what police said was a targeted attack and Utah’s governor called a political assassination

In rural Malawi, farmers have been embracing new technology to increase their yields. Some 180,000 residents have been using an AI chat bot, which is backed by the government.

“Africa must not only adapt. It has to lead,” United Nations Global Compact chief Sanda Ojiambo.

Burkina Faso’s authorities have taken a step towards making the country more accessible for international travellers, abolishing fees for visas for all African citizens on 11 September.

The World Dolls museum, officially named the “Poupées Du Monde” in French, is home to roughly 2,500 dolls

The grieving families of those killed during violent protests in Nepal gathered in Kathmandu on Thursday, lighting candles outside a hospital morgue and demanding justice and information about missing relatives.

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found Bolsonaro guilty on five counts related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.

Opponents of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro celebrated across Brasília on Thursday night after the Supreme Court sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused Kenya of non-compliance. If Kenya’ anti-doping agency fails to address irregularities, it risks repercussions, including losing financial backing from WADA.

The Trump administration said last week it would send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian national, to the African kingdom.

The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public’s help by releasing photos of the person they believe is responsible.

Police officers killed the anti-apartheid activist while he was in detention in 1977.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has overturned a law considered a “colonial import”, which previously barred men from taking their wives’ surnames after marriage.

Students from the University of the Philippines walked out of classes on Friday to protest against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s government, calling for transparency and accountability.

The long-standing issue of the Chagos Islands has taken a significant turn this week, as the British House of Commons voted in favor of a bill supporting the retrocession of the archipelago to Mauritius.