The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Egypt's formal joining of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention during its conflict with the Gaza Strip. Egypt cited escalating Israeli aggression against Palestinian c...

 After decades of instability and conflict in Central African Republic (CAR), one in five Central Africans is either internally displaced or has found refuge abroad. They fled their homes due to ongoing fighting between the country's numerous armed factions, which has seen thousands of people killed. Many have settled in the PK3 camps for inte...

 Kylian Mbappe has officially confirmed he will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season. The France World Cup winner, who is out of contract in June, announced he will not be renewing his deal with PSG in a video released on social media site X. The 25-year-old has been linked with a move to Real Madrid since his pending departure w...

 Nigeria's Senate on Thursday, May 9 proposed tougher penalties for drug trafficking, suggesting death penalty as the new maximum punishment. This replaces life imprisonment, previously the harshest penalty. Nigeria, with over 200 million people, has shifted from a transit point to a major producer, consumer, and distributor of illegal drugs. ...

 In George, South Africa, a devastating building collapse has sparked urgent investigations and a massive rescue operation. Seven lives have been lost, and nearly 40 workers remain missing under the rubble, prompting national mourning and a quest for answers. Leon van Wyk, the Executive Mayor of George, provided updates on the rescue operation...

 Rescue teams searching for dozens of construction workers missing after an apartment complex collapsed in South Africa brought out more survivors Tuesday as they entered a second night of desperate work to find anyone alive in the wreckage. At least seven people have been confirmed dead. "Firstly, doing what we call a line analysis. So, you w...

 The City of Johannesburg and its entities are liable for the deaths of the 76 people in a building fire, a report has found. Retired Judge Sisi Khampepe was put in charge of the inquiry, which began in October. She delivered the first part of her report on Sunday (May. 5) and concluded that the City of Joburg, which owns the building, had sho...

 The death toll in Kenya's devastating floods has risen to at least 228. 72 people are currently reported missing and 164 have been wounded. The Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura said Sunday (May. 5) that more than 223,000 people have been affected by the floods. Authorities continue to enforce the evacuation order that was issued on May 2nd. ...

 On his plantation in Muyuka in south-west Cameroon, Chief Orok John is inspecting the young cocoa plants. For several weeks now, he has been trying to find suitable treatments for the pod diseases that are weakening his crops. He is one of a number of local producers who sell their crop in Nigeria rather than on the local market, but says com...

Kenyan President William Ruto has postponed next week's planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue. The president in his state of the nation address on Friday said that "meteorological reports paint a dire picture," citing the possibility of Cyclone Hidaya hitting coas...

 A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday in a statement. In a statement shared with The Associated Press, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group said the town was "liberated." The Congolese army declined to ...

 Haiti's newly installed transitional council chose a little-known former sports minister as the Caribbean country's prime minister Tuesday as part of its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Fritz Bélizaire was chosen in a surprise move to replace current interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick ...

Nigerians on Tuesday, April 30 queued for hours to buy fuel across major cities as the West African nation struggled with its latest fuel shortage, causing more hardship for millions already struggling in an economic crisis. The fuel shortage has led to an increase in transportation costs in the country where many people rely on public transportati...

 Malian forces killed Abu Huzeifa, a leader of Islamic State in West Africa, during a big operation in the north of Menaka. The authorities announced this on state TV on Monday. They confirmed Huzeifa's death on Sunday after the operation in the Indelimane area but didn't give more details. The US State Department's Rewards for Justice program...

 The people of Haiti have had enough. Just days after a transitional presidential council was installed, formalising the resignation of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry, their list of demands is growing rapidly. Haitians want security, food, and jobs — and they want them now. "The first thing that the presidential council must do is look into...

 British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said a controversial plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda, signed into law on Thursday, is already acting as a deterrent. Ireland's deputy premier, Micheal Martin, claimed on Friday there had been a rise in migrants crossing the border between Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republi...

Negotiators and observers from around the world are meeting in Canada until April 29th to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution. Thousands of miles from the conference Shaw Center in Ottawa, Kenyans battle every day to cope with the volume of plastic waste which ends up in their country. Tackling the problem in ...

 Togo heads to the polls on Monday in a parliamentary election that has been marred in controversy. The west African nation's current parliament passed constitutional changes last week which would allow the country's current president Faure Gnassingbé to stay in power indefinitely. Gnassingbé is the latest in a long line of leaders from the sa...

Floods continue to cause widespread devastation to some parts of Nairobi. Residents of the Kenyan capital woke up Wednesday to extensive property damage, following a night of relentless rainfall. In the shanty neighbourhood of Ngando, Nairobians pleaded for the government to help. "This is a disaster that has happened from eleven at night until now...

 Amid frosty diplomatic relations, Benin is expected to receive transit duties and tax revenues per quantity of Nigerien oil that gushes out at Sémè Kraké. The projection comes as the platform where the 1980km pipeline that connects the Agadem oil fields lands. Last Sunday, Nigerien oil reportedly gushed out at Sémè Kraké in Benin raising hope...