Sahrawi refugees go about daily life in the Aousserd camp near Tindouf in southern Algeria as residents say decades in exile have not weakened their demand for independence in Western Sahara: "Our demands are simple -- independence, and nothing else."
South Africa’s inflation rate edged slightly higher in March but remains relatively subdued overall.
Sierra Leone is taking a new step toward unlocking its offshore energy potential with a fresh agreement involving oil giant Shell.
The Mohammed VI Tower, now the tallest building in Morocco, is reshaping the skyline of the Rabat-Salé region after its inauguration earlier in April 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Seychelles President Patrick Herminie at the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks focused on bilateral ties and international issues.
Senegal’s former president Macky Sall called for peace and diplomacy on Wednesday as he auditioned to lead the United Nations.
Six men pleaded not guilty to treason and terrorism charges over a botched coup plot, Nigeria media reported Wednesday, as the first prosecutions for the alleged 2025 putsch attempt get under way.
A widening diplomatic rift is emerging in West Africa as Niger and Mali level new accusations against neighbouring states over terrorism in the Sahel.
In South Africa, the state-owned electricity company Eskom announced on Wednesday that it does not expect power outages during the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere, from April to August. This will be the first winter without power cuts since the company has been facing difficulties.
Senegal’s former president Macky Sall called for peace and diplomacy on Wednesday as he auditioned to lead the United Nations.
Ismail Omar Guelleh has won a sixth term as President of Djibouti, the country's constitutional council has confirmed. Guelleh won 97.01% of the vote, the council said on Tuesday.
Niger's military government suspended the activities of 2,900 of the 4,700 registered local and foreign non-governmental organisations and development agencies, the interior minister said.
Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Pope Leo XIV told inmates at one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons that they are not alone, as he drew attention Wednesday to prison conditions, human rights abuses and injustices that campaigners have denounced for years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Seychelles President Patrick Herminie at the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks focused on bilateral ties and international issues.
Ismail Omar Guelleh has won a sixth term as President of Djibouti, the country's constitutional council has confirmed. Guelleh won 97.8 percent of the vote, the council said on Tuesday.
The Trump administration is considering a controversial new plan, to send more than 1,000 Afghans who supported US forces, not to America, but to central Africa.
Two men held hostage in Mali have been freed after almost two years in captivity, the Russian army said on Tuesday. Russian national Oleg Greta and Ukrainian Yuri Yurov were rescued by a "special operation" carried out by Russia's Africa Corps unit, Moscow said in a statement.
A global shipping route is once again under threat as Iranian forces move against commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Extreme climate events are increasingly threatening democracy, with at least 94 elections and referendums in 52 countries disrupted by natural hazards over the past two decades, a report published Wednesday said.
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