Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume US mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam.

The money will help Ethiopia cover its balance of payments and budget needs, bringing total IMF disbursements under the programme to just over 2.18 billion dollars.

Thousands of people had said on social media they would to take part in marches and rallies organised by Greenlandic associations in Copenhagen, and in Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital Nuuk.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change after four decades of the same government.

Police in Uganda on Saturday denied reports that the main opposition candidate in this week’s tense election had been arrested, terming the reports as “deceitful and inciteful.” They urged citizens to remain peaceful as the country awaits the results in the presidential vote.

Heavy rains have hit northeastern South Africa since late last year, killing at least 30 people in the two affected provinces. The South African Weather Service kept parts of the region on maximum alert Friday, warning of “more torrential rains causing widespread flooding.”

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of “massive ballot stuffing” and detentions by security forces.

Members of a newly formed Palestinian technocratic committee to be involved in the running of Gaza during the second phase of the ceasefire deal met in Cairo on Friday.

Police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala lobbed tear gas at protesters and put out fires lit after the Ugandan electoral commission announced early results showing incumbent president Yoweri Museveni leading a presidential ballot.

Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan.

A Kenyan man who once lived on the streets now shares his small home with a small flock of rescued birds. Rodgers Oloo Magutha has nursed dozens of injured kites, owls and storks back to health, filling a gap in a country with few rehabilitation centres.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise call for improved diplomatic relations with Europe, saying Moscow is ready to restore dialogue despite ties remaining at their lowest point since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Pretoria, which is trying to repair strained relations with the United States. Ties have worsened under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has accused South Africa of anti-American policies, imposed steep trade tariffs

Kampala remained tense and unusually quiet on Friday as Ugandans waited for the final results of the presidential election, with uncertainty gripping the capital.

His party, the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon, has also announced it will boycott upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections, arguing that participation would legitimise what it calls electoral wrongdoing.

Torrential rains and devastating floods have killed dozens of people across southern Africa, with authorities warning that more severe weather is still to come.

Russia’s new ambassador to Niger presented his credentials on Thursday to the West African country’s military leader, as the two nations continue to strengthen ties.

Brahim Díaz continues to lead the Golden Boot race at the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, holding onto top spot as Morocco seal their place in the final on home ground.

Libya’s capital Tripoli was once home to a flourishing cinema scene. But the dictatorship by Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan civil war led to the disappearance of all cinemas and filmmaking in the city. One director is trying to change that.

Forest rangers say pressure is mounting. Corneille Makonga recalls how a powerful individual arrived with heavy machinery, claiming to have purchased the community’s forest despite villagers holding official documents. He says the attempt amounted to a land grab.

In Aomori, Japan, women in kimonos performed the Taue Mochitsuki rice pounding ceremony amid snowfall, aiming for a good harvest and family protection.

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has been named the winner of the 2026 African Peace Prize for his peaceful management of Chad’s political transition and the country’s humanitarian response to Sudanese refugees, the African Conference for Peace has announced.

Ukraine faces another harsh winter as Russian strikes leave Kyiv without stable electricity or heating. Residents rely on emergency centres to cope with the cold.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, a day after elections that early results show President Yoweri Museveni firmly in the lead as he seeks to extend his four-decade rule.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk continued his visit to war-ravaged Sudan on Thursday, as he met with civil society representatives and NGOs in the capital of the Northern State, Dongola.

Violence erupted after Hassan won the vote with more than 97 percent, as major opposition candidates were barred and the main opposition leader remained jailed on treason charges. Rights groups say hundreds were killed.

“To our partners in the diplomatic community and foreigners residing here in Tanzania, I express my sincere sympathy for the uncertainty, service restrictions and internet shutdowns you experienced,”

Germany’s Berlinale film festival is preparing its iconic bear trophies at a small foundry in Berlin-Charlottenburg, where the awards have been made for decades.

Uganda’s electoral commission says early provisional results from the presidential election show President Yoweri Museveni leading with 61.7 percent of valid votes counted so far.

Japan and Italy upgraded their relationship to a special strategic partnership, emphasizing economic and energy security and marking 160 years of diplomatic ties.

Flooding triggered by torrential rains in northeastern South Africa claimed at least 10 lives overnight and forced the closure of the iconic Kruger National Park, officials said Thursday.

The Gambia opened its first trial Thursday against a member of the country’s notorious “Junglers” paramilitary unit, which acted as a death squad under the reign of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh.

The final draw for this year’s women’s AFCON took place in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday. The four groups will lead to some already highly anticipated encounters.

Polls closed in Uganda on Thursday after a chaotic day of voting that took place under an internet blackout and with long delays caused by technical breakdowns as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40 years in power.

In Senegal’s Kedougou region, a group of locals have had their lives changed – thanks to a community of chimpanzees. From working in precarious conditions in the many gold mines of the region, the men have become researchers and observers of the primates as part of a 15-year-old scientific project.

India welcomes Ai Weiwei’s first solo exhibition, blending art and political critique, in New Delhi. The show features works from over two decades of his career.

According to the UN, more than 21 million people — nearly half of Sudan’s population — are now facing acute food insecurity. Famine has been confirmed in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and in Kadugli in neighbouring Kordofan, both heavily affected by fighting.

The tragedy has struck a chord in a country where confidence in healthcare is fragile. Many Nigerians who can afford it, including political elites, routinely seek treatment abroad.

Ethiopian police have seized more than 50,000 rounds of ammunition sent by Eritrea to arm rebels in the country amid increasingly tense relations between the two Horn of Africa nations.

An American financial company has filed a lawsuit in the United States against the Democratic Republic of Congo and several senior officials, alleging attempted bribery, according to a document seen by AFP on Wednesday.