Africa

South African police have discovered the body of another woman in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, bringing the number of women found dead in the municipality over the past two months...

Heavy fighting erupted overnight around Abala in Ethiopia’s Afar region as federal forces battled Tigray fighters in a fresh escalation of the conflict in northern Ethiopia. A humanitarian source in...

Residents across Ethiopia’s Tigray region are stocking up on food, withdrawing cash and searching for essential supplies as renewed fighting raises fears of a return to the devastating 2020–2022 conflict....

Nigeria and the United States have signed a framework agreement aimed at attracting greater American investment into Nigeria’s mining sector and developing the country’s mineral resources. The agreement was signed...

Fighting has intensified across northern Ethiopia after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said the region was now in a “full-blown war” with the federal government. The latest escalation has...

The leader of Morocco’s opposition Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, has cast his ballot in the country’s parliamentary election. Benabdallah voted at a polling station in...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted former Central African Republic rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of crimes against humanity linked to the torture and abuse of detainees during...

At least 11 individuals, including a woman believed to be pregnant, were killed when three gunmen opened fire at a house party in KwaMakhutha township, near Durban, South Africa. The...

The United States has seemingly withheld a visa for Sudan's army chief and de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, ahead of his scheduled appearance at the United Nations General...