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The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo to “very high,” warning the outbreak could accelerate rapidly. With no approved vaccine or treatment available, health officials are racing to contain the virus and prevent wider regional spread.

​India and the African Union (AU) ​on Thursday postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled for next week in New Delhi, due to the "emerging public ​health ‌situation" in Africa, India's foreign ministry ⁠said, in an apparent reference to the Ebola outbreak. A first Ebola case was confirmed in the DR Congo's rebel-held South Kivu province.

Some 175 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed in joint Nigerian-US strikes in Nigeria's northeast in recent days, both militaries said Tuesday. Washington sent troops to the West African nation in February as armed groups stepped up their attacks on communities across the country.

Former prison boss Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was "one of the worst instigators" of torture, rape and murder in Libya's notorious Mitiga prison, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court Tuesday. Judges will have 60 days to determine whether the charges against El Hishri – including 17 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity – are credible enough to proceed to a full trial.

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen sharply to at least 131 from 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said, as the World Health Organization on Tuesday hosted an emergency committee meeting to address the crisis. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the WHO "a little late" in identifying the outbreak after the Trump administration's sweeping funding cuts to the organisation earlier this year.

More than 90 people are believed to have been killed in a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here's what we know about the outbreak so far.

The United States and Nigeria carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday. The region faces the double threat of attacks from jihadist groups and from criminal gangs that carry out kidnappings, including one that resulted in the abduction of 46 people, most of them children, on Friday.

A new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has caused at least 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths, according to the latest figures released on Saturday. There is currently no vaccine available for the strain, known as Bundibugyo, which is considered highly lethal, the country's health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba told a press briefing in Kinshasa.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Saturday confirmed President Donald Trump's announcement that US and Nigerian forces killed a senior Islamic State (IS) group senior leader in a joint mission in the West African nation.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday spoke to FRANCE 24 at the close of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Here’s what you need to know about how Macron sees France’s changing relationship with African nations.

As the Africa Forward Summit came to a close, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to journalists from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi about what the president described as a new model of partnership between Paris and African nations. Watch the full interview on FRANCE 24.

Day two of the Africa Forward summit in Kenya brings together leaders and top officials from more than 30 countries from across the continent as President Emmanuel Macron pitches a new French model for partnerships with African nations.

At the conclusion of the Africa Forward Summit, French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Watch the interview on FRANCE 24 on Tuesday, May 12, at 9pm (Paris time).

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced €23 billion investment in Africa focused on energy transition, digital and AI, the maritime economy and agriculture. Macron was attending the two-day Africa Forward summit in Nairobi aimed at renewing France's engagement with the continent.

Videos posted online document the new wave of deadly anti-migrant violence that has been sweeping South Africa since late March 2026, killing at least seven people. Organised anti-migrant movements are inflaming tensions, which are exacerbated by widespread unemployment and persistent inequality.

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday aims to promote France’s new approach to Africa at the inauguration of the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya, which is being held for the first time in an Anglophone country. The French leader is meeting 450 young people from across the continent and France, who are set to share their ideas for the future of the African continent. Watch FRANCE 24's live coverage of the event.

French President Emmanuel Macron began a visit to Kenya on Sunday ahead of the Africa Forward Summit, where he will promote France’s new approach to Africa based on partnership rather than influence. The gathering comes amid France’s military withdrawal from West Africa and renewed debate over its post-colonial role on the continent.

Jihadist fighters launched a fresh wave of deadly attacks in central Mali that killed dozens of people, local and security sources said on Saturday. One local official said the latest attacks brought the death toll to more than 70 in recent days, as Islamist armed groups intensify assaults on villages across the region.

Seeking to rebuild French influence in Africa after a series of setbacks in former West African colonies, France will co-host a summit in Kenya next week aimed at strengthening political, security and economic ties with a range of African partners.