DR Congo Refuses to Change World Cup Preparations Amid US Warning
– Kinshasa, DR Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed it will not change its preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup despi…
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Senegal's President Dismisses Prime Minister Sonko
– Dakar, Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government after months of esca…
UN Allocates $60 Million to Combat Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DRC
The United Nations has released $60 million from its emergency funds to support the response to a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the De…
President Ruto Directs KSh 10 Reduction in Diesel Price
President William Ruto has ordered a reduction of 10 Kenyan shillings per liter in the price of diesel for the June-July 2026 price cycle…
DRC Police Fire Warning Shots During Ebola Burial Protest
Police in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting the burial of…
Mali Deploys Banned Cluster Bombs
The Malian army and Russia’s African Corps used banned cluster munitions for the first time in the north of the country. The attacks targ…
Eskom Threatens Joburg Blackouts Over R5.2bn Debt
Eskom has issued a serious warning to the city of Johannesburg over an unpaid electricity bill. The power company claims that the city an…
Ebola Outbreak Forces DR Congo World Cup Team Out of Kinshasa
The Democratic Republic of Congo's national football team has canceled its World Cup training camp and farewell event in Kinshasa due…
Kenyan Court Strikes Down Parts of Adolescent Sex Law
Kenya’s High Court ruled that applying sections of the Sexual Offences Act to criminalize consensual, non-exploitative sexual relations b…
Sierra Leone Receives First Group of US Deportees
A charter flight carrying West African nationals deported from the United States landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, marking the entry into…
Security Guards Restrain Congolese Man to Death in Dublin
The incident has prompted a vigil by the Congolese community and calls for justice, with particular concern over the excessive use of force by securi…
Somaliland to Open Embassy in Jerusalem
Somaliland has announced the opening of its first embassy in Jerusalem, while Israel will establish a reciprocal embassy in Hargeisa, mar…
Fuel Price Strike Hits Kenya
Kenya was severely disrupted on Sunday by a nationwide transport strike that paralyzed minibuses, buses, trucks, and ride-sharing service…
Separatists Attack Another Military Post in Cameroon, kill Soldiers
Cameroonian gendarmes patrol in the South West provincial capital Buea during a rally for President Paul Biya's ruling CPDM party, 3 October 2018…
Seventeen Police Trainees Killed in Islamist Attack in Yobe
Police officer stands guard DAMATURU, Yobe State Suspected Islamist militants carried out a deadly attack on a Nigerian military training school in Y…
Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Found Dead in Morocco
Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., 27, an anti-aircraft artillery officer (14A), and Specialist Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, both from Tavares, Fl…
Trump Reacts As US-Nigeria Forces Kill ISIS No. 2 al-Minuki
al-Minuki’s elimination during joint operation “greatly diminished” ISIS’s global operations and would prevent further terror against Africans and pl…
Nigeria Church Attack Kills, Abducts Worshippers
Police officers stands guard along road in Nigeria — EKITI, Nigeria Armed men stormed an Apostolic Church of Christ in southwestern Nigeria on Tuesda…
Mali Mourns Defence Minister After Claiming 200+ Attackers Killed
Colonel Sadio Camara, at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako on August 19, 2020. (Photo by Malik KONATE / AFP) BAMAKO, Mali – Mali’s military j…
Mali Suffers Coordinated Attacks by Separatists and Jihadists
Members of the Malian Armed Forces secure a road during military operation. BAMAKO, Mali – Separatist fighters from the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberati…