Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has announced the launch of a national artificial intelligence (AI) development strategy aimed at transforming the country into a leading AI hub in West Africa and across the continent, according to a statement from the presidential administration. "[Mahama] emphasized that the key question for the country is n...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides signed a joint declaration during a meeting in Nicosia on April 24, elevating bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership, the Egyptian presidency's statement read. "The meeting began with the two presidents signing a joint declaration raising re...

Mali's Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga and his counterpart from Niger, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, have arrived in Burkina Faso to take part in events for the 22nd National Culture Week. This was announced by the information service of Burkina Faso's government. The Prime Ministers of Mali and Niger, along with their delegations, were met at Bobo-Diou...

An embassy of the Seychelles is planned to open in Moscow in 2026, TASS reports, citing materials for talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic, Patrick Herminie, at the Kremlin. The documents note that the Seychelles remains an important partner of Russia in Africa, and relations between the countries have a ...

Algeria's National Independent Election Commission (ANIE) has disqualified 14 parties from contesting the parliamentary elections scheduled for July 2, announced interim ANIE President Karim Helfan at a forum organized by the state-run newspaper El Moudjahid. Helfan stated that these 14 parties currently do not meet the requirements established by ...

The foreign ministers of Mali and Niger, Abdoulaye Diop and Bakary Yaou Sangaré, have accused neighboring countries and Western nations of supporting terrorist groups in the Sahel region, Reuters reports, citing the two countries' foreign ministers. "Currently, neighboring countries are harboring terrorist groups, supporting terrorist groups, or of...

The Republic of Congo has officially submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new financing program, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed sources. According to the agency's sources, representatives of the Congolese authorities held a series of meetings with investors on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank spring meeti...

 Germany will provide South Africa with a new concessional loan of €200 million ($234 million) for the implementation of climate projects, Reuters reported, citing South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola. The loan will be directed toward developing South Africa's energy sector and expanding renewable energy capacity. According to Lamola, ...

 Exports of Russian wheat to Sudan in the 2025-2026 agricultural year have more than doubled amid demand recovery, according to the Federal Center for the Development of Agricultural Product Exports (Agroexport). By early April, exports had reached 1.7 million tons, whereas total wheat exports for the entire 2024-2025 agricultural year amounte...

 South African state-owned transport and logistics company Transnet plans to expand the Port of Durban by 22.4 hectares, local newspaper Business Day reported, citing Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). The new area will be created by dredging and depositing approximately 4 million cubic meters of soil. "TNPA proposes to build a new cont...

 The United Nations has called for stepped-up aid to Sudan on the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Denise Brown said at a briefing. "Don't call [the situation in Sudan] a 'forgotten crisis.' I refer to it as a crisis that has been neglected. ... We really need to focus on finding a soluti...

 Nigerian energy company Oando plans to raise $750 million to drill up to 100 new wells and quadruple its oil production, company CEO Wale Tinubu told Reuters. He emphasized that rising energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East are helping to attract funding sources for producers in the West African region. "We are making every effo...

 Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have discussed the creation of a consortium to manage oil and gas transportation through the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in the Middle East, Reuters reported, citing sources. The talks took place in Islamabad with the participation of Pakistan. Participants addressed issues of conflict de-escalation and ...

 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced changes to its regulations following the controversial final of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN-2025), the organization's press service reported. "These changes and improvements to the CAF Statutes and Regulations will also ensure the prevention of a recurrence of the incidents that occ...

 Kenya will begin sea exports of avocados on April 2 following improved fruit maturity indicators in key production regions, the country's Agriculture and Food Authority announced. "Avocado harvesting for sea export will commence on April 2, 2026," the communiqué stated. Following inspections conducted from March 1 to 6, authorities decided to...

 China's Vice President Han Zheng will visit Kenya, South Africa, and the Seychelles from March 22 to 30 at the invitation of the host countries, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs press service announced. "At the invitation of Kenyan Vice President Kithure Kindiki, South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile, and Seychelles Vice President ...

 A fire broke out on a pipeline at Libya's largest oil field, Sharara, on March 18, and the blaze was successfully extinguished, the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC) reported on March 19. The cause of the fire on March 18 was an oil leak through a valve at the 538-kilometer mark of the export pipeline south of Zintan. Firefighting and e...

 Nicholas Haysom, a South African anti-apartheid activist and former adviser to President Nelson Mandela, has passed away at the age of 73. The South African government announced the news. His daughter, Rebecca Haysom, told the Associated Press that he died on March 17 in New York "after a long and courageous battle" with complications from an...

 The Russian Embassy in Egypt organized an iftar — the evening meal with which Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan — for beneficiaries of a children's charitable foundation and their parents. The Russian diplomatic mission in Cairo announced this on March 17. "The Russian Embassy in Cairo continued its annual tradition of...

The United Kingdom and Nigeria have signed an agreement worth £746 million (approximately $998 million) for the reconstruction of the Apapa Quays and Tin Can Island port complexes in Lagos, the British government announced. The document was signed during the state visit of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to London. "UK Export Finance guarantees £746...