African free trade agreement needs ‘reciprocity’: US
The State Department’s top official for Africa has said a major US-African trade deal, AGOA, will likely need more “reciprocity” in order to be renewed.
20 May, 2025
Khartoum ‘completely free’ of RSF: Sudan
The Sudanese army says it has dislodged rival paramilitaries from their last positions in Khartoum state, nearly two months after regaining control of the capital’s centre.
20 May, 2025
Somali PM Barre hails Türkiye as ‘true brother’ of Somalia
Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre calls youth empowerment a national strategy and celebrates Somalia-Türkiye ‘brotherhood’ as a pillar of progress.
20 May, 2025
Tanzania’s police X account hacked, announces President Samia’s ‘death’
Police said the “false and misleading post”, which has since been pulled down, was published on their account by an external party.
20 May, 2025
Africa’s new health boss promises healthcare access for all
African Union hails appointment of civilian prime minister in Sudan
Berlin Conference: How colonial cartography created Africa’s turmoil
South Africa’s Ramaphosa arrives in US for talks with Trump
Africa’s first security summit opens with calls for regional leadership
20 May, 2025
In pictures: Inside Tripoli militia base seized by Libyan forces
Libya’s Interior Ministry says security has been restored in Abu Salim district after Ghneiwa militia was pushed out
20 May, 2025
Former Senegal minister charged over Covid fund fraud
Salimata Diop, who was the minister for women under ex-president Macky Sall, is one of five former ministers facing allegations of corruption.
20 May, 2025
At least 58 unidentified corpses found in Libyan hospital refrigerator
Libya’s interior ministry says the corpses were found in a morgue refrigerator in Abu Salim Accidents Hospital in Tripoli.
19 May, 2025
Unexploded shells cause anxiety among Sudan’s returnees
Unexploded shells are causing anxiety among Sudanese nationals who are returning home after fleeing conflict in mid-April 2023.
19 May, 2025
Crew killed in Egyptian military training jet crash
An Egyptian military training aircraft crashed during an air force exercise on Monday, killing its crew.
19 May, 2025
Gunmen kill 50 in three northern Nigeria states
Gunmen have killed at least 50 people in separate attacks on three northern Nigerian states.
19 May, 2025
‘I’m unmoved,’ Tanzania’s Suluhu says amid criticism over ‘opposition clampdown’
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has accused “foreign agents” of attempting to destabilise her country after several Kenyan figures were recently barred from entering Tanzania to attend a court case involving opposition politician Tundu Lissu.
19 May, 2025
Somalia’s mass vaccination against polio, pneumonia targets 3 million children
Somalia has launched a nationwide vaccination drive to combat measles, polio and pneumonia, targeting more than 3 million children in the country.
19 May, 2025
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu defiant as he appears for treason trial
Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s opposition leader, has vowed to keep fighting as he appeared in court on a treason charge that carries a potential death penalty.
19 May, 2025
Sudan’s Burhan appoints country’s new prime minister
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has appointed former UN official, Kamil El-Tayib Idris, as prime minister.
