Africa
Zuma’s MK party to join South Africa’s opposition alliance
South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has said his political party - uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) - will join the opposition...
Daring dives and winter walks: Africa’s top shots
On Saturday, this young man jumps into the Nile River to escape the sweltering heatwave sweeping across Egypt.Members of...
UN Security Council demands end to Sudan’s city siege
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudanese paramilitary forces call off their eight-week siege of el-Fasher, a city in...
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president
South Africa's parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African...
Second person dies from mpox in South Africa
A second person has died from mpox in South Africa, the health minister has announced, less than 24 hours after...
Senegal starts producing oil as president promises benefits
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said profits from the sale of oil and gas will be “well managed” as...
Zuma’s party in bid to block SA parliament meeting
The party led by South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has asked the country's highest court to stop the newly...
Nigeria gunmen kill at least 25 in village raid, officials say
At least 25 people have been killed and others abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, authorities say. Dozens...
Aircraft carrying Malawi vice-president goes missing
An aircraft carrying Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president's office has...
Why Kenya’s president wants people to love the taxman
Kenyans are learning the truth of the old adage that taxes - along with death - are the only two...
