Africa

Residents of the Tunisian coastal town of Ben Guerdane have gathered for the funerals of eight young migrants who drowned after a boat carrying people attempting to cross the Mediterranean...

Uganda’s military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has announced that he plans to run for president in 2031, raising the possibility that he could seek to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni....

Russian chess official Sergei Indeikin has died at the age of 36 after reportedly developing a severe form of malaria following a work trip to Nigeria. Indeikin served as an...

Guinea-Bissau will vote on a proposed new constitution on Sunday, August 30, in a referendum that could significantly reshape the country’s political system ahead of general elections planned for December....

Ugandan authorities have announced that investigations involving former Speaker of Parliament Anita Among have been dropped, following months of controversy over alleged corruption. Among was reportedly confined to her home...

A major gathering of Sudanese political forces and civil society groups opposed to the ongoing war has ended in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with participants rejecting a national dialogue proposed by...

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and seven others injured after armed men ambushed a patrol in South Sudan’s Jonglei State on Monday, according to the United Nations Mission in...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has dismissed recent efforts to disarm the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as “superficial”, arguing that no initiative so far has adequately addressed...

Protests erupted in the Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane on Saturday night following the sinking of a migrant boat off the country's southeastern coast, with residents demanding answers after a...

Uganda has committed about 1,200 military personnel to a proposed international stabilisation force for Gaza, while Burundi is considering whether to join the mission, according to officials familiar with the...