The list of presidential hopefuls in Ivory Coast just grew bigger. The latest entrant is the ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo. Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a congress in her native town of Moossou in Iv ory Coast's southeast. In an acceptance speech, Ehivet listed nation...

Burkina Faso's communications watchdog has summoned the head of a popular newspaper and a journalist over an article on Mali. The hearing is scheduled on Tursday (Nov. 28). The High Council for communication or CSC argues the Observateur Paalga, a leading local newspaper, published an article allegedly "breaching the law, ethics and journalistic pr...

 The U.N. head, Pope Francis and others called Monday for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their deployment globally grows. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message to delegates at the fifth review of the International Mine Ban Treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, that 25 years after it went...

 Niger's government has requested the European Union to replace its ambassador, Salvador Pinto da Franca, following tensions over the disbursement of emergency aid. The EU recalled its envoy on Saturday after Niger's military rulers accused him of distributing €1.3 million in flood relief to NGOs without prior approval. The EU rejected the all...

 The World Health Organization (WHO) says it will keep its alert for mpox at the highest level amid a surge in cases. A WHO committee made up of about a dozen independent experts made the decision at a meeting in Geneva on Friday, three months after the WHO first declared a public health emergency of global concern in August. The WHO said its ...

 Freeman Mbowe, the leader of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, has been released on bail after being arrested on Friday, just days before local elections set for November 27. Chadema announced the release on Saturday via the social media platform X, stating, "Chairman Freeman Mbowe (...) and other leaders detained at the Vwawa police ...

 People have been gathering in Niger for a conference in solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), made up of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The Conference of Solidarity with the People of the Sahel aims to provide support for the countries which have been cut off from much of the international community following recent coups. An ec...

 The EU council has pledged to give to the Rwanda Defence force €20 million to aid its deployment in Mozambique, where it's supporting an effort to tackle an Islamic State-backed insurgency. The move doubles the amount the EU previously pledged back in 2022. Rwandan forces in Mozambique have played an important role in holding back the insurge...

 It has been described as the "climate finance COP", but halfway through the United Nations climate change talks in Azerbaijan, progress is slow and frustration is growing. One of the main tasks of COP29 is for countries to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in adaptation and mitigation financing. Talks resumed on Monday wit...

 The UK will seek UN Security Council support on Monday, November 18 to demand an end to Sudan's conflict and ensure humanitarian aid delivery, the foreign ministry has announced. As council president, Foreign Secretary David Lammy will lead a vote on a UK-Sierra Leone resolution urging civilian protection in Sudan. "The UK will never let Suda...

 Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could propel the African country to a leading position in aluminium production. The deal between the Chinese state-owned CNCEC and the BFI Group, a major investor in the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria, is expected ...

 This Sunday, Senegalese voters head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly, a pivotal moment following the dissolution of the previous Parliament by new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in September. As the stakes rise for Ousmane Sonko's Pastef party, tensions have escalated, with incidents of violence and accusations dominating the pr...

 Flooding in South Sudan has displaced more than 379,000 people, according to a United Nations update that warned about a surge in malaria. Aid agencies have said the world's youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the grip of its worst flooding in decades, mainly in the north. The floods have affected about 1.4 million pe...

 An African perspective in every corner and on every wall of this UNESCO World Heritage site near the German-French border. Photographic portraits, paintings, video installations and sculpture — 26 works that organisers say explore Africa, addressing its cultural history, intellectual traditions, and challenging stereotypes. "'The True Size of...

 Weighing in at just over two kilograms, a lunar meteorite at Christie's auction Shanghai preview is the world's second largest. It was found in Mali, West Africa, 5 years ago, before being cut into several pieces by scientists. Consisting of rock fragments and glass shards from the moon, it's a rarity, according to Lin Ziyun, an expert in Cla...

 UK foreign secretary David Lammy has signed bilateral agreements in Cape Town with his South African counterpart. The talks he held with Ronald Lamola were aimed at bolstering the relationship between the two nations, which have agreed to bolster trade and defence ties. During meetings, Lammy reiterated his stance on African representation at...

 The third edition of Festiras, a Rap and Slam festival, has ended in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Thousands of people attended the musical event dedicated to peace and the promotion of local talent. The eastern part of the country has struggled for decades with armed violence as more than 120 groups fi...

 Algerian-French novelist Kamel Daoud was awarded the Goncourt prize, a prestigious literary distinction among French-speaking authors. He emerged Monday (Nov. 04) at the window of the French Drouant restaurant where the Goncourt jury's gathered to deliberate. The panel picked Daoud's novel 'Houris' which competed against 3 other books. The bo...

 The World Health Organization on Friday said almost a million doses of mpox vaccines have been allocated to nine countries in Africa. This follows the establishment last month of an Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) to support the equitable and timely access to mpox vaccines in Africa. "So far, more than 50,000 people have been vaccinated...

 The vote, which took place on Wednesday, will determine whether the ruling Botswana Democratic Party will lengthen its 58 years in power. Some polling officers say stations were busy right up until they closed. Independent Electoral Commission polling officer, Gomotsang Dintle, said, "today was a bit hectic because there were people flowing i...