Algerian firefighters on August 11 were battling blazes in the northeastern Kabylie region as families were ordered to evacuate, local media said. Residents were told…
The Tunisian election board announced on August 10 that three candidates including incumbent President Kais Saied had been cleared to run in upcoming elections. Saied,…
The World Health Organization's chief announced on August 7 he was urgently convening an expert committee to advise on whether the growing mpox outbreak in…
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked his prime minister Ahmed Hachani without explanation on August 7 and replaced him with social affairs minister Kamel Madouri, according…
The UN Security Council on August 6 authorized the use of peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to provide technical and logistical support…
The US still has "shared security objectives" with Niger, whose ruling junta demanded its forces leave the jihadist-hit West African nation, Major General Kenneth Ekman,…
The US said on August 7 it would provide nearly $414 million in humanitarian assistance for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 25…
Niger said on August 6 it was cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine "with immediate effect", accusing Kyiv of supporting "terrorist groups", two days after Mali…
Guinea's opposition on August 6 called for renewed national protests against the West African country's junta whom they accuse of trying to prevent a return…
Protests against economic hardship continued for a fifth day in several Nigerian states on August 5, a day after the president called for an end…
A key Tunisian opposition figure and potential candidate for the upcoming presidential election jailed since October was sentenced to two years in prison late on…
Rebels from the M23 movement captured a border town in eastern DR Congo without a fight on August 4, local sources said, the same day…
The US military has withdrawn its forces from its final base in Niger, the Pentagon said on August 5, more than a year after military…
A court in Algiers said on August 5 that three rejected presidential candidates were placed under "judicial supervision" while another 68 people, including elected officials,…
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on August 4 for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this would create an opportunity…
1A Guinean court sentenced ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity on July 31, after a landmark trial over…
Nigerian police fired tear gas on August 1 to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja…
The foreign ministers of DR Congo and Rwanda agreed to a ceasefire in eastern Congo, the Angolan presidency said on July 30, following peace talks…
Guinea's opposition rejected on July 31 a draft constitution presented a day earlier by the ruling junta, saying it would allow military leaders to stand…
Clashes erupted on July 31 in Guinea's capital Conakry between police and demonstrators protesting the "disappearance" of two pro-democracy activists critical of the ruling junta,…
Sudan's foreign affairs ministry which is loyal to the regular army fighting paramilitaries said on July 31 that it "wants more discussions" before accepting a…
The UN Security Council on July 31 lifted a territorial arms embargo on the Central African Republic that was put in place in 2013 after…
France recognises a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute over the…
Haiti's prime minister escaped unharmed on July 29 after gangs opened fire near a hospital he was visiting, a government source told AFP, as the…
A Congolese prosecutor on July 29 requested death sentences against 25 defendants accused of belonging to the M23 rebel group in a high-profile trial in…
