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The UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has announced that he's resigning. He told the UN Security Council that the Sudan conflict which erupted between rival military factions in April risked becoming a full-blown civil war. It comes…

The two rival governments in Libya are co-ordinating relief efforts for flood victims, the UN has said. More than 5,300 people died after two dam bursts brought devastating floods to the eastern city of Derna. At least 10,000 people…

Armed groups from northern Mali claimed in a statement on Tuesday the capture of the key town of Bourem, between Gao and Timbuktu, at the cost of fighting with the Malian army. The Permanent Strategic Framework , an alliance of armed…

The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,500, a minister who visited the eastern port of Derna said lately. "I was shocked by what I saw, it's like a tsunami," Hisham Chkiouat, from the eastern-based…

Kenya’s President William Ruto was inaugurated exactly one year ago on dnesday as the country’s fifth president, and analysts have described it as a challenging one. He came to power promising to revive the listless economy and put more…

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of nepotism after appointing his son as one of a new set of ministers following his controversial re-election last month. Mr Mnangagwa on Monday named his son, David Kudakwashe, as…

Tanzania airports regulator has denied allowing the smuggling of wildlife from a park in the northern region to Middle East countries. It follows claims on social media that the wild animals were being trafficked on cargo planes from…

Flights from the Malian capital, Bamako, to the northern cities of Timbuktu and Gao have been cancelled due to insecurity. Several shells landed near Timbuktu airport on Monday. A United Nations camp was hit. Malian authorities on…

Niger's military regime accused France of deploying forces in several West African countries with a view to military intervention. Relations with France, Niger's former colonial power, degraded swiftly after Paris stood by ousted…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia announced the successful completion of the fourth and final filling of the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, on Sunday. The dam has been the source of regional tensions with downstream Egypt and…