More than 100 inmates escape in Chad’s deadly prison break

The prisoners reportedly revolted after they complained about a lack of food
21 Apr, 2025
DRC boat accident death toll rises to 148

More than 150 other victims were rescued with varying degrees of burns while several charred bodies recovered from boat, says official
21 Apr, 2025
Senegal: Ex-officials, artists charged over Covid-19 funds

Dozens of high-profile individuals are being prosecuted for allegedly embezzling public funds and fraud relating to the country’s response to Covid-19.
21 Apr, 2025
DRC crisis: Rwanda to allow passage of Southern Africa troops

Diplomatic sources say the regional force’s weapons will be sealed for security reasons but will leave Rwandan territory with the troops.
21 Apr, 2025

Foreigners convicted of cocaine trafficking in Guinea-Bissau face fresh trial in US

Nigeria: Why violence is a recurring nightmare for Plateau State communities

South Africa’s strategic balancing act: Navigating G20, BRICS leadership roles

Chad Basin health ministers launch joint vaccination as polio variant spreads

Sudan: UN condemns RSF for killing 400 civilians
21 Apr, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire main opposition names Tidjane Thiam as presidential candidate
Thiam has dismissed concerns he lacks a connection with the country after spending two decades abroad.

21 Apr, 2025
DR Congo raids ex-president Kabila’s properties – family
Investigators said they were looking for “stolen or hidden” military materiel but nothing was found, according to Joseph Kabila’s family spokesperson.

21 Apr, 2025
South Africa condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza hospitals as war crimes
Israel bombed, burned, destroyed at least 35 hospitals in Gaza since October 2023, says South African Foreign Ministry.

21 Apr, 2025
Why tourism is at the heart of Somalia’s changing narrative
Somalia’s revival as a tourism destination marks a journey from conflict to reclaiming its lost identity as a country blessed with natural wealth, cultural richness, and a resilient population.

21 Apr, 2025
Zambia president pardons ex-defence minister jailed for corruption
Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba was freed on medical grounds amid a social media storm on the state of his health in prison.

21 Apr, 2025
Rwanda should cease all military support of M23 – Trump’s Africa adviser
Massad Boulos reaffirms Washington’s position that ‘Rwanda should cease all military support of M23, withdraw troops from DR Congo’

21 Apr, 2025
Somalia-US launch deadly air strikes in battle to recapture key town
The air raids come a day the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group claimed it had captured the strategic town of Adan Yabaal.

21 Apr, 2025
‘Terrorists’ burn homes, churches in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province
Since 2017, the gas-rich region has been experiencing armed violence that has displaced 10,000 people who include women and children.

17 Apr, 2025
Nigeria, Niger foreign ministers discuss terrorist threats amid diplomatic tensions
The talks focused on the terror threat along their borders, “which constitutes a real obstacle to the effective implementation of all development programmes”, the statement said

17 Apr, 2025
South Africa defends appointment of envoy to US who called Trump racist, homophobic
‘Political issues such as the tariff situation should be kept separate from personal opinions,’ presidency says


