Ghana's vice president and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat Sunday to opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama in the West African nation's tightly contested presidential election. Ahead of the official announcement, Bawumia told reporters that he respects the decision of Ghanaians to vote for change. "...

Vote counting got underway in Ghana on Saturday evening following presidential and parliamentary elections which come amid the country's worst financial crisis in a generation. President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down next month after serving the allowed two terms in office and 12 candidates are vying to succeed him. The frontrunners in the race,...

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 Health officials in Congo have raised alarms over an unidentified flu-like illness that has killed at least 71 people in the southern Kwango province. The deaths, reported between November 10 and 25 in the Panzi health zone, include 27 patients who died in hospitals and 44 fatalities in the community. Congolese Minister of Public Health Roger...

 As Ghana's elections on Saturday approach, a range of measures have been implemented to safeguard both democracy and security. Incumbent Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, representing the New Patriotic Party, is facing former President John Dramani Mahama, who is running for the opposition National Democratic Congress. Former Nigerian Pres...

 Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 years ago resulted in the death of thousands. The 2014 Ebola outbreak – the deadliest in history – was primarily in West Africa but affected Sierra Leone the most, with nearly...

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko confirmed on Monday that he would stay in his role instead of taking on the job of president of the national assembly. This decision follows his party's performance in the recent snap parliamentary elections, where the ruling Pastef party, led by President Bassirou Dio-maye Faye and Sonko, secured 130 out of 1...

President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa . Thousands of people lined the streets as Biden entered Angola's capital, Luanda. Biden first stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of Cape Verde for a brief, closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. In ...

One of the Middle East and North Africa's largest film festivals opened Friday in Morocco, drawing actors and directors from throughout the world to present 70 features from 32 countries. The Marrakech International Film Festival, now in its 21st year, will showcase Oscar contenders and screen films for members of the public. But unlike larger fest...

Tensions are mounting in Namibia after a controversial extension of presidential and parliamentary elections into the weekend owing to "irregularities" that slowed down voting. The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday that polling stations that should have closed two days earlier, would remain open until Saturday night, admitti...

 Born 100 years ago, Sobukwe was a titan of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle – now often forgotten, his legacy still shapes the country. On Monday, March 21, 1960, Robert Sobukwe, the 35-year-old leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), woke at 5am. His wife, Veronica, heated a kettle of water on the stove, and he washed in a tub in ...

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says authorities do not know how many people are trapped in the disused goldmine in Stilfontein. South Africa's police minister has pledged to rescue all the people still trapped in an abandoned goldmine in the northwestern town of Stilfontein "as soon as possible". In an interview with Al Jazeera on Fr...

 Емкость рынка Ближнего Востока и Африки составляет примерно 170 млн тонн в год, отметил председатель правления Союза экспортеров зерна. Стабильно высокий интерес к закупкам российского зерна наблюдается в странах Африки. Об этом заявил в письменном интервью корреспонденту ТАСС председатель правления Союза экспортеров зерна Эдуард Зернин, кото...

Московские предприниматели активно поставляют на рынок Северной Африки лекарственные препараты, стройматериалы, оборудование. Благодаря этому объем промышленного экспорта за восемь месяцев 2024 года вырос на этом направлении на 31%, что отвечает задачам нацпроекта «Международная корпорация и экспорт», сообщили в департаменте экономической политики ...

Южная Африка приняла от Бразилии эстафету председательства в G20. Это событие является важной вехой не только в истории ЮАР, но и всей Африки. Континент впервые будет принимать саммит этого глобального объединения. Об этом сообщает Pretoria News, партнер сети TV BRICS.Ранее представители ЮАР, выступая на различных международных площадках, называли ...

 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...

 More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week's landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area. Heavy rains had triggered the landslides that engulfed six villages in the mountainous district of Bu...

 South Africa is poised to take over the leadership of the G20 on Sunday. This is the first time an African country is taking the presidency of a Group of 20 countries. Johannesburg will be tasked to lead the group until the end of 2025 when the United States will take over the helm of G20 leadership. The G20 group is targeting to address incl...

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...

 Vote counting is underway in Namibia after what was widely seen as the most fiercely contested elections in decades. There were long queues outside polling stations throughout the day on Wednesday as the country's youthful population cast their ballot for a new president and parliament.Voting closed at nine in the evening local time and initi...