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Africa
Trump, Nigeria claim killing of senior IS leader
Under US sanctions since 2023, Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was the second-in-command of IS worldwide, according to US President Donald Trump and the Nigerian military.
By AFP
1h ago
One person dies from Ebola outbreak in Uganda, Health Ministry says case was an imported infection from DRC.
By AFP
15h ago
By AFP
20h ago
By AFP
1d ago
By Esther Nyambura
2d ago
AFD Group and its partners unveiled a series of new initiatives in energy, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and sports development during the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi.
By Esther Nyambura
2d ago
The UN rights chief on Wednesday demanded independent investigations into reports that separate airstrikes by the Nigerian and Chadian armies in northern Nigeria killed dozens of civilians.
By AFP
2d ago
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders decried Wednesday the collective "political failure" to end Sudan's civil war and to also fund vital aid for millions hit by the devastation.
By AFP
2d ago
Ruto urges fair global financing for Africa, calling for investment-based partnerships at the Africa Forward Summit.
By Graham Kajilwa
3d ago
Djibouti has started the construction of a Sh20.7 billion ($160 million) energy and logistics terminal that could reshape the region’s economic prospects.
By Agencies
3d ago
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that "opportunists" had orchestrated anti-immigrant attacks on foreigners as he sought to reassure other African countries.
By AFP
4d ago
Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in as Uganda's president for a seventh term at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, extending a rule that began in 1986 to at least 2031.
By David Njaaga
4d ago
Africa, China to hold their first joint investment and trade conference in Guangdong Province, China, in September, with organisers projecting the gathering will draw more than 100 African ministers.
By David Njaaga
4d ago
The French leader said he first strongly condemned colonialism when he came to power in 2017.
By AFP
5d ago
French President Emmanuel Macron, in Nairobi for a two-day economic summit, has defended European involvement in Africa, contrasting relations with China's strategy across the continent.
By AFP
5d ago
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