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Ethiopia is in the final stages of negotiations with its creditors to restructure its sovereign debt, Finance Minister Ahmed Shide announced on Sunday. Speaking at a joint press conference in Addis Ababa with International Monetary Fund,…

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held talks in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Their meeting was the first since the former rebel leader led the opposition offensive that last month toppled Syria’s former…

South African leaders have agreed to maintain peacekeeping forces in eastern DR Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels seized the regional hub. The decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the Southern African Development Community…

The Guinean government, via its spokesperson, has addressed the two-year prison sentence given to Aliou Bah, the leader of the MoDeL party (Mouvement Démocratique Libéral), for allegedly “offending” President Mamadi Doumbouya. Siaka…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians, following widespread criticism over the arrest and trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Besigye, 68, was charged in a…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held separate meetings with the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia on Wednesday as part of his efforts to resolve a dispute between the two Horn of Africa neighbours at odds over the breakaway Somaliland…

Drone strikes by Mali's military regime killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said. It was the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012 that so many…

A Zimbabwean court has freed an opposition leader and 34 activists after handing them suspended prison sentences for taking part in what authorities called an unlawful assembly. Magistrate Collet Ncube sentenced Jameson Timba, interim…

In a dramatic escalation, Somalia’s federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region have issued arrest warrants for each other’s leaders, highlighting a dangerous power struggle. Jubbaland, strategically bordering Kenya and…

African leaders attending the summit of BRICS nations currently underway in Russia, spoke about what they see as important issues on the international stage. The coalition that started with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa…