Armed assailants boarded a fishing trawler off Gabon’s coast over the weekend and abducted nine sailors, the defence ministry said. The incident on Saturday night was the latest act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which spans more than 5,700 kilometres (3,500 miles) from Senegal to Angola off Africa’s west coast. “This attack, perpetrated […]
Laying the foundation stone of the Bishoftu International Airport, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said it would have the capacity to handle up to 110 million passengers annually–tripling the continent’s current busiest hubs. He added that the project would bolster the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and enhance Ethiopia’s global competitiveness. However, the Oromo Liberation […]
Prominent Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has reportedly made a substantial financial contribution to the presidential campaign of Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine. Besigye, who is currently imprisoned on treason charges, reportedly delivered the funds through his wife, Winnie Byanyima, as campaigning for the January 15 election enters its final stages. Over the weekend, opposition […]
The African Union was joined by countries ranging from Ghana to Uganda and South Africa in expressing various degrees of concern at the United States’ latest intervention in Venezuela, during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, were seized and flown to be tried in New York on an indictment including drugs and […]
Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25bn at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the three international customers were invoiced a total of $18.69m by the Market Operator for electricity […]
President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won the third term he sought after a 2023 constitutional referendum scrapped term limits and extended presidential terms to seven years. He was declared the election winner, with 76.15 percent of the vote in the first round, by the National Elections Authority (ANE). Opponents Anicet-Georges Dologuélé received 14.6 percent of the […]
At least seven people have died and many others remain missing after a boat carrying about 200 migrants capsized off the coast of The Gambia while attempting to reach Europe. The vessel overturned near Jinack village in the North Bank Region and was later found grounded on a sandbank, with 96 people rescued so far […]
The M23 armed group has said that it had agreed to a request from the United States to withdraw from the city of Uvira in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda-backed militias took control of the city near Burundi, just days after Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a road map to peace in […]
The Kenya Red Cross has warned that nearly two million people were facing acute food insecurity as worsening drought conditions deepened water shortages, malnutrition, and long journeys to the few remaining water points in hard-hit counties. The agency said its needs continued to grow and called for more resources to sustain relief efforts. Its alarm […]
Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya. The women know that mutilating young girls by removing their clitoris and inner labia — framed as a rite of passage — is still […]
