Africa

The RSF has encircled the city, blocking all major roads and trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians with dwindling food supplies and limited humanitarian access.

A decree announced late Monday said the concession would be transferred to local state-backed firm Nimba Mining SA.

Rwanda has in recent years positioned itself as a destination country for migrants that Western countries would like to remove.

Two soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded during operations in Lower Shabelle region, defense ministry said.

Uganda is on the verge of hosting 2 million refugees amid emergency funding cuts and escalating crises in the region, the UN has warned.

A reprieve from a 50% US tariff on goods from Lesotho has come too late to prevent damage to the African nation’s textiles industry, sector players said on Monday.

Egyptian authorities have arrested at least eight TikTok content creators in less than a week on charges including “indecency.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called US tariffs set to hit certain South African exports this week “very punitive.”

Ethiopia has sentenced five people to death for human trafficking, state media reported, a first in the country.

The US has temporarily banned travellers from Burundi, its embassy in the Great Lakes nation said on Monday.