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Quickly discredited rumours circulated across Cameroon on Tuesday that the country's leader, President Paul Biya, had appointed his son to the vice presidency. In fact, no one has yet been named to the office.

Rwanda on Tuesday marked 32 years since the genocide that massacred more than a million people in the space of just one hundred days.

US President Trump has pulled back from threats to annihilate Iran and agreed to a two-week ceasefire after receiving a 10-point proposal from Tehran. Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen.

Zimbabwe launched its upgraded banknotes on Tuesday with an appeal to national pride and confidence.

In tonight's edition, as leaders gathered for the “One Health” summit in France, antimicrobial resistance emerges as a bigger killer in Africa than malaria, HIV or TB. Also, a woman seeking care was beaten by her doctor in Kinshasa. The video went viral and sparked outrage in the DRC, exposing a crisis in delivery rooms and violence against women. And Rwanda marks the 32nd anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi.

Interview with former Awami League Home Secretary Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who is currently exiled in India, on the recent Bangladesh general election, and the Awami League leadership’s ongoing legal challenges.

Turkish police have shot and killed an assailant outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. Three gunmen opened fire on the officers on Tuesday. Two policemen and two of the assailants were wounded, Turkish officials say.

The Artemis II astronauts photographed the moment when the Earth dips below the moon's horizon, as they prepare to return to our planet's gravitational pull.

The discovery comes as Egypt is struggling to secure its energy needs due to the US and Israel's war with Iran.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared before a Paris appeals court on Tuesday in his bid to overturn a conviction linked to Libya's alleged financing of his 2007 campaign.

Days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity,” the global conversation has shifted from recognition to a more contentious question: who owes Africa?

[Afreximbank] African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), has called for urgent and coordinated multi stakeholder action to transform Africa's cotton sector from a raw commodity export base into a competitive textile and garment industry. President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, Dr George Elombi, made the call while addressing delegates at the recently concluded Fourteenth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.

[Afreximbank] African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has once again been recognised in three award categories by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), a globally recognised authority on financial law and transactions. The 2026 IFLR Africa Awards, held annually, spotlight the most innovative cross-border deals in Africa and the legal teams and institutions driving these transformations transactions.

A member of the ruling SPLM party, Jemma Nunu Kumba had served as speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly since 2021.

One of West Africa's most prominent cultural festivals, the annual Fanti Carnvial blends Nigerian traditions with Brazilian and Cuban influences.

US rapper Ye, formerly called Kanye West, has been denied entry into the UK over his numerous antisemitic outbursts. He had been scheduled to headline a music festival that has now been canceled.

[Nile Post] South Sudan's Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Jemma Nunu Kumba, has summoned all Members of Parliament and government ministers to an emergency sitting, as political pressure intensifies over moves to remove her from office.