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Climate activist Vanessa Nakate faced an audience packed with world leaders and finance officials on Thursday, silenced the room and made everyone listen to some uncomfortable facts. Speaking at a two-day summit aimed at seeking better…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the leaders of the Netherlands, and Denmark, who are in South Africa on a joint working visit. The visit by Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen is aimed at…

African leaders, seeking to help end the war, agreed for a mediation mission in mid-June to Russia and Ukraine, the South African presidency announced. Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated that his Russian and…

Libyan leaders were due to meet in Morocco to finalise a deal on new electoral laws, but any agreement they announce on voting rules or a new interim government is likely to trigger opposition that may further delay the political process.…

The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges resumed in a court in Dakar despite the fact that he failed for the second time running to attend the proceedings. There was a strong security presence in the…

The Senegalese authorities have decided to suspend school for a week in the region of Ziguinchor (south), the scene of clashes around the rape trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko. “Courses are suspended throughout the region in schools,…

Ethiopian security forces say that they had arrested 47 suspects after the murder of a leader of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling party, accusing him of plotting to overthrow the regime. Girma Yeshitila, leader of the Welfare Party in…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for Africa " for peace operation" to combat rising violence as the continent's leaders held their annual summit in Addis Ababa. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

African leaders met to discuss a slew of challenges facing the continent as UN chief Antonio Guterres urged them to do more to bring peace to conflict-hit regions. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

Pope Francis has been trying to console the long-suffering people of South Sudan as he opened his first full day in the country. Meeting with bishops, priests and deacons at St Theresa's Cathedral in Juba, he asked people to challenge…