A UN-chartered ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat destined for millions at risk of starvation in Ethiopia arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday.
More than 10,000 fighters including former rebels from rival camps in South Sudan's civil war were set to be integrated into the country's army in a long-overdue graduation ceremony on Tuesday.
Intense fighting was raging on Tuesday across the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson occupied by Russia, Kyiv's presidency said, as its troops pressed counter-offensives "in various directions."
Madagascar police confirmed Tuesday that officers killed 19 people and injured 21 others after opening fire on what was described as a lynch mob angered over the kidnapping of an albino child.
African countries on Monday called for an end to "climate injustice" during the opening of Africa Climate Week, saying the continent causes less than 4% of global CO2 emissions but pays one of highest prices for global warming.
Fighting was reported in a volatile area of northern Ethiopia on Monday, local sources said, despite urgent international appeals for a halt to the renewed hostilities between government forces and Tigrayan rebels.
Police in Madagascar killed at least 14 people on Monday and wounded 28 others as they opened fire on a crowd of protesters angered at the kidnapping of an albino child, local officials said.
Hundreds of imams and preachers on Monday condemned religious and ethnic intolerance in insurgency-hit Burkina Faso after calls to kill Fulani community members.
Eight people have been killed and more than 800 displaced by torrential rain and a landslide in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, authorities said Monday, warning of further damage as rains continue.
The monkeypox virus may cause intense pain but the psychological scars of the illness can be just as devastating, say sufferers and those who are treating them.
A Nigerian court on Monday rejected a request to extradite a suspended police officer to the US after he was implicated by a social media celebrity in a fraud case.
Until recently Mali's capital was largely uncharted on the web. But the lack of maps is a major obstacle to developing its infrastructure. Tech-savvy young Malians are striving to change this, cataloguing the city's features in the hope it will improve the lives of its residents.
South African prosecutors said on Monday they arrested several former executives at public logistics company Transnet, a firm at the center of a high-profile investigation into corruption during ex-president Jacob Zuma's tenure.
Ghana inflicted another setback on Nigeria with a 2-0 victory over their fierce rivals in an African Nations Championship (CHAN) second round first leg on Sunday.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday he was en route to inspect Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been targeted by fresh shelling over the past day, according to its operator.
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz was back in court in Switzerland on Monday to appeal his conviction in what has been described as the mining sector's biggest-ever corruption case.
Angola's electoral commission went into talks on Sunday to finalize results of last week's disputed poll that handed victory to the MPLA which has ruled the country for nearly a half-a-century.
French energy firm Total Energies said Friday it was divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported this week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets.
Russia's only active female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, said Friday she was ready for her upcoming flight to the International Space Station aboard Space X's Crew Dragon.
California ruled Thursday that all new cars sold in America's most populous state must be zero emission from 2035, in what was billed as a nation-leading step to slash the pollutants that cause global warming.
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