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Djibouti opens doors to international investors at inaugural Djibouti Forum

Djibouti opens doors to international investors at inaugural...

May 13, 2024

President Ismail Omar Guelleh of the Republic of Djibouti has announced tha ...

Nicolas Jackson celebrates scoring the winning goal for Chelsea at Nottingham Forest.. By Oli SCARFF AFP

African players in Europe: In-form Jackson heads Chelsea win...

May 13, 2024

Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson scored his fourth goal in three matches to ...

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Chadian opposition leader files legal challenge to president...

May 13, 2024

Chadian opposition leader Succès Masra has filed a legal challenge to the r ...

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South Africans lose faith in ruling ANC as income inequality...

May 13, 2024

South Africa will vote on 29 May – three decades after the end of apartheid ...

Kenya has been battered by heavy and sustained rainfallsince March. By SIMON MAINA AFP

Kenyan flood-weary schools reopen but more rains forecast

May 13, 2024

More than 90 percent of schools in Kenya reopened on Monday after flooding ...

Cooks work over open fires in Kivukoni fish market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. By Daniel Hayduk AFPFile

Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming

May 13, 2024

Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of acc ...

The five-storey apartment block was under construction when it collapsed in the southern city of George. By Willie van Tonder AFPFile

S.Africa building collapse death toll climbs to 26

May 13, 2024

The death toll from the collapse of a building in South Africa has risen to ...

Masra is a former fierce critic of Deby. By Joris Bolomey AFP

Runner-up files bid to annul Chad presidential poll result

May 13, 2024

Succes Masra, who came second in Chad's presidential election, announced Su ...

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May 12, 2024

Britain's Prince Harry C, Duke of Sussex, took part in a Lagos basketball exhibition on his visit to Nigeria to promote the Invictus Games. By Kola Sulaimon AFP Prince Harry, Meghan end Nigeria tour with Lagos visit

May 12, 2024

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, travelled to Lagos after their trip to Abuja. By Kola SULAIMON AFP Prince Harry, Meghan finish Nigeria tour in Lagos

May 12, 2024

Sonia Dahmani was arrested late Saturday after criticising the state of Tunisia on television, her attorney Dalila Msaddek said. By FETHI BELAID AFP Three Tunisian pundits arrested over critical remarks: lawyers

May 12, 2024

SERAP, BudgIT, 136 Nigerians want court to stop Tinubu govt from imposing cybersecurity levy on Nigerians SERAP, BudgIT, 136 Nigerians want court to stop Tinubu govt from imposing cybers...

May 11, 2024

Gbagbo said he would serve only one term, take measures to halt rampant corruption and make the judiciary more independent. By Sia KAMBOU AFP Ex-I.Coast leader Gbagbo candidate for vote he is banned from

May 10, 2024

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan visit a school in Abuja to open an event on mental health for students. By Kola SULAIMON AFP Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria for Invictus drive

May 10, 2024

Ex-president Jacob Zuma is fronting a new opposition party that has become a potential disrupter in the May 29 general election. By Phill Magakoe AFP S.Africa's top court hears critical Zuma election case

May 10, 2024

Chad's army forces deployed on N'Djamena's streets after junta leader General Deby won the presidential election. By Issouf SANOGO AFP Chad troops out in force after junta chief elected president

May 10, 2024

Denis Sassou Gueipeur AFP Chad's military ruler Déby wins disputed presidential vote

May 9, 2024

Goma and Sake in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. By Nalini LEPETIT-CHELLA, Valentina BRESCHI AFP Seven villagers die in DR Congo attack blamed on rebels

May 8, 2024

Distribution of mattresses brings comfort to Timichi village, Al Haouz Province, funded by the Intrepid Foundation; Photo by HAF High Atlas Foundation and Intrepid Foundation Unite in Post-Earthquake Recovery ...

May 8, 2024

AFP - PHILL MAGAKOE South Africa's Zuma tackles dissent in recently formed MK party ahead of electio...

May 7, 2024

Kenya Airways KQ said it would resume flights to Kinshasa on May 8. By Tony KARUMBA AFPFile Kenya Airways says to resume flights to Kinshasa after staff freed

May 6, 2024

The five-storey building was flattened in the collapse trapping a construction crew. By Willie van Tonder AFP S.Africa building collapse kills two, traps dozens: police

May 6, 2024

Succes Masra has been ramping up considerable support in recent weeks and is seen by southerners as their standard-bearer. By Joris Bolomey AFP Chad's presidential poll to exacerbate north-south divide

May 6, 2024

Chadian soldiers get ready to vote in an outdoor polling station in N'Djamena. By Joris Bolomey AFP Military-ruled Chad votes for president in bloody transition

May 5, 2024

The shrine for the martyrs in the Kampala suburb of Namugongo is a major pilgrimage site. By MARC HOFER AFPFile Uganda to repatriate remains of executed Christian martyrs

May 5, 2024

Dodo Adogli AFP Togo's ruling party wins parliamentary poll in victory for longtime president

May 5, 2024

A family member of one of the Tunisian migrants who were lost at sea in January struggles to contain his emotions. By FETHI BELAID AFP Tunisian town gripped by youth exodus

May 5, 2024

For critics the vote consolidated a reform allowing Togo's president to stay in power. By Emile KOUTON AFP Togo ruling party wins legislative vote in boost for Gnassingbe