Chad is set to become the first of Africa’s current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with Monday’s presidential vote. It will end a…
By Zainab Elhaj and Will Russell STRAIT OF DOVER (Reuters) – Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on…
ACCRA (Reuters) – A high court in Ghana has dismissed a legal challenge to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision not to act immediately on an anti-LGBTQ…
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in…
(Reuters) – Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday that 16 people had died and another 28 were missing after a boat carrying…
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge on Friday cleared three migrant sea rescue charities that had been accused of abetting irregular immigration in complicity with…
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The parliament of Bosnia´s autonomous Serb Republic adopted a report on Thursday stating that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry because of their involvement in significant corruption, the…
A man from West Sussex has successfully run the full length of Africa, crossing the finish line in Tunisia on Sunday after 352 days. Before…
Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people on Earth in…
After 352 days, Russell Cook, nicknamed “Hardest Geezer”, will complete his final run in Africa [GUUS VAN VEEN] Before he set off on the mammoth…
By Siyabonga Sishi and Bhargav Acharya PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African prosecutors on Thursday charged former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula with corruption and money…
Rare earth elements touch almost every aspect of modern life. Elements and minerals including copper, lithium, nickel, and cobalt support the technology that can power…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday that she was resigning from her position amid an investigation into alleged…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department plans to meet with the families of the of the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that…
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first…
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Defence Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against…
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks…