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Nearly a million affected by South Sudan flooding, says UN emergency response agency Around 909,000 people have reportedly been affected by flooding in South Sudan, the UN's emergency response agency said Tuesday, more than doubling estimates released last month as torrential rains ravage crops...

First Liberia civil war trial for crimes against humanity opens in France France's first trial of a participant in Liberia's bloody civil wars began on Monday, with former rebel commander Kunti Kamara facing charges of crimes against humanity, including torture.

Mental Health Awareness Day: issue still stigmatised in Africa In tonight's edition: Africa faces several challenges in offering support to those suffering from mental health disorders on the continent. However many countries are starting to invest more in the issue. General Mahamat Idriss Déby...

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne leads delegation to Algeria French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrived in Algeria on Sunday with a top-level delegation for a visit aimed at improving ties with the former French colony and major gas exporter.

'This is the next phase of a warming of relations' French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrived in Algeria on Sunday with a top-level delegation for a visit aimed at improving ties with the former French colony and major gas exporter.Willam Lawrence explains that this is the next phase of a...

Burkina Faso to pick a transitional president ahead of elections Burkina Faso said on Saturday that a process to select a transitional president ahead of elections would begin next week following a coup by disaffected military officers against a ruling junta.

Gambia police launch inquiry following deaths of dozens of children from imported medicines Police in Gambia on Saturday announced they were launching an investigation into the deaths of dozens of children, amid growing concern over imported medicines.

French PM Borne visits Algeria in push for better ties French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne starts a visit to Algeria on Sunday with a top-level delegation, pushing for better ties with the former French colony and major gas exporter.

‘Sick of French’: Algeria moves away from colonial past with increase in English at school For the first time, primary school children in Algeria are studying English as a foreign language alongside French as the new academic year gets underway. For some, the move is a symbolic shift away from...

Belgian court allows secret documents about DR Congo's Lumumba assassination A Belgian court agrees to admit the findings of a 22-year-old parliamentary commission into its investigation. The court is looking into the 1961 assassination of DR Congo's Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, seen by many...

Burkina Faso coup: Videos taken out of context claim to show French involvement France firmly denies rumours of any involvement in the recent coup in Burkina Faso. Nevertheless, a video has been circulating on Twitter and Facebook since September 3, claiming to show French military paratroopers...

Award-winning charity battles gender-based violence in South Africa An award-winning charity, the Home of Hope for Girls, provides services to survivors of sexual abuse and child sex trafficking in Johannesburg. Sexual violence rates in South Africa are among the highest recorded in the world...

WHO issues alert after 66 children die after taking cough syrup in The Gambia In tonight's edition: Several cough and cold syrups made in India are subject to a product alert after the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The WHO alert warns that the substances are toxic and is worried about...

Traore officially appointed as president of Burkina Faso after coup Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.

Demonstrators in Burkina Faso protest France and ECOWAS while waving Russian flags Anti-French protesters waving Russian flags and shouting slogans against the West African ECOWAS block rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as ECOWAS delegates arrived on a fact-finding mission...

Coup after coup: After Mali, pro-Russia sentiment stoked in Burkina Faso The whole region knows the drill by now. Dateline Ouagadougou. If you are watching images of pro-junta demonstrators protesting the visit of West African mediators looking for rule-of-law guarantees from their new...

Burkina Faso's new military leaders meet ECOWAS delegation in Ouagadougou In tonight's edition: Days after the latest coup, Burkina Faso's new military leaders finally meet with a delegation from West African regional bloc ECOWAS at the airport in Ouagadougou, after anti-ECOWAS protesters...

US strike kills top al-Shabaab leader in Somalia as militants claim new attack The U.S. military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed responsibility for a new attack.

Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, runaway inflation and climate change are all fuelling a global food security crisis. Gayle E. Smith is the chief executive officer of the ONE Campaign, an NGO co-founded by the...

Chad’s junta delays elections by two years, allows interim leader Deby to stay in power Chad has adopted resolutions that push back democratic elections by two years and allow interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to stay in power and be eligible to run for president in the eventual vote.