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As military commanders gather, the US battles with tense ties and troop reductions in African countries
The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other...
Read moreDetailsSierra Leone outlaws child marriage in new legislation
Sierra Leone's parliament has approved a law banning child marriage in a development lauded by activists as a major win...
Read moreDetailsMadagascar’s capital launches cable cars to ease traffic jam
Madagascar's capital has a new means of public transport. The first cable car rode over neighborhoods of Antananarivo carrying President...
Read moreDetailsMali: ICC unseals arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly of Ansar Dine group over war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the...
Read moreDetailsMali: Political parties say leaders arrested amid crackdown
An alliance of political parties and civil society groups in junta-led Mali said several of their leaders were arrested on...
Read moreDetailsAfDB approves $8.6 million grant to boost non-oil revenue mobilisation in South Sudan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing additional financial support to enable South Sudan to increase its non-oil revenue mobilisation....
Read moreDetailsAfDB, Ethiopia launch $94 million project to boost Climate Resilient Wheat
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the government of Ethiopia, in partnership with the Netherlands, fertilizer company OCP-Africa, and...
Read moreDetailsCourt throws out Jacob Zuma party’s bid to block sitting of parliament
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) to block Friday’s first sitting of parliament, saying...
Read moreDetailsOpposition party agrees to join SA unity government
The leader of South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says his party has agreed to form part of a government...
Read moreDetailsRwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week that asylum seekers...
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