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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says he will host representatives of Sudanese political leaders in the capital, Juba, in a bid to end the brutal six-month conflict. A statement from Mr Kiir’s press unit says the meeting will take…

Some of the 189 people rescued after a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo have narrated how they managed to survive. "All my body was under the water, except my head. I clung to a wooden part of the boat until some people…

A Sudanese resident has said lately, life is "getting harder and harder" six months into the ongoing civil war. A conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and a powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, has killed more…

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, hosted his Turkish counterpart in Cairo, on Saturday, allocating a significant portion of their discussions on developments in the Gaza Strip. Developments related to Gaza have captured a large…

More than 4,000 residents in Ghana's south-east have had to flee their homes because of flooding. As a result of the Akosombo Dam overflowing, homes and farms have been destroyed by raging waters along the banks of the River Volta.…

Eritreans who fled their native country for Israel have experienced further displacement following Hamas's surprise attack. Around 18,000 asylum seekers from Eritrea, East Africa, live in Israel. They fled persecution and compulsory…

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has received distressing news that two South African citizens lost their lives in the ongoing Middle East conflict in the early hours of Saturday when Hamas' militant wing…

The first section of Kenya's Chinese-built railway was opened with much fanfare in 2017 - but two years later work on the tracks stopped in the middle of the country and the master plan of linking it to other landlocked countries in East…

Burkina Faso and Russian state nuclear company Rosatom on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for construction of a nuclear power plant in the landlocked Sahel West African state, Burkina Faso's energy ministry said in a…

The most prominent potential challenger to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in elections scheduled for December announced on Friday he would not be standing after he was unable to secure the required number of public endorsements.…