Africa

President Bola Tinubu promised "a better tomorrow" for Nigerians while kicking off his next electoral campaign, while also blaming his rivals for poverty plaguing Africa's most populous nation.

Deutsche Welle · 11 hrs ago

Nigerian police say a large group carried out the attack on Binnari village in Taraba State.

Al Jazeera · 12 hrs ago

Ireland score six tries to beat South Africa in the first of two WXV Global Series meetings in Cape Town.

BBC Sport · 20 hrs ago

Turkey and Libya plan to redraw maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean as part of a new economic corridor. This has sparked strong protests from Greece, and has also drawn the European Union into the conflict.

Deutsche Welle · 21 hrs ago

Sudan is suffering from a cost-of-living crisis affecting millions across the country.

Al Jazeera · 21 hrs ago

When Tahani Al-Numeiri heard the first explosions in Khartoum, her hometown, war seemed so remote that she assumed they were celebrations from a nearby wedding. It was the morning of 15 April 2023, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had just turned their guns on the army.

United Nations · 23 hrs ago

Rescue efforts are under way to find people trapped under the block, which was still under construction when it buckled.

BBC News · 1 day ago

Advisor to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister stated that Tigrayan forces and regional actors are hindering regional stability.

Al Jazeera · 1 day ago

She was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

BBC News · 1 day ago

Kenyan health officials said the 65-year-old ​woman was a close ‌relative of a ‌​man who died of Ebola last month. The woman developed symptoms ‌while under quarantine in Nairobi.

Deutsche Welle · 2 days ago

In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down. Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this month. And in finally the 11th edition of the iconic contemporary art festival Also known as…

France 24 · 2 days ago

Every year the art and design fair AKAA, or "Also Known as Africa", brings dozens of African and Afro-descendant artists to the French capital. As the 11th edition gets underway, we welcome Nigerian painter Midegbeyan Ojisua and South African artist Olivié Keck.

France 24 · 2 days ago

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda Health officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infected, amid fears ​the outbreak could spread further after reaching a fourth African country. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Friday the patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born…

The Guardian · 2 days ago

Nigeria this week recorded its first case of Ebola in the current outbreak, which has spread from the epicenter in Congo to several other African countries.

NPR · 2 days ago

Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria crossed paths at Uganda's main airport as conflicting accounts cloud the source of one infection.

Deutsche Welle · 2 days ago

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday strongly condemned an escalation in drone strikes across Sudan this month, which killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in the first three weeks of October alone.

United Nations · 2 days ago

A new Kenyan initiative is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying climate shocks.

United Nations · 2 days ago

As Ebola continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more resources are needed to fight the disease and feed patients and families, UN agencies said on Friday.

United Nations · 2 days ago

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system.

BBC News · 2 days ago

41-year-old set on ‘dream to be able to race in Africa’ Rwanda to host despite criticism of human rights record Lewis Hamilton has said he hopes to remain racing in Formula One until he can take part in the African Grand Prix which is set to take place in Rwanda in the 2030s . The seven-time world champion believes it is right that F1 is to hold a race there despite criticism of the country’s human rights record.…

The Guardian · 3 days ago

As the deadly Ebola disease outbreak reached an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators pursued all leads on Thursday to assess the risk of the disease spreading in Nigeria.

United Nations · 3 days ago