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A military court in Congo handed down death sentences 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Beijing to join the two-day 2024 Summit of the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to start in the Chinese capital on September 4th. South Africa, located at the…

The World Health Organization chief says mpox vaccines were set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the next few days to fight a new strain of the virus. "We hope to have the first delivery in the next few days, and then it…

Uganda is exploring for oil in two new regions. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development made the announcement. She told journalists that her ministry is conducting preliminary exploration studies in the…

Around 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering from an El Niño-induced drought that has devastated crops and caused widespread food shortages, according to the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The drought, which…

Just days after Mauritania’s presidential election, at least three people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters, authorities said. An unspecified number of people were reported injured. Demonstrations broke out…

Egypt has swears in new Cabinet in Cairo on Wednesday as the country faced an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighbouring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, who has been in office since 2018,…

The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chief of…

World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa, at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaping global…

Activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security landscape that has seen a spill over of the conflict in neighbouring Sudan, U.N. experts warn in a new report. The panel of…