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Rached Ghannouchi, a prominent figure in Tunisia's opposition and leader of the Ennahda party, has embarked on a hunger strike in solidarity with fellow anti-government activists. The move comes as a form of protest against the continued…

Uganda’s government plans spending of 53.3 trillion shillings ($13.74 billion) in the fiscal year that starts in July, up about 1% on the current year’s spending, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. In the 2024/25 fiscal year the…

Famous Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has officially announced his candidacy for the Chairperson position of the African Union Commission (AUC), setting the stage for a potentially historic leadership bid. In a press briefing…

Niger missed a debt payment of 13.4 billion CFA francs ($22m) last week, the West African debt management agency said on Monday, bringing the total default to some $519m since a July coup and its suspension from regional financial markets.…

Lately,Kinshasa accused Rwanda of using a drone to attack a plane at an airport near Goma. Protesters took to the streets of Goma as tensions escalate. Somali terror group Al Shabab report that two cuban hostages abducted from…

X, formerly known as Twitter, has finally paid off the staff it sacked in its African headquarters more than a year after they were laid off, the agency which represents them has said. Most had only been in the job, based in Ghana's…

The United States has condemned growing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), blaming an armed group it says is backed by neighbouring Rwanda. Fighting has flared in recent days in the eastern part of the DRC between…

Pope Francis appealed on Sunday to Sudan’s warring factions to put an end to a 10-month conflict that has seen millions displaced and prompted warnings of famine. “I ask again the warring parties to stop this civil war, which causes so…

Egypt is building a wall and levelling land near its border with the Gaza Strip in anticipation of an Israeli offensive targeting the border town of Rafah. Amid rising tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Egypt has begun building a…

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, demanding swift presidential elections. It comes after the country's top court blocked President Macky Sall's attempt to postpone the election, originally scheduled…