The Arab League has condemned the decision by the Somaliland region to open an embassy in Jerusalem, according to a press release following a phone call between Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. "They discussed developments in Somalia and the region, particularly the danger of Israeli infilt...

Russia has called on the United Nations to withdraw the case concerning the suppression of protests in Libya in 2011 — the "Libya dossier" — from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and transfer it to local judicial authorities due to the current ineffectiveness of the proceedings, said Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation M...

The United Nations and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) are allocating over $60 million to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. "I am allocating approximately $60 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate response efforts in the DRC and the regi...

 Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has appointed former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as the organization's special envoy for the Horn of Africa region, the AU announced in a press release. "The Chairperson of the African Union Commission ... has appointed Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federa...

 A Swiss auction house has sold a blue-green diamond mined in Central Africa for nearly €15 million, setting a record price for this type of diamond, RFI reports, citing Christie's auction house in Geneva. The largest known diamond to date with a unique blue-green color, weighing 5.50 carats, has been named the "Ocean Dream." "This combination...

 Relics of Abyssinian Emperor Tewodros II, stolen by Great Britain from Ethiopia in 1868 during the Battle of Magdala, have returned home, the Ethiopian Embassy in London reports. A ceremony was held at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa to mark the arrival of the artifacts, which included locks of the emperor's hair and a fragment of h...

 Police in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, have arrested 153 people suspected of involvement in riots and other offenses during the Africa Forward summit, according to Nairobi police commander Issa Mohamud. After giving their statements, the detainees were released. "While securing the international event, we arrested about 153 people for vario...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, according to press releases from the African countries' foreign ministries. Badr Abdelatty (Egypt), Gedion Timotheos (Ethiopia), and Ronald Lamola (South Africa) paid courtesy...

Madagascar's transitional president, Mikael Randrianirina, paid a working visit to the Republic of Congo and held talks with the country's leader, Denis Sassou Nguesso. During the meeting, Congo's president welcomed Madagascar's efforts to complete its transitional period, the presidential administration's press service reported. Randrianirina stat...

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries on Nile water utilization during a meeting in Entebbe on May 13, according to a joint statement following the talks, published by el-Sisi's administration. During the meeting, the two heads of state emphasized the im...

Several hundred people have been injured in a major fire that broke out at a fuel depot in the city of Abéché, Chad, according to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization. The fire occurred near the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Abéché. Material damage is estimated at over 600 million CFA francs (approximately...

A federal court in Nigeria has sentenced former Minister of Energy Saleh Mamman to 75 years in prison over a case involving the misappropriation of funds totaling more than €21 million, Nigeria's anti-corruption agency (EFCC) reported. "In 2019 in Abuja, ... while serving as Minister of Energy, Mamman conspired with other ministry officials and som...

Niger's authorities have unveiled a project for the administrative reorganization of the country, which includes the creation of 11 new regions and 19 departments, ActuNiger reports, citing the Director General for Territorial Administration at the Ministry of Interior, Hamou Abdoulkadri. According to Abdoulkadri, the reform will allow for a strong...

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...