Sudan's army says it has retaken key town near Chad
The Sudanese army said it had retaken Kulbus, a strategic town near the Chadian border, in what appeared to be its biggest battlefield gain in western Darfur.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Marcos Perestrello and NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska called on Allied nations to significantly increase defence investment and strengthen political unity during the NATO Parliamentary Summit h
Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains below normal after attacks on two ships renew concerns among owners and insurers, even as Iran and Oman hold talks on future management of the strategic waterway.
Western countries have warned of the risk of similar atrocities to Al Fasher if El-Obeid falls.
Africa football boss Patrice Motsepe said on Sunday that hard work and investment in youth, coaching, and infrastructure had paid off at the 2026 World Cup.
Cabo Verde have captured the imagination and secured a World Cup showdown with Lionel Messi's Argentina, but they are just part of a success story for African football as the group stages come to a close.
Gaza’s Interior Ministry says killings reflect ‘Israel’s insistence on spreading chaos’ in Gaza.
General Kainerugaba says he does not ''believe in a free press.''
Bandits on several motorcycles attacked the farming village and opened fire before abducting an unspecified number, according to an official.
This comes ahead of an unofficial 30 June ultimatum for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa.
Many fans abandoned South Africans at the World Cup to show their displeasure at recent anti-immigrant protests in South Africa, where nationals of other African countries have been targeted.
The devastating twin earthquakes triggered widespread destruction, infrastructure failures and tsunami alerts, prompting a nationwide emergency response and international offers of assistance.
The Nigerian Senate has approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the West African nation.
DRC have suffered a 1-0 defeat in their second match against Colombia.
England failed to get a single shot on target for almost an hour but hit the bar late in the game before settling for a 0-0 draw against Ghana in World Cup Group L on a wet and chilly Monday.
Kenyan prosecutors said on Tuesday they will charge a number of students with murder of 16 schoolmates in the burning of a dormitory in late May 2026.
Eleven more bodies of migrants washed ashore off a city in eastern Libya in recent days after their boat capsized last week, security sources said on Tuesday.
Botswana is seeing a soft recovery in diamond demand in key consumer markets such as the US and China, its Mines Minister Bogolo Joy Kenewendo said on Tuesday.
The US has provided doses of an experimental antibody drug from Mapp Biopharmaceutical for use in clinical trials to fight the widening Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Africa CDC seeks $18 million for urgent Ebola drug trials in DRC
The programme also includes accelerated development and manufacturing of next-generation Bundibugyo-specific vaccines.
South Africa repatriates over 25,000 ahead of June 30 anti-immigrant ultimatum
South Africa's national intelligence body said on Monday that more than 25,000 people have been repatriated in recent weeks ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests.
Guinea road accident kills 15 people, including ten children
At least 15 people, including ten children, were killed in a traffic accident overnight on Sunday to Monday in central Guinea.
Brazil overcome Japan's resilience to progress to World Cup round of 16
Brazil clinched a late 2-1 victory against Japan to advance to the round of 16 from the round of 32 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Houston Stadium in the United States.
South Africa's anti-migrant deadline forces fathers to leave families behind
With anti-migrant sentiment escalating in South Africa, Malawian John Allen threw some clothes in a bag, said goodbye to his South African partner and their one-year-old son, and left to catch a bus out of the country.
Gunmen abduct students sitting exams in northeast Nigeria
Gunmen burst into a school in northeastern Nigeria and abducted students as they were sitting exams on Monday morning, police said.
DRC bans mass gatherings in capital, three provinces to curb Ebola spread
DRC has banned mass gatherings in its capital, Kinshasa, and three other provinces in a bid to curb the spread of the Ebola virus, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
DRC withdraws unused cobalt export quotas
DRC will withdraw unused cobalt export rights under first-half quotas and re-assign them to a state-controlled entity, its strategic minerals regulator said on Monday.
Kenya-US rare earths deal challenged in court over secrecy
A multi-billion-dollar rare earth minerals deal between Kenya and the United States was challenged in a Kenyan court on Monday, accused of lacking transparency.
Senegal MPs back constitutional reform reducing president's power
Senegal's National Assembly has passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament, prompting the president to announce a national referendum on the matter.
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