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Benin's finance minister Romuald Wadagni was officially confirmed to have won the west African country's presidential election, according to final results on Thursday.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has made a remarkable entry into international financial markets. The country raised $1.25 billion in its first Eurobond issuance, with investor demand nearly four times greater than the amount sought.

A dual outbreak of measles and meningitis is sweeping eastern Chad, driven by the continued influx of refugees fleeing Sudan's civil war, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Thursday, as overcrowded camps and limited healthcare accelerate transmission.

The inaugural meeting took place at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday.

The US president has repeatedly made false claims of a genocide being carried out against minority white Afrikaners.

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Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in April 2026 as former clean-up workers returned to the site.

The Philippines’ former president Rodrigo Duterte will face trail at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Judges on Thursday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against Duterte for dozens of alleged extrajudicial killings.

The US president has repeatedly made false claims of a genocide being carried out against minority white Afrikaners.

Top Iranian officials took to social media on Thursday to push back against US claims that its leadership is divided. ‘There are no hardliners or moderates,’ the country’s president and parliamentary speaker both posted.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has promised constitutional reform in response to last year’s post-election violence that left hundreds of people dead.

Hundreds of Congolese refugees living at the Busuma camp in Burundi have been voluntarily repatriated.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has promised constitutional reform in response to last year’s post-election violence that left hundreds of people dead.

Buildings across Morocco’s capital have turned into massive canvases for the 11th "JIDAR Rabat Street Art Festival," bringing together artists from around the globe.

Every time someone in Johannesburg drinks a glass of water, there is a 60% chance it comes from neighbouring Lesotho. Now, a newly built bridge will help the tiny mountain kingdom nearly double those exports.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump.

A South African court has blocked the repatriation of the remains of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, halting fresh plans for a state funeral and deepening a dispute that has dragged on for nearly 10 months.

In a working-class neighbourhood of Abidjan, a small group of young volunteers armed with shovels and rakes is scrubbing rubbish-clogged drains. Their message: “Our streets are not rubbish bins.”

The Africa Finance Corporation says this highlights the continent's vulnerability to global shipping chokepoints.