Parents are struggling to feed their children in war-hit Sudan's Darfur region.

Mandera -- Fear and anxiety rocked Mandera residents as stray bullets, rockets and live ordnance hit Kenyan soil, endangering lives and destroying property. ......

Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA is positioning...

Mogadishu -- The National Salvation Forum announced Thursday that its latest round of talks with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had ended in failure. ......

International hydrocarbon exploration and production company Energean will participate as a Silver Partner at this yearrsquo;s African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025, taking place from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town. The company enters the conference with a deepened focus on Egyptrsquo;s natural gas sector. The company aims to optimize its offshore concessions in the country and plans to integrate its three existing licenses ndash; Abu Qir, North El Amriya and North Idku ndash; in the Nile Delta region to streamline...

TAWILA: At least 40 people have died in Sudan?s Darfur region in the country?s worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.The medical charity s ......

Download logo The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCCA) has granted a...

Breaking | 38 minutes ago * Lauds president for stabilising Nigeria#8217;s economy * Says all hands must now be on deck to further grow the economy * Canvasses social safety nets to cushion effects of economic reforms on citizenry Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday thumbed up the economic reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu since he assumed office over two years ago. Okonjo-Iweala, a former two-time Nigerian Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of...

Nigeria | 48 minutes ago * As Governor Otu gets FG?s pat on the back Nsa Gill Calabar, the Cross River State capital, came alive on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, in a display of pageantry, promise and progress that will be remembered for years to come. The city was abuzz with celebration as Governor Bassey Edet Otu, backed by the Federal Government, unveiled a quartet of transformational initiatives and projects, all in a single day, signalling the dawn of a new chapter in the #8216;People?s Paradise#8217;. The special guest of honour, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, representing President Bola Tinubu, presided over the events in what felt less like routine governance and more like a...

Download logo The worst cholera outbreak Sudan has had in years is currently spreading, fuelled by the ongoing conflict. People are now grappling with the outbreak on top of the all out war they have experienced over two years. In Darfur region alone, MSF teams saw over 2,300 cholera patients, and 40 deaths, in the last week alone. On top of an all out war, people in Sudan are now experiencing the worst cholera outbreak the country has seen in years. First declared by the Ministry of Health one year ago, there has since been 99,700 suspected cases and more than 2,470 related deaths, as of 11 August. In Darfur region alone, Meacute;decins Sans Frontiegrave;res (MSF) teams treated over 2,300...

On revient sur l'arrestation au Mali de Choguel Maïga. L?ex-Premier ministre, ainsi que plusieurs de ses anciens collaborateurs ont passé la nuit en garde à vue. Ils font l?objet d?enquêtes pour de présumés détournements de deniers publics. 

La junte au pouvoir au Mali a annoncé jeudi soir, via un communiqué lu à la télévision, "l'arrestation d'un groupuscule d'éléments marginaux des forces armées de sécurité maliennes" qui cherchait selon elle à "déstabiliser les institutions de la République" avec "l'aide d'États étrangers". Un ressortissant français a été arrêté, soupçonné de travailler "pour le compte des services de renseignement français".

Thousands at risk as foreign aid cuts hit humanitarian efforts.

Parents are struggling to feed their children in war-hit Sudan's Darfur region.

Moroccan authorities continued efforts on Wednesday to extinguish a forest fire in the northern Chefchaouen province. According to an Anadolu reporter, the authorities are using Canadair amphibious firefighting aircraft to put out the...

At least three Russian fighters died when a convoy of the Russian...

Download logo UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuuml;rk today expressed outrage at the large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the besieged city of El Fasher and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp for the internally displaced that left scores of civilians dead. Preliminary information obtained by the UN Human Rights Office indicates that at least 57 civilians were killed in the 11 August attack on El Fasher,...

Amnesty International on Wednesday criticized the Nigerian government#8217;s failure to address the security crisis in the South-East region, which led to the deaths of 1,844 people between January 2021 and June 2023, along with numerous alleged human rights violations against citizens. Isa Sanusi, the director of Amnesty International Nigeria, stated: No one knows exactly how many people have been killed in the Southeast since August 2015. Many individuals have been reported missing or have disappeared forcibly. The high number...

The UN human rights chief on Wednesday expressed outrage over a large-scale attack by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher and the adjoining Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people, which left scores of civilians dead. Preliminary UN human rights office information...

Khartoum -- The war in Sudan, which...

Nigeria | 39 minutes ago The Isi-Uzo Local Government Council in Enugu says it has debunked the allegation that it is embarking on estate development on the land belonging to Ikem Ogor community, saying that the land was officially donated to the Local Government (LGA) way back in 1974, and no longer belonged to the community. While appreciating the community?s magnanimity in donating the said land to the Council, it faulted a situation where some members of the community were now encroaching on the said property. This was made clear in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Council Chairman on Administration, Dr. Ike Onah,...

Nairobi -- Confederation of Africa...

Mogadishu, Somalia - Over the past few days, Somali social...

Download logo To strengthen preparedness and response to public health emergencies of international concern, South Sudan signed off and launched the One Health Strategic Plan and the 2nd National Action Plan for Health Security (2025-2030).The two plans are synergistic, build on evidence from the 2024 Joint External Evaluation and integrate human, animal, and environmental health to address public health threats, including zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and response to natural and man-made disasters. The documents were launched and signed off by Dr Martin Elia Lomuro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs in a...

Download logo UN human rights chief Volker Tuuml;rk has expressed outrage over Mondayrsquo;s deadly large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces militia on El Fasher, the capital of Sudanrsquo;s North Darfur state, which has been besieged by the RSF since April last year. At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the Abu Shouk displacement camp on the outskirts of the city, and UN human rights office, OHCHR, is also following up on allegations of summary executions there. ldquo;It is with dismay that we yet again witness an unimaginable horror inflicted upon civilians in El Fasher, who have endured over a year of siege, persistent attacks and dire humanitarian...

Download logo In the remote southeastern corner of Mauritania, more than 60 000 Malian refugees displaced by conflict are rebuilding their lives. Until recently, a medical emergency in the Mberra refugee camp meant a race against time. With the nearest hospital in Bassiknou, over 60 kilometres away, and no available ambulance, pregnant women and critically-ill...

Download logo The UN Security Council has rejected the Rapid Support Forcesrsquo; (RSF) declaration last month of a rival administration in parts of Sudan it controls, warning the move threatens the countryrsquo;s unity and risks worsening the brutal conflict between the militia and forces of the military government. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Council members said the step posed ldquo;a direct threat to Sudanrsquo;s territorial integrityrdquo; and could fragment the country, fuel the fighting, and deepen an already dire...

Moroccan authorities continued efforts on Wednesday to extinguish forest fires in the northern Chefchaouen province. According to an Anadolu reporter, the authorities are using Canadair amphibious firefighting aircraft to put out the flames, which broke out on Tuesday. No...

Découverte en 2023 dans le désert d'Agadez, dans le nord du Niger, une météorite martienne de 25 kg vendue pour 5 millions de dollars à New York en juillet sème la discorde. Le Niger, qui la revendique, dénonce un trafic illicite et a pris des mesures de rétorsion. De son côté, la communauté scientifique plaide pour sa restitution.

Au Mali, les autorités maliennes ont entamé le retour des manuscrits de Tombouctou ce lundi 11 août. Ils ont été transférés en 2012 dans des conditions particulières de Tombouctou à Segou, puis à Bamako par les bibliothécaires, associations et habitants pour les sauver des destructions des groupes jihadistes radicaux en 2012. Le retour de ces manuscrits était réclamé de longue date dans la ville légendaire de Tombouctou.