Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to resist the government of President William Ruto, saying its disputed election last August had robbed it of legitimacy.
Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia's capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said.
People from the Ukrainian Association of South Africa protested outside the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) where Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor hosted her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for bilateral talks in South Africa Monday. The protesters held placards with the inscription “STOP PUTIN”, “CHILD MURDERER” , "#WARCRIME” as they shouted slogans ahead of the bilateral meeting between Pandor and Lavrov in Pretoria.
The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist, Martinez Zogo, was found on Sunday near the capital Yaounde five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants, the press union and a colleague said on Sunday.
South Africa's rand weakened early on Monday, as power utility Eskom extended scheduled electricity cuts, which are a major brake on economic growth and source of investor concern.
UPDATED AGAIN WITH STILL MORE YELLEN COMMENTS: Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema urged the country's creditors on Monday to agree to a quick debt restructuring to aid economy recovery efforts. Visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday it wass critically important to restructure Zambia's debt, and she believed progress could be made.
Rachael Kabue is known in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi as the ''cat woman' because the 51-year-old has turned her four-bedroom home into a refuge for some 600 cats that later become available for adoption.
Rachael Kabue is known in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi as the "cat woman." That's because the 51-year-old has turned her four-bedroom home into a refuge for some 600 cats.
The lending unit of crypto firm Genesis has filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection, owing creditors at least $3.4 billion, after being toppled by a market rout along with the likes of exchange FTX and lender BlockFi.
Technology giant Apple has filed an appeal against an investigation by Britain's competition watchdog into the dominance of its mobile browsers in the cloud gaming market.
Hundreds demonstrated against France in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou Friday in the latest expression of growing anti-French sentiment in the insurgent-hit West African country.
UPDATED TO ADD COMMENTS BY PRESIDENT BONGO: Gabon's Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo died on Friday of a heart attack, President Ali Bongo said in a statement.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has estimated that a Group of Seven-led price cap on Russian crude oil and refined products to limit Russia's revenues could save the 17 largest net oil-importing African countries $6 billion annually. Speaking at a co-working space that helps women and young entrepreneurs in Dakar, Senegal on Friday, Yellen said Russia's war against Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and putting an unnecessary drag on the continent's economy.
South African state power company Eskom said on Friday it would reduce rolling power cuts over the weekend, as the utility continues to struggle with breakdowns of generating units.
The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Friday it was sticking with its 1% projection for global trade growth in 2023 - for now.
Five Ivorian cashew processing companies have asked the government for an extension of subsidies granted last year, which they say are needed for them to avoid bankruptcy in 2023.
Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia's al Shabab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said on Thursday.
Zambia needs "desperate debt relief" and agreements under a Group of 20 restructuring vehicle are proving difficult, the World Bank's managing director of operations said on Thursday.
Islamist al Shabab militants on Friday killed at least seven soldiers at a Somali military base in a town re-captured by the government, the information ministry and militant group said.
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