Kenya has strengthened its role in the global fight against childhood hunger after being appointed the fourth Co-Chair of the
READ MOREPetrol stations are not allowed to sell fuel between nine at night and six in the morning to enable suppliers to restock them.
Tanzania has announced its first natural gas discovery in a decade, with an estimated 223 billion cubic feet found at the Kasa-1X ST2 well in the Mnazi Bay area.
Earlier this week, former president Umaro Sissoco Embaló said he would come back to Guinea-Bissau. But on Thursday, the military high command said it refused his return, citing national security, public order and the need to preserve social stability.
The Portuguese coach had rejoined the Black Starts his September. His second departure comes after Ghana was beaten by Ivory Coast and by Gambia in qualifying matches for the Africa Cup of Nations last month.
Sidya Touré died in Paris last week. His family said the former Guinean prime minister will be buried in Ivory Coast.
Nigeria celebrated 66 years of independence on Thursday, marked by a speech from President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, who is running for a second term in January, said the country has overcome some major challenges since he took office in 2023, but citizens are skeptical.
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a mobile lab has been operating for two weeks, a welcome relief to staff at the nearby Ebola treatment centre who said that getting a test result used to take 72 hours.
More than 2,000 people have reached Djibouti, according to the International Organization for Migration, after the Houthis' capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent days alarmed Yemeni civilians, who fear a return to devastating civil war.
The DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 7,000 cases, Congolese authorities said on Saturday, including close to 3,400 deaths. But the government also said that the spread of the disease may have peaked.
More than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented and deadly rush, although most returned to Morocco within hours.
Shares in Africa’s largest oil refinery went on sale on Monday with the initial public offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. Owner Aliko Dangote, the continent's richest man, says it's a chance for ordinary Africans to buy in.
At a meeting in Abidjan on Sunday, the presidents of Guinea and Ivory Coast pledged to work towards diversifying and strengthening ties particularly in the economic, trade, political, security, and training sectors.
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