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Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko confirmed that he would stay in his role instead of taking on the job of president of the national assembly. This decision follows his party's performance in the recent snap parliamentary elections,…

The list of presidential hopefuls in Ivory Coast just grew bigger. The latest entrant is the ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo. Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a…

US President Joe Biden visits Angola on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major, U.S.-backed railway project to divert critical minerals away from China. The project, partly funded with a U.S. loan, links the…

Kenyan President William Ruto said on Saturday he and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni would help mediate between Ethiopia and Somalia in a dispute that threatens to destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Landlocked Ethiopia, which has…

More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday, an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week's landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area.…

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…

Police in Kenya used tear gas to disperse a peaceful march in Nairobi, commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Protesters later spoke out against the reaction by security forces and highlighted…

Namibians will vote on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive election yet for the ruling SWAPO party, which has governed the southern African nation for 34 years. If SWAPO candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins, she…

Haitians reacted with indignation to comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron recorded at the G20 summit in Brazil earlier this week. The video, recorded from a distance, shows Macron being approached by a Haitian man blaming…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is providing technical assistance to Liberia to address the country’s data needs and bridging the data gaps, especially in locations where collecting statistical data is not…