The International Criminal Court is pushing for the maximum penalty, life in prison, for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, a former commander of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed militia.

For the last two months, Mali’s capital, Bamako, has face a growing shortage of petroleum products. Now the country’s opposition is urging the population to “open their eyes” to a regime that “seizes the nation” without protecting it.

Excavators searching for the remains of three Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas returned empty handed on Sunday, after a full day of searching for the last remaining bodies.

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The United Kingdom is threatening to restricts visas for nationals from three African countries that it has accused of not cooperating with the deportation of illegal immigrants.

For now, it’s the status quo — nothing has changed. Neither Bassirou Diomaye Faye nor Ousmane Sonko has spoken about the crisis shaking their party, their coalition, the “Diomaye President” coalition that brought Bassirou Diomaye Faye to power.

At least 25 students have been abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Nigeria’s Maga town, Kebbi State, following an overnight attack by gunmen.

As world leaders meet at the COP30 summit in Brazil, the urgent need to hit a global target of protecting 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030 has been brought into stark focus by an international science mission which has just returned with new evidence from the depths of the Indian Ocean.

The Confederation of African Football has unveiled the final shortlists for the 2025 CAF Awards, and Morocco is shining across almost every category.

Titled in Swahili “Chini ya Ardhi”, meaning “Underground” in French, the exhibition presents works carrying powerful messages. Paintings and sculptures illustrate Goma’s environmental realities — the presence of the volcano, as well as a tense security climate that weighs on daily life.

The Immigration and Citizenship Agency said it had launched an investigation into the breach and moved the e-visa platform to a new website.

President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they’ll “work something out,” in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each other as political foils.

A bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Congo collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said Sunday.

Archaeologists are delving deep into Bizmoun Cave, uncovering new clues about early human life in Morocco. The National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage, part of the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, has launched a fresh wave of research at this remarkable site.

A CARICOM Reparations Commission delegation is visiting the United Kingdom from November 17 to 20, 2025, to meet with British officials and lawmakers to discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism.

As President Alassane Ouattara prepares to begin a fourth term, what is the outlook on Ivory Coast’s economic situation?

Congo advanced to the World Cup intercontinental playoffs after beating Nigeria in a Sunday night penalty shootout.

The deputy executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) expressed outrage over the “terrible atrocities” that recently took place in the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region.

A cloud-seeding flight was conducted on Saturday over the country’s largest lake, officials said. Tehran is now in its sixth year of drought. High temperatures over the summer led to power outages

Winter’s first strong rainfall sent water cascading through parts of Gaza’s sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war

Officials from the UN refugee agency, World Health Organization and UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service) on Friday delivered stark warnings over the deteriorating situation in Sudan

Eighteen caskets, topped with bright yellow and orange flowers, were carried into a public plaza where a crowd gathered to say their goodbyes in Petit-Goave, southern Haiti

Thirteen years ago, when al-Qaida-connected fighters swept into the city, staff and local families smuggled tens of thousands of manuscripts south to Bamako for safety

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on global leaders to protect the rights and dignity of those living on the frontlines of the climate crisis, including migrants and displaced persons, Indigenous Peoples, and traditional and local communities

Benin’s National Assembly has adopted a constitutional amendment extending presidential and legislative terms from five years to seven. It also creates a Senate, made up of between 25 to 30 members.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework peace deal aimed in the at ending fighting in eastern Congo.

Central African Republic’s top court has cleared President Faustin Archange Touadera to stand in next month’s presidential election.

Tanzania is launching an inquiry into last month’s post-election killings, President Samia Suluhu Hassan told parliament on Friday.

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a draft resolution renewing sanctions against Yemen for another 12 months.

South African authorities are facing heavy criticism after holding more than 150 Palestinians on a plane for 12 hours after they landed in Johannesburg on Thursday morning.

International NGO Doctors without Borders, or MSF, says hundreds of people have been victims of torture and sexual violence since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur State.

Approximately 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the UN climate conference (COP30) on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes Friday, culminating in a symbolic dialogue where the conference president held a protester’s baby during negotiations.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has unveiled a next-generation malaria treatment that not only demonstrates a 97% cure rate but also blocks disease transmission, representing a potential breakthrough in combating drug-resistant strains of the deadly parasite.

Nineteen West African nationals deported from the United States to Ghana have been moved to undisclosed locations under armed guard, their lawyer revealed Thursday, raising alarms about the fate of migrants removed under the Trump administration’s controversial third-country deportation program.

Ghana has emerged from its worst economic crisis in a generation and is positioned for sustained growth, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced Thursday, declaring the nation “back, strong, credible, and open for business” during his 2026 budget presentation to parliament.

Dozens of Palestinians who arrived in South Africa on a chartered flight will not be turned back, President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters on Friday.

Its resolution also called on the investigative team to “identify, where possible” suspected perpetrators in a bid to ensure they are “held accountable”.

Ivory Coast is deploying additional security forces to its northern border following a surge in refugee arrivals linked to escalating attacks by armed groups in neighboring Mali, raising concerns about the southward spread of regional instability.

Kelp is essential to oceans, providing a habitat for numerous marine life and keeping the ocean clean by trapping carbon. It’s also long been a part of Asian cuisine, but now a chef in Cape Town is turning seaweed into a gastronomic experience.

South African authorities initially barred then later granted entry to 130 Palestinian who arrived at O.R.T. International Airport this week, following humanitarian intervention and high-level government consultations after immigration officials identified irregularities in their documentation.