Africa

South African police have issued a fresh safety warning to women after another woman was found dead near Johannesburg. The latest discovery has brought the number of women found dead...

An innovative farming project in Senegal is combining rice cultivation with fish farming to improve food production, household incomes and public health. Researchers are introducing native fish into rice paddies...

Cape Verde President José Maria Neves has announced that he will seek a second five-year term in the country’s presidential election scheduled for November 15. Neves, 66, made the announcement...

Niger’s military authorities have appointed new senior commanders in the country’s armed forces, about two weeks after an alleged mutiny was foiled in the capital, Niamey. The changes come amid...

Algeria’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates has been described by an Algerian international relations expert as part of a broader regional dispute involving the Sahel,...

Six Nigerian nationals accused of operating an online romance scam targeting more than 100 women in the United States have been extradited from South Africa to face charges in the...

Protesters in South Africa have issued a September 30 deadline for undocumented migrants living in the country to leave, warning that failure to comply could trigger larger demonstrations. The protests...

The Gambia’s worsening electricity crisis is becoming more than an energy problem, as prolonged blackouts fuel public anger and add to political pressure ahead of the country’s December 2026 presidential...

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Musalia Mudavadi, has defended the government’s decision to give foreign workers and business operators 90 days to regularise their immigration and business documents, insisting that...

A succession dispute has emerged in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom following the death of King Oyo Nyimba, after the royal clan announced a new monarch just days before the late king’s...