Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city. City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq.Zahid Ba...

 Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio on Tuesday after health authorities detected three cases caused by the rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines, including a 10-year-old girl who was paralyzed in January. The health ministry said laboratory tests from samples collect...

 X, formerly Twitter, has at last paid off its staff who were fired from the company's African headquarters in Accra, Ghana. In a statement on Sunday, Agency Seven Seven, the company providing legal representation to the staff, said it had "successfully led negotiations on behalf of former staff members of Twitter Ghana Ltd in their quest to g...

 The United States has accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting a backlash from Kigali. In a statement on Saturday, U.S. State Department condemned the worsening violence and called on M23 to cease hostilities immediately and withdraw from its current positions around Sake and Gom...

 Egypt is building a wall and levelling land near its border with the Gaza Strip in anticipation of an Israeli offensive targeting the border town of Rafah. Amid rising tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Egypt has begun building a wall and levelling land along its border with the Gaza Strip in anticipation of an Israeli offensive targ...

 President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that the visit set for May 23 will mark the 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations and "celebr...

 Senegal's top election authority on Thursday voided the government's postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that the moves were unconstitutional. Senegal's Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election, according to a judg...

 Anti-Western demonstrations rocked the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, with protesters denouncing what they said was silence in the international community over deaths caused by fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army. Demonstrators burnt tyres and the flags of the United States and Belgium near Western embassies and the he...

 Dozens of people are dead and several others are reported missing after two boats collided on the Congo River near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday. In dramatic images taken moments after they crashed into one another, horrified residents can be seen watching from the riverbank as small boats raced out in a bid to rescue...

 As the war in Sudan continues women and girls have been learning new skills at a combat training camp set up in a former school yard. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has decimated vast ...

 Ghana has been buzzing over the return on Feb 8 of its stolen antiques by a U.S. museum. The looted Asante royal regalia and other objects are returning to their original place, the Manhyia Palace, after 150 years, a sharp reminder of colonial-era appropriations. Reclaiming a cultural narrative is at stake here, and the response has been high...

 Could Israel's offensive in the densely populated Palestinian town of Rafah further destabilize the region? Citing two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat, the Associated Press reported Sunday that — Egypt is threatening to suspend a peace deal with Israel if Israeli troops are sent into the town of Rafah. All three officials confirmed ...

 Two teams and only one trophy. The Africa Cup of Nations showpiece final will pit 3-time winners Nigeria, against host nation and two-time winners Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday night. The coaches of the two teams shared their impression on Saturday. The Super Eagles are unbeaten in the tournament. After a chaotic start, Cote d'Ivoire is on a incred...

 Malawi has lifted visa restrictions for travellers from 79 countries. Homeland Security Minister Ken Zikhałe made this announcement in a gazette notice on Wednesday. The decision aims to enable easier access for visitors, including those from the UK, China, Russia, Germany, Australia, Canada, and others with a broad objective of improving tou...

 The coup-hit nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are in haste to quit West Africa's regional bloc without following its rules of exit, the body said Thursday as its ministers met to deliberate on growing division and political tension in the region. At the ministerial meeting in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, the bloc known as ECOWAS faul...

 Zimbabwe's cabinet agreed to abolish the death penalty for murder offences, almost two decades after its last execution. The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Memorandum on the Private Member's Death Penalty Abolition Bill introduced to parliament last year, bringing an end to the death penalty introduced in the southern African nation by Briti...

 The narrow Bab al-Mandab strait is all that separates Djibouti from Yemen, from where the Houthi fighters have launched a series of attacks on Israeli-linked ships since November. Djibouti has intensified coast guard patrols along its strategic waterways as the Red Sea crisis unfolds. "When you're securing something, not only the sea, and som...

 Namibians held a candlelit vigil in the capital, Windhoek, on Monday evening to pay homage to their late president, Hage Geingob. The much-respected leader, who was receiving treatment for cancer, passed away on Sunday at the age of 82. One resident, Sidney Boois, said he wept when he heard the news, adding that that was the kind of relations...

 Morocco is planning on passing new laws and strengthening penalties to combat art forgeries in order to protect a multimillion-dollar art market that officials believe will continue to grow. The North African nation's chief prosecutor on Monday kicked off a series of meetings with the country's Ministry of culture and the National Foundation ...

 Crowds gathered in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday for an early celebration of the Lunar New Year. The day, often referred to as the Chinese New Year, marks the first day of the lunar calendar and there are many cultural traditions associated with this celebration of spring. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture and...