Over 748,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with UNHCR Egypt, a majority of whom are women and children who have recently arrived in Egypt fleeing the brutal conflict that started in Sudan in April 2023. Since the conflict broke, the registered Sudanese refugee population has grown almost sevenfold and numbers are expected to keep...

 Somalia has issued a warning to suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights to its territory due to an ongoing territorial dispute. The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) announced on August 21, 2024, that the airline has failed to respond to concerns related to Somali sovereignty. The dispute escalated after Ethiopia signed an agreement in Ja...

 Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug. 19) a commission tasked with reviewing the oil and gas contracts the country signed with multinational corporations. The PM made the announcement on national TV insisting that the team of legal, tax, and energy sector experts will work meticulously to make sure all legal a...

 A massive increase in the price of electricity is on the cards for households in Egypt as the country gradually phases out subsidies. Raises will range from 14.45 per cent to 50 per cent, depending on the consumption bracket of individual homes. For households with prepaid meters, the increase came into effect on Saturday, while people with r...

 Kenya's Workers Aviation Union (KAWU) has postponed for two weeks a strike that was scheduled to start on Monday. The union, which represents airport workers, said this was to allow for talks with government over a proposed deal to develop the country's main airport. It believes the agreement with India's Adani Airport Holding to upgrade Nair...

 The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) announced on Friday that it has contingency plans to prevent disruptions to airport operations due to a possible strike by the country's main aviation union, set to start on August 19. The Kenya Aviation Workers Union, which represents staff at airports and Kenya Airways, has threatened to go on strike start...

 In Uganda, the death toll from the collapse of a landfill in Kampala has risen to 34, with many residents and homes in the Kiteezi neighborhood buried under a massive pile of waste following heavy rains. The landslide occurred on Saturday, August 9, and rescue efforts continue, though 35 people remain missing. The collapse is believed to have...

 French Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné was in Beirut for a short visit on Thursday as western powers aim to help ease tensions in the Middle East. His visit came a day after US senior advisor Amos Hochstein also visited Lebanon. International mediators were set to hold a new round of talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securin...

 Preparations are underway for a possible meeting between Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who now leads the African People's Party. The two leaders have not met since 2022, and it's been months since they last communicated. Various envoys are making efforts to facilitate this meeting, which could happen...

 Media organizations in Senegal staged a blackout day on Tuesday to protest a government crackdown they say targets them directly and is aimed at curtailing press freedoms in the West African country. Television screens went blank on the main TV stations TFM, ITV and 7 TV, and radio outlets such as RFM and iradio were silent. Most of the daily...

 Kenya tops the African medal count with 11 medals, which includes 4 gold. Algeria is in second place with 2 gold medals, and South Africa is third with 1 gold medal. Ethiopia completes the top four, also having 1 gold medal but with fewer silver medals. The Paris Olympics have come to an end and for the fourth straight time, the United States...

 Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of China 5:0 in the final of the women's welterweight division...

 Mali has ordered Sweden's ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours because of what it called a "hostile" statement by a Swedish minister, the government said on Friday. Ambassador Kristina Kuhnel's expulsion comes after Mali on Monday announced it was severing diplomatic ties with Ukraine. It accused a senior Ukrainian official of sugg...

 Tanzanian authorities have initiated an investigation following the widespread circulation of a video allegedly showing a gang rape, which has sparked nationwide outrage. Local media have reported that arrests have already been made. The disturbing footage, featuring a young woman assaulted by multiple men, began to surface online on Sunday. ...

 South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to move ahead with the implementation of the National Health Insurance Bill, despite strong opposition from within and outside the government. He signed the controversial Bill into law just before his African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in the May elections. The NH...

Like many other Maasai women, fish farmer Charity Oltinki was previously engaged in beadwork, but found the profession to be unprofitable. Her husband, the primary breadwinner, was responsible for managing their cattle. But the severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa from 2020 to 2023 killed almost 100 of their cows, and only 50 sheep of thei...

South African police said they rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg. Police carried out a search at the property on Sunday for a person reported to have been kidnapped and discovered the migrants, they said. Two people were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking. The a...

 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado led a massive demonstration in Caracas on Saturday. Machado and her allies arrived, greeting supporters from the top of a truck at the site where thousands of demonstrators gathered, cheering her with the chant of "Freedom, freedom." After last Sunday's controversial presidential elections, th...

 Ethiopia's State Finance Minister, Eyob Tekalign, said on Friday it expects creditors will agree to restructure $4.9 billion of debt when it completes its current restructuring exercise. The announcement comes as the country puts its long-delayed debt overhaul back on track after securing a new International Monetary Fund financing programme....

 Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter final Friday to win in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night for track at the Stade de France. The world-record holder raced in the middle of a strung-out pack for most o...