Ethiopian forces have recaptured the strategic towns of Dessie and Kombolcha from Tigrayan fighters, the government said, the latest sign of the government retaking territory it recently lost. Forces aligned with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had taken control of the towns, ... Read More

Adama Barrow - Gambia President Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his reelection with a comfortable margin over his opposition in a vote that set the bar for a new chapter in the small West African nation’s democracy. Barrow won about 53% ... Read More

French soldiers of the Barkane operation seek protection in a shelter during explosions at the Gao army base in Mali, Dec. 5, 2021. Two explosions rocked U.N. camps in the northern Mali city of Gao on Sunday, causing damage but ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and President Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Ghana Friday for a three-day State visit. The visit is aimed at strengthening the already existing bilateral, political and economic relations between Ghana and South ... Read More

Nkengasong says Africa CDC is well placed to contain a recent surge in COVID-19 cases The African Union’s health watchdog has appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant which has prompted many countries to impose new ... Read More

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet addresses a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Dec. 1, 2021. The United Nations’ human rights chief has called for increased efforts to protect the vulnerable in Burkina Faso’s growing conflict with Islamist ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that southern African nations that first detected the omicron COVID-19 variant are being collectively punished with travel restrictions, and he urged “common sense” to respond to the new variant. "What's unacceptable ... Read More

Zimbabwe has announced a nine-hour curfew and compulsory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country, to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Zimbabwe is the first country in southern Africa to enact such restrictions since ... Read More

People hold papers showing messages of "No More" as they protest against purported fake news during the send-off ceremony for new military recruits who are joining the Ethiopian National Defence Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 24, 2021. Armed with placards ... Read More

Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in two travelers from South Africa. But Canada had already reported cases of the variant in Canadians who had recently returned there from Nigeria. The infections raise ... Read More