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Botswana president concedes election, ending governing party's six-decade rule Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded election defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed that his party – which had been in power for 58 years – failed to win enough seats to govern. Masisi’s...

Red All Saints' Day: Remembering the start of the Algerian War, 70 years ago On November 1, 1954, when Algeria was still under French colonial rule, members of the pro-independence FLN carried out a series of attacks across the country. This date has come to be known as the beginning of the...

Senegal PM Sonko's convoy attacked while campaigning for snap polls, party says Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko was unharmed in an attack on his convoy while campaigning on Wednesday, his Pastef party said, but added that an allied party head suffered a broken arm after their convoy was...

French PhD student held in Tunisia since October 19, supervisor says French PhD student Victor Dupont has been detained in Tunisia on breach of state security charges for at least 12 days. His academic surpervisor said he had been conducting interviews about the career paths of people who...

Zimbabwe and Zambia grapple with their energy futures. Clarisse Fortuné brings you a round-up of society, culture and hot topics from the continent. This week, Zimbabwe and Zambia are running on empty as drought dries up their shared hydroelectric dam. Now they must grapple with how to ensure...

The Rumble in the jungle 50 years on: DR Congo remembers the fight of the century October 30, 1974, is a legendary date in Congolese history. On that day, Muhammad Ali faced off against George Foreman in a world heavyweight championship boxing match in Kinshasa. Fifty years on, young boxers...

Sexual violence in war-torn Sudan on 'staggering' scale, UN probe finds The scale of sexual violence being commited in Sudan is "staggering", said the chair of a UN fact finding mission in the war-torn country on Tuesday. The investigation found evidence of gang rapes, violence and sexual...

Chad urges international community to boost support after Boko Haram attack After Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday sent security forces in pursuit of the Boko Haram jihadists behind Sunday's attack that killed 40 Chadian soldiers, the landlocked country's government appealed...

Nigeria: northern states face blackout after jihadist vandalism Northern Nigeria has been plunged into darkness for nearly two weeks. Engineers have been unable to carry out repairs following insecurity. The Transmission Company of Nigeria says gunmen are occupying the area where the line is...

Burkina Faso put civilians at 'unnecessary risk' during jihadist attack, HRW says Human Rights Watch has accused Burkina Faso's government of putting civilians at unnecessary risk after at least 133 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a jihadist attack on the Barsalogho commune. The...

🔴 Live: Macron delivers speech to Morocco's parliament on second day of state visit French President Emmanuel Macron continued his three-day state visit to Morocco on Tuesday in the hopes of rehabilitating the two countries' souring relationship. Watch Macron's speech live on FRANCE 24.

Sudan: Rapid support forces attack in sudanese state of Al-Jazira The UN Security Council met in New York on Monday to discuss the violence in Sudan. Civilians are increasingly affected. This is particularly the case since last Friday in the state of Al-Jazira, until now relatively spared from...

Boko Haram attack on Chad army garrison kills scores of people, government says Around 40 members of the Chadian army were killed in an overnight attack by jihadist group Boko Haram near the Nigerian border, the government and local sources said on Monday. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby...

At least 50 killed in RSF paramilitary group attack on Sudanese villages Dozens of people were killed in a single attack by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces targeting villages in Sudan's al-Jazira state, south of the capital Khartoum, activists said on Friday. Sudan's doctors' union...

Anger on the streets as ruling party candidate declared president-elect in Mozambique Protests quickly erupted across Mozambique on Thursday as the ruling Frelimo party was announced to have held onto power in this month's disputed election. It means Daniel Chapo will suceed President Filipe...

Mo Ibrahim on African governance and grief over Sudan's war In this week's Across Africa, Georja speaks to Sudanese businessman, Mo Ibrahim about the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance and his immense sadness at the international community's failure to do more to protect Sudanese civilians...

Nowhere to run? Sudan civil war pushes Darfur to brink Far from the war in Ukraine and the multiple fronts in the Middle East, a power grab between feuding coup leaders rages on.

A week of drama in Ghanaian politics Ghana’s ruling NPP party has accused the speaker of parliament of undermining democracy a day after he indefinitely suspended it following a walkout by MPs. The NPP claims Alban Bagbin is biased towards the opposition NDC amidst a high stakes standoff over...

Kenya's ice hockey team now part of the International Federation The Kenya Ice Lions are Kenya’s ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the...

NGO warns of increase in sexual violence in DR Congo Healthcare workers, who are doing what they can to care for victims of violence in eastern DR Congo, say that they have seen a distressing increase in the number of people who have been targetted by sexual violence. Since 2021, survivors -...