In the capital of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville, the international association "Globus" together with the League of Graduates from Russian Universities held a festive event for Children's Day. The program took place at the League of Graduates' cinema club. The children were shown the animated film "Cats of the Hermitage" about the adventures o...

 An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has uncovered fragments of a Roman basilica and a marble head of Aphrodite during excavations at the archaeological site of Ihnasiya el-Medina in Beni Suef province, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced. "[During the excavations], annexes to the ...

 Rwanda's RSSB Tigers basketball team defeated Angola's Petro de Luanda with a score of 90-88 to become champions of the 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL), according to a press release from the US National Basketball Association (NBA). "The Tigers are the first team from Rwanda to win the BAL championship," the NBA reported. The final game c...

 Approximately 5 million children in Niger are not attending either public or private schools, due to a lack of educational system resources, Niger's Minister of Education Élisabeth Chérif stated in an interview with the local television channel RTN. "Today, around 5 million children remain outside both the formal and non-formal education syst...

 Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun have signed an agreement waiving visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and official passports, Ablakwa announced on social media. "This is the first visa waiver agreement between our countries in nearly 50 years of formal bilateral relations," A...

 The East African Community (EAC) will hold an extraordinary meeting of its Council of Ministers of Health on June 1-2 to coordinate measures against the Ebola outbreak, the organization announced in a press release. Participants will discuss a regional strategy to contain the disease, including holding EAC emergency crisis meetings, sessions ...

 The Belarusian political party "Belaya Rus" (White Russia) and Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), have signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation. BelTA reported on the signing ceremony, which took place on May 29 in Brest during the 2nd International Interparty Conference. The ...

 The Museum of Anthropology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) hosted the presentation of the book "On the Threshold of Africa: Materials on the History of the Nubian Archaeological Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1961–1963)", dedicated to the work of Soviet specialists in rescuing ancient monuments in Nubia (southern Egypt...

 The Russian national football team lost to Egypt in a friendly match as part of their summer training camp. The match on May 28 at Cairo International Stadium ended with a score of 1–0, the Russian Football Union (RFU) reported. The only goal of the match was scored in the 65th minute by Mostafa Abdelraouf, who came on as a substitute during ...

 In Guinea's capital, Conakry, special organized crime units arrested four individuals suspected of smuggling rare marine animals, the local publication Guineenews reports. During the operation, authorities seized 41 kg of dried seahorses and 26 kg of shark and ray fins intended for clandestine export from the country. At a press conference, C...

 Africa's economic growth in 2026 will slow to 4.2%, down from 4.4% last year, amid the conflict in the Middle East, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report presented at its annual meeting in Brazzaville. "The impact of this crisis on growth and macroeconomic stability will depend on the duration of supply chain disruptions and th...

 The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has denied media rumors that national team coach Pape Thiaw refused to travel with the team to the FIFA World Cup due to contract renegotiations, according to an FSF press release. Earlier in May, amid reports of a delay in the Senegalese national football team's departure to the United States for thei...

 The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is hindering efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak, warned World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to him, the eastern province of Ituri lies at the heart of a "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict," with hostilities maki...

 Pope Leo XIV has apologized for the historical role of the Catholic Church in slavery, Reuters reported, citing the Pope's statement. In his first papal encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas" ("Magnificent Humanity"), Leo XIV stated that it took the Church centuries to fully recognize the "calamity of slavery" as incompatible with human dignity, c...

 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded its first recovery from the Ebola virus, according to the local news portal MediaCongo, citing a representative of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP). The recovered patient was treated at a medical center in Ituri province. The INSP called the recovery "an encouraging signal,...

 Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan will speak at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) during her state visit to Russia, a source in diplomatic circles told African Initiative. During the visit, the Tanzanian president will also meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the two heads of stat...

The Russian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has urged Russian citizens to refrain from traveling to the country's eastern regions due to the Ebola outbreak, according to a warning from the Russian diplomatic mission addressed to citizens currently in the DRC or planning to arrive in the country. "In connection with the worseni...

Zimbabwe is seeking cooperation with Russia in the establishment of special economic zones in the African country, according to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga during a visit to the "Kulibin" special economic zone (SEZ) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the sidelines of the annual Digital Industry of Industrial Russia (CIPR) conference. "Russia is o...

The Sudanese Armed Forces have reported the destruction of a drone launched from Ethiopian territory amid ongoing combat operations against the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The statement was published by the Sudanese army's press service. According to the statement, on May 23, the drone entered Sudanese airspace from Ethiopian territory, after...

Three new cases of Ebola have been discovered in Uganda, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to five, according to Uganda's Ministry of Health. A driver and a healthcare worker who had contact with the first confirmed patient have contracted Ebola. The virus is also suspected in two other individuals who had contact with inf...