China has dismissed criticism from the United States, rejecting claims that it pressured African nations to block a planned trip by Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, and insisting its actions were legitimate.
James Swan said he welcomed "progress" over an agreement on "humanitarian access and judicial protection".
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Ukraine welcomed Prince Harry to Kyiv on Thursday 23 April 2026 for a two day visit that remained unannounced until his arrival.
Nigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.
Francis Kere, a citizen of both Burkina Faso and Germany, is the only African to have won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture.
Francis Kere, a citizen of both Burkina Faso and Germany, is the only African to have won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture.
Ghana summoned South Africa's envoy to the country on Thursday over several "xenophobic incidents," including one in which a legal Ghanaian migrant was asked to return home and "fix his country."
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé told the United Nations that several areas of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, are slowly being retaken by security forces.
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.
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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.
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