Africa StreaM

Kenya's foreign minister said on Thursday 19 citizens had died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline and 32 others were missing, as criticism mounts over reports of the forced enlistment of Kenyans into the Russian army.

The Nigerian army said on Thursday that its troops had freed seven children and two adults who had remained in captivity following a kidnapping from an orphanage last month.

Two attacks in central Mali claimed by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have killed more than 30 people, local, security and administrative sources told AFP on Thursday.

Long lines are forming at fuel stations across Benin as motorists grapple with the impact of rising global oil prices and new government fuel rates introduced at the start of May.

Chad has declared a 20-day state of emergency in the violence-hit Lake Chad region following a wave of deadly attacks blamed on jihadist group Boko Haram.

Chad has declared a 20-day state of emergency in the violence-hit Lake Chad region following a wave of deadly attacks blamed on jihadist group Boko Haram.

More than 30 people have been killed in two attacks in central Mali, according to local, security and administrative sources.

It is due to dock in the Granadilla de Abona municipality in the southern part of Spain’s Tenerife island in a few days' time.

According to the IMF's report, regional growth is expected to decline by 0.3 percentage points, and some 20 million people in Africa now face the risk of food insecurity as the Iran war raises energy and food prices.

The United Nations rights chief demanded Thursday that Tunisia end widening repression targeting civil society organizations, journalists, rights defenders and opposition figures.

As the drought intensifies, and the malnutrition rate soars, the race is on to stop another hunger catastrophe.

More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than three months.

The leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary said his forces are prepared to fight for decades in their war with the regular army, warning that his fighters remained positioned outside the army-controlled capital.

More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than two weeks.

Chad declared three days of national mourning after a new attack by Boko Haram jihadists Wednesday killed two generals in the volatile Lake Chad Basin.

Speaking after the talks, President Oligui Nguema said Gabon was looking to benefit from Angola’s experience in tourism, agriculture and other industries as Libreville pushes to reduce its dependence on oil revenues.

When an adult has died trying to reach Europe, the children left behind in Senegal often have to navigate the burden of grief alone.

Across Africa, economies remain closely tied to the oil market. OPEC and its allies recently announced a production increase of 188,000 barrels per day, though the move remains largely symbolic, as actual output still falls below quotas.

A cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak departed Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday with nearly 150 passengers and crew on board, continuing its journey toward Spain’s Canary Islands as health authorities raced to contain the spread of the disease.