Niger has revoked the operating license of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world's biggest uranium mines, the company said on June…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed "the beginning of a new era" on June 19 as he was sworn in for a second full term…
The press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said it fears the "abusive use" of a newly revised law in Niger that bans the…
The President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo told AFP on June 19 that he ordered the partial closure of its border with Senegal after deadly…
Mali's civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has endorsed a statement openly criticizing the West African country's military rulers, a move that landed his ally…
Nigerian health officials are issuing warnings over a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 30 people, many of them in the commercial capital Lagos,…
Kenya's government on June 18 scrapped plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said, amending a controversial bill that sparked protests where hundreds of…
Sudan's UN ambassador on June 18 launched a verbal attack at the United Arab Emirates in the middle of a Security Council meeting, accusing the…
The African Union on June 17 condemned "massacres" in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 150 people in June. African Union…
Six Nigerien soldiers protecting an oil pipeline to neighboring Benin were killed during an attack by "armed bandits" in the south of the country, Niger's…
South Africa's opposition Inkatha Freedom Party on June 12 announced it will ally with the ruling ANC as it seeks to build a governing coalition…
Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash, the nation's president said on June 11, after searchers located the wreckage of the…
More than 10 million people have been displaced within war-torn Sudan, according to the latest figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Since…
The United Nations has added Sudan's army and rival paramilitary forces to a blacklist for harming children in war, as the organization decried a "shocking"…
Malawi's president on June 10 said he was sparing no resources in a search operation for a missing military aircraft carrying the country's vice president…
The government of the Central African Republic suspended a Chinese mining company’s operations in the country, accusing it of cooperating with armed militias, a government…
A financial worker's union in Mali on June 8 called on employees of banks, insurance companies, micro-finance institutions and petrol stations to extend their strike…
More than 50 defendants, including six with US, British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 7…
South Africa's ruling ANC said on June 5 it had reached out to rivals to form a government of national unity, after failing to win…
Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the west African country boost its defense capabilities and fight terrorism, Russian…
Nigerian union leaders on June 4 suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks after they disrupted flights, shut down the national power…
Nine African countries are among the 10 "most neglected" crises of mass displacement in the world, the Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC) said on June 3. Burkina…
Nigerian labor unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on June 3 as they launched an indefinite strike that closed schools and…
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) won 159 out of 400 seats in the country's National Assembly after last week's general election, the electoral…
1The African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path…
