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African Union summit clouded by Saudi-UAE rivalry in Horn of Africa
A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates across the Horn of Africa is overshadowing this weekend’s African...
Read moreDetailsSA President Ramaphosa launches Nelson Mandela Rules Academy at prison
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday marked 36 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison by launching a new training academy...
Read moreDetailsStudents turn on Senegalese government over Dakar university violence
Students were seen packing up and leaving Cheik Anta Diop University in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on Wednesday following the...
Read moreDetailsUproar in Zimbabwe over cabinet plan to extend president’s rule to 2030
Zimbabweans are up in arms over the cabinet’s approval of changes to the constitution as part of a bid to...
Read moreDetailsWHO urges US to share Covid origins findings
The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the Covid-19 pandemic's...
Read moreDetailsMadagascan President Randrianirina visits city devastated by Cyclone Gezani
In Madagascar, Colonel Michael Randrianirina assesses the damage in Toamasina after Cyclone Gezani devastated the city. The country is reeling...
Read moreDetailsIndia pulls out of Russian-backed Mali lithium project over security risks, sources say
Security risks are prompting India to pull out of a lithium project in Mali backed by Russia's state nuclear corporation,...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s state-owned NNPC records $4.2 billion after-tax profit in 2025
Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC booked after-tax profits of 5.760 trillion naira ($4.26 billion) last year, it said, as Africa's...
Read moreDetailsUN to launch reconnaissance flights to support eastern Congo ceasefire
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will send reconnaissance flights to the eastern city of Uvira...
Read moreDetailsCameroon President Biya delays elections once again
Cameroon's President Paul Biya announced on Tuesday evening a "slight readjustment" of the timing of legislative and municipal elections that...
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