Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent Nigeria at the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit. The high-level summit, scheduled from July 27 to...

The extremist group al-Shabab has captured the central Somali town of Mahaas after launching a violent assault involving suicide explosions and direct combat. Located in the Hiraan region, approximately 350...

A devastating boat accident occurred on Saturday in Niger State, north-central Nigeria, resulting in 13 confirmed deaths and dozens more missing. The wooden boat, carrying around 100 passengers to a...

The United States has paused all routine visa services at its embassy in Niamey, Niger, until further notice, according to a State Department spokesperson and an internal cable seen by...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced the formation of a parallel government in the country, appointing General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, as the head of...

Cameroon's opposition leader Maurice Kamto has been excluded from the list of candidates in the October 12 presidential election, with only 13 out of 83 names submitted to the country's...

Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic State affiliate, in the town of Komanda in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo....

Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera has announced his candidacy for a third term in the December 2025 presidential election, seeking to extend his rule into a second decade after...

Cameroon's electoral commission, ELECAM, has rejected the candidacy of Maurice Kamto, the main rival to President Paul Biya, in the upcoming presidential election. The decision was announced in a press...

On the 13th day of July, 2025, the death was announced of the immediate past President of Nigeria and a one-time military Head of State, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a...