Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has invited South Sudan’s leaders for talks on the peace process in their country. The meeting will bring together President Salva Kiir, Riek Machar a... Read more
Burkina Faso’s new military ruler has approved a transitional charter which will allow him to stay in power for three years. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba signed a charter which was drawn... Read more
The African Union has said it is disturbed by reports of Africans in Ukraine being refused the right to cross the border to safety. The body urged all countries to respect international law... Read more
The powerful son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gen Kainerugaba – who is the c... Read more
Nigeria will on Wednesday start repatriation flights to countries bordering Ukraine for its citizens who are willing to return home, according to the foreign minister. Geoffrey Onyeama said... Read more
Some 1,000 Ukrainian tourists are stranded in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar after the Ukrainian airspace was closed to civilian flights following Russia’s milita... Read more
Ivory Coast’s former parliament Speaker, Guillaume Soro, has denied the discovery of weapons at his residence in Bouake, in the economic capital Abidjan. Mr Soro has been in exile in E... Read more
Ukraine’s honorary consul in Guinea has been suspended for “gross negligence” for urging the junta to make clear its position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Charles Amara Sossoadouno, a Gu... Read more
Armed men in northern Cameroon have kidnapped five people working for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), local officials say. The abduction of the French medical charity employees took place du... Read more
A Kenyan girl has been sentenced to five years in jail for manslaughter over a school dormitory fire that killed nine of her colleagues. The 18-year-old committed the offence in 2017 while a... Read more
The war in Ukraine could have a devastating effect on some African states, threatening their economies and seeing governments come under diplomatic pressure to take sides in the escalating f... Read more
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has officially endorsed opposition leader Raila Odinga to succeed him in the presidential elections set for 9 August. President Kenyatta urged his supporters... Read more
Eighteen civilians in Niger have been killed in a militant attack in the west of the country, the government says. It said armed bandits on motorbikes attacked a truck transporting people be... Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may cease its support programme to Somalia in the next three months if scheduled elections face further delays. An essential military wages funding deal... Read more
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