Alpha Conde  Guinea’s deposed president Alpha Conde has been released from house arrest and can receive visitors, including family members, the ruling military government announced. A statement by the military released late on Friday said that coup leader and interim president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ... Read More

Russian and Malian flags are waved by protesters in Bamako during a demonstration against French influence in the country Russia has deployed the Wagner Group in military operations across at least half a dozen African nations. When abuses were reported in ... Read More

Nigeria's air force is investigating the crash this week of a training aircraft that killed two officers in northern Kaduna state. It was the fourth fatal air crash in the past year for Nigeria's military, which has been struggling to ... Read More

South Africa has recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections, the highest rate in three months, raising concerns about a possible larger surge in the disease. South Africa's National Health Department reported 4,406 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period ending ... Read More

The British government is facing strong backlash from opposition parties and human rights groups after announcing plans earlier this month to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda for processing, in a bid to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small ... Read More

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed  The Somali government and a U.S. company are locked in a dispute over the validity of an oil exploration agreement reached in February in Istanbul. Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources, and Richard ... Read More

A search and rescue team works with sniffer dogs to recover bodies from the Mzinyathi River near Durban, South Africa, April 19, 2022 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster late Monday following deadly floods in the country's ... Read More

Tunisian authorities intensified efforts Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying 1,000 tons of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two security sources told Reuters. The Tunisian navy had rescued all seven crew ... Read More

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday. The shipwreck took place Friday off the western Libyan city of Sabratha, a major launching point for ... Read More

On June 18, 2021, Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, head of the United States Africa Command, center, arrives alongside General Belkhir el-Farouk, Right, Moroccan Southern Zone Commander, to his right, to watch the African Lion military exercise. Former President Barack Obama “pivoted” ... Read More