Pope Francis will skip Sunday’s customary public prayer and blessing, on doctor's advice. The 86-year-old underwent a three-hour-long operation on...
Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday (June 11) in the Sudanese capital, at the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that was...
Football supporters jailed, presidential candidates behind bars, human rights activists put on a "terrorist list"... NGOs accuse Egyptian authorities of...
31-year-old entrepreneur Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo first converted petrol-powered minibuses into solar-powered electric vehicles, in his workshop of Borno state. He...
The authorities in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, have banned protests planned for Friday by supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko....
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says it is suspending some food aid to Ethiopia while it addresses worries that...
Saudi Arabia has announced another attempted ceasefire between the warring military factions in Sudan. The Saudi foreign ministry said the...
The government of Burkina Faso has offered a bounty of up to $293,000 (£233,700) for 20 "wanted terrorists". The security...
At least one UN peacekeeper has been killed in an attack in northern Mali. Four others were seriously injured. The...
The UN mission in South Sudan says at least 13 people have been killed in inter-communal fighting at a camp...