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Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko rallied in Dakar, the first of several days of protests as the country prepares for elections in less than a year. Tensions are rising ahead of the vote in a country…

An Ethiopian journalist who received an award at the White House in the United States last week, has sounded the alarm over press freedom in her country. Meaza Mohammed was one of a group that was presented with an "International Women…

A clash between the visiting French president Emmanuel Macron and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi played out on Saturday when the two heads of state were having a joint press conference in Kinshasa. The former French Foreign…

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated on Thursday that Paris has no intention of returning to past policies of interfering in Africa. He arrived in Libreville on Wednesday at the start of a four-nation African tour aimed at…

US first lady Jill Biden got an up-close look Sunday at the historic East Africa drought as she walked along arid land and listened as some Maasai women described how their children and livestock are going hungry. She appealed for more…

The African Union (AU) has criticised Tunisia and urged it to avoid "racialized hate speech" after President Kais Saied ordered the expulsion of undocumented migrants and said immigration was a plot aimed at changing his country's…

Safari Hangi walked for hours with a baby strapped to his back and six young children in tow trying to find safety as apparent gains by rebel forces in eastern Congo sparked a fresh exodus of people towards the provincial capital Goma. The…

A Tunisian protest coalition says it would not stop working to unite the opposition against President Kais Saied despite the arrest of its top leaders, and added that it would hold a demonstration on 5th   March. Tunisian police have…

A group of Kenyan protestors led by comedian Eric Omondi blocked Nairobi’s Parliament Road. They protested against the high cost of living. Chanting slogans, they held placards written ‘high cost of electricity and cooking oil' among…

Mauritius on Monday grounded flights and shut its stock exchange as Tropical Cyclone Freddy approached, posing a "direct threat" to the Indian Ocean island. A Class III cyclone warning was in force in Mauritius, allowing about six hours of…