At least 16 soldiers, including four officers, were killed in southern Nigeria while responding to a distress call during fighting between two communities, defense officials said Saturday. The attack in the oil-rich, riverine Delta state happened in the Bomadi council area Thursday when the soldiers, deployed to keep the peace, "were surround...

 Niger's junta said Saturday the U.S. military presence in the country is no longer justified, making the announcement on state television after holding high-level talks with U.S. diplomatic and military officials this week. Niger plays a central role in the U.S. military's operations in Africa's Sahel region and is home to a major airbase. Th...

 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she will be in Cairo on Sunday to sign an agreement between Europe and Egypt for cooperation and development similar to a deal made by Italy with Tunisia in 2023. As migrant crossings from Tunisia to Italy surged in 2023, Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a deal with ...

 A man calling himself Prophet Ishmael was charged in a Zimbabwean court Thursday, after police raided the compound where he led a religious sect and found more than 250 children being kept away from school and used as cheap labor. Police also discovered 16 unregistered graves, including those of seven infants, at the farm about 34 kilometres ...

 Liberian citizens on Wednesday observed the tenth anniversary of the Ebola epidemic that ravaged the country. On the second Wednesday of March each year, the country observes National Decoration Day - a time where Liberians gather at various cemeteries to commemorate their departed relatives. This year's observance brought relatives to Disco ...

 Migrants whose asylum claims are rejected by the United Kingdom will be given £3,000 ($3,800) to move to Rwanda. The UK has already has a plan in place which pays failed asylum seekers to return to their home countries. But the new measure targets those who cannot return to their countries of origin, local press reported Tuesday. The cash in ...

 ur people have died and one person has been injured as Storm Filipo hit southern Mozambique's Inhambane province, according to the state-owned broadcaster. Roofs have been ripped off schools and residential homes. In the tourist areas of Tofo and Barra, the waves have destroyed several boats. In some areas the roads are inaccessible. Local au...

French President Emmanuel Macron and former US President Bill Clinton were among those paying tribute to Nigerian banking boss Herbert Wigwe as his funeral got underway. Wigwe was a towering figure in African banking and philanthropy and his death has spurred an outpouring of grief. A seven-day funeral ceremony celebrating his life is currently bei...

 Chadian Prime Minister Success Masra made an unexpected appearance at a gathering of his party, Les Transformateurs, on March 10, 2024. Amidst a warm reception from thousands of supporters, Masra announced his acceptance of his party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election, solidifying his candidacy in the eyes of many. The decisi...

 Parents of abducted children in Nigeria waited anxiously to hear off any news concerning the recovery of the children on Saturday. Nearly 300 children were abducted from their school by motorcycle-riding gunmen in the latest mass kidnapping, which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and a slow security response. The a...

 British-Nigerian two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua made easy of the threat from Francis Ngannou, the Cameroonian mixed martial artist whose nascent career in boxing took two knockdowns and a knock out in their fight on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Joshua, 34, floored the UFC champion in the first round and early in the second be...

 Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars, which have spiralled since the 2021 assassination of the country's president. Gang leaders have grown increasingly violent and empowered, taking advantage of power vacuums in the Caribbean nation to grow in strength. As gangs continue to rampage across Haiti, the country'...

 Senegal on Wednesday announced that a delayed presidential election will be held on March 24, after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after April 2 was unconstitutional. President Macky Sall's mandate expires on April 2. Originally scheduled for February 25, President Sall called off the exercise citing electoral disputes. He...

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks on Monday with the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), Abbas briefed the Guinea-Bissau leader on developments in Israel's war on Gaza. Abbas thanked Embaló for Guinea-Bissau's positions in internatio...

 Two planes collided at Nairobi National Park, leaving at least two people dead. 44 others escaped unharmed in the incident on Tuesday morning. One of the planes involved was a Dash 8 owned by Safari Link, bound for Diani with 44 passengers and crew. The other was a Cessna plane on a training session, carrying two people. The Cessna crashed in...

 Haiti's government declared a state of emergency and nighttime curfew late Sunday in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons. The 72-hour state of emergency went into immediate effect as the government said it would set out to find th...

 The oil drills looming on the road to Adore Ngaka's house remind him every day of everything he has lost. Mining in his village in the western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has polluted the soil, withered his crops, and forced his family to dip into their savings to survive. Pointing to a shriveled ear of corn in his garden, the 27-year-...

 The Yaoundé military court in Cameroon on Friday closed their judicial investigation into the murder of journalist and former director of radio amplitude FM, Martinez Zogo who died just over a year ago. The trial will now open in the coming weeks according to the counter-espionage service. The twenty or so accused have all been referred to th...

 An Opposition leader in Chad Yaya Dillo has been killed in a clash with security forces in Chad, officials report. Dillo was accused by the government of involvement in a deadly attack on the country's security agency, which he denied. Heavy gunfire erupted near his party's headquarters in the capital, N'Djamena, on Wednesday. Dillo, a vocal ...

 Rigobert Song, the head coach of the Cameroon national football team, has announced his departure from the role. The news was confirmed by Samuel Eto'o, president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot). Song, a former captain of the Indomitable Lions, has been at the helm of the national team for almost two years. However, followin...