On a countryside road in battle-ravaged Sudan, the hum of a passing vehicle turns villagers' blood cold, fearing the arrival of paramilitaries plundering their way south in their war against the army. "They've created a state of total panic," said Rabab, ... Read More

France has decided to close its embassy in Niger, where "it is no longer able to function normally or carry out its missions," according to diplomatic sources, definitively confirming a split between the two countries. This extremely rare measure comes after ... Read More

Russia was ready to supply more grain to Tunisia, Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday during a visit to the North African country grappling with shortages fuelled by drought. At a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied in the capital ... Read More

France has revoked the ministerial decree authorising the extradition in 2020 of the brother of former president Blaise Compaoré, Paul François Compaoré, to Burkina Faso, where he is accused of the murder of a journalist in 1998, the Chancellery said ... Read More

People fleeing violence load their luggage onto a bus before departure from Khartoum on May 30, 2023. The war in Sudan has caused nearly 1.4 million people to flee their homes, including more than 350,000 who have crossed into neighboring ... Read More

The government is encouraging Ghanaian businesses to seek to expand their portfolio using the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) platform for accelerated economic growth. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the opportunities presented by the AfCFTA were enormous, which ought ... Read More

Ethiopia and Egypt said the latest round of talks over a huge, highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile's main tributary again ended with no deal. The countries blamed each other after three days of discussions in Addis ... Read More

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will "immediately" withdraw all its international employees from Ethiopia following an assault on its staff members by government security forces, the institution said on Wednesday. The AfDB lodged a formal complaint with Ethiopian authorities last month, calling the ... Read More

Burkina Faso's new leader Captain Ibrahim Traore arrives for a ceremony to honor soldiers killed in an earlier ambush in Gaskinde, in Ouagadougou on Oct. 8, 2022. Four French IT workers with diplomatic passports and visas have been arrested in ... Read More

Donald Trump Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an ... Read More