The European Union said on Thursday it would provide additional support to an African military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the bloc's reliance on Russian energy.
Gambia's government is investigating whether the death of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months is linked to a paracetamol syrup, the West African country's health director said on Thursday.
At least 15 people died in western Uganda after their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, as emergency workers shoveled through mud in search of survivors.
At least one person was killed in the eastern Congolese city of Beni on Tuesday when shots were fired during another protest against the United Nations' MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, a police spokesperson and the mission said.
At least six civilians were killed and eight injured when separatists in southwest Cameroon opened fire on a public bus on Tuesday, officials and the head of a regional hospital said.
Police in Nigeria's Rivers state rescued 15 children who were abducted in order to be trafficked, police said in a statement on Tuesday.
Angola's constitutional court rejected on Monday an opposition party claim seeking to annul general election results which handed the victory to the ruling MPLA.
UPDATED WITH DAMIBA REACTION: At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a "Russian World", a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers.
Chad's heaviest seasonal rainfall in over 30 years has left parts of the capital N'Djamena navigable only by boat and forced thousands to flee their flooded homes over the past month, according to aid groups and the state weather agency.
Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months.
Thousands attended the first reed dance festival since the COVID epidemic in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday following the coronation of newly crowned King Misuzulu kaZwelithini last month.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths visits Somalia describing its drought this year as the worst in decades adding that what's happening now is four seasons in a row. Griffiths fears that the worst yet to come in Somalia.
Two people died after a seven story building under construction collapsed in Lagos early Sunday, with rescue efforts underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said.
Meta Platforms Inc. signed an agreement to have chip-maker Qualcomm Inc. produce custom chipsets for its Quest virtual reality (VR) devices, the companies announced at a consumer electronics conference in Berlin on Friday.
Jumia Technologies firm in Africa says it has partnered with drone-delivery startup Zipline to deliver household items to remote areas of Ghana.
Kenyan pastoralists are losing their herds as the Horn of Africa's worst drought in 40 years leaves pasture desiccated and cows with nothing to eat.
About 80% of the billions of dollars pledged by rich nations for South Africa's shift away from coal will be loans, not grants, and some may be hard to unlock due to national rules protecting domestic jobs, an official said.
U.S. retail giant Walmart Inc. has signed an agreement to begin buying the 47% stake in South African retailer Massmart it does not own, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday.
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