UPDATED WITH NEW DETAILS: M23 rebels and DR Congo troops clashed heavily in North Kivu province on Friday as Angola's president pursued diplomatic efforts to bring peace between neighbours Kinshasa and Kigali.
Ballon d'Or runner-up Sadio Mane was named in Senegal's World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday despite his recent injury.
Brussels and its major development partners announced on Friday a billion-euro (billion-dollar) boost to efforts to export Ukraine's grain harvest, despite Russia's invasion and threat to block Black Sea ports.
Uganda is considering legislation to regulate bar opening times and limit sales and advertising of alcohol in a bid to cut down consumption in one of Africa's heaviest drinking nations.
The European Union aims to set up a "military partnership mission" in the coming months to help bolster Niger's forces as they battle jihadists, a senior EU official said Friday.
Burkina Faso's new legislative assembly opened on Friday with a call for self-sacrifice by the 71 members appointed by the junta that seized power a month ago.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco visited Rwanda on Friday as part of diplomatic efforts to resolve a row between Kigali and Kinshasa over the resurgent fighting in eastern DRC.
The EU warned Friday the eurozone was set to fall into recession this winter as Brussels hiked inflation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 on the back of high energy prices.
The Ethiopian government said Friday its forces controlled 70 percent of the war-stricken northern region of Tigray and that aid was being sent in -- claims swiftly denied by Tigrayan rebels.
UPDATE: Ukraine on Friday announced that its forces were entering the city of Kherson, hailing an "important victory" after Russia said its troops had retreated from the only regional capital it had captured in nearly nine months of fighting.
The UN unveiled on Friday a satellite-based system to detect methane emissions as part of efforts to cut down on the major contributor to global warming.
UPDATED FURTHER WITH ADDITIONAL BIDEN COP27 REMARKS: US President Joe Biden arrived at UN climate talks in Egypt on Friday addressing the U.S. climate initiative for Africa. He also met with Egypt's president at the Sharm El Sheikh Conference.
President Joe Biden will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Nov. 14 on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the White House said Thursday, in their first face-to-face talks since the U.S. leader became president.
Cristiano Ronaldo will lead Portugal into World Cup 2022 after team manager Fernando Santos named the veteran forward in his 26-man squad on Thursday.
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Thursday urged US President Joe Biden to help those most affected by the ravages of global warming, a day before his arrival for UN climate talks in Egypt.
Cameroon will look to Bayern Munich's in-form striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Napoli midfielder Frank Zambo Anguissa to try and emulate their 1990 predecessors in reaching the World Cup quarterfinals.
The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention", as fear mounts that he is being force-fed.
Kenya's parliament has approved the deployment of more than 900 troops to the conflict-wracked east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a mission that will cost taxpayers $36.5 million for an initial six months.
A Tunisian hired as a security guard despite a long criminal record is suspected of fleeing with 180,000 euros as the banker he was accompanying made a detour to meet his plumber.
The World Health Organization has called for a massive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's Tigray region. WHO says desperately needed aid had not yet been allowed in following the cease-fire combatants reached last week.
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