World / Africa

Rwanda announces intention to bid for Formula One Grand Prix 13 Dec 2024 - 02:39 pm

Kigali: President Paul Kagame announced on Friday Rwanda would bid to host a Formula One race in the capital Kigali. The Great Lakes...

US 'welcomes' Turkiye-backed Ethiopia-Somalia deal on sea access 12 Dec 2024 - 10:26 pm

Washington: The United States on Thursday said it welcomed the accord reached by Somalia and Ethiopia to end regional tensions, sparked by Addis...

Deadly attacks in Sudan's Darfur 'shocking': WHO chief 12 Dec 2024 - 11:59 am

Geneva: The World Health Organization voiced concern Thursday at recent attacks that took placein Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, which it said had killed...

Ghana opposition leader Mahama officially wins election 09 Dec 2024 - 10:51 pm

Accra: Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama on Monday officially won the country's election, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the...

Algerian, Sudanese Foreign Ministers discuss enhancing relations, developments in Sudan 09 Dec 2024 - 04:22 pm

Algiers:Algeria's Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf received a phone call, on Monday, from his Sudanese counterpartDr. Ali Youssef Ahmed Al-Sharif. During the call, both...

Sudan rescuers say 28 killed in shelling of Khartoum fuel station 08 Dec 2024 - 04:47 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said that 28 civilians were killed Sunday when a fuel station in an area...

Ghana's former president Mahama wins election 08 Dec 2024 - 03:08 pm

Accra: Ghana's former president John Dramani Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on Sunday after voters appeared to punish the ruling New...

Ghana ruling party candidate concedes in presidential election 08 Dec 2024 - 01:46 pm

Accra: Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday conceded defeat in the country's presidential election after failing to...

Guinea customs officials detained in embezzlement probe 07 Dec 2024 - 08:48 pm

Conakry: The director of Guinea's customs department and 10 others were detained Saturday in a probe into the alleged embezzlement of more than...

Post-election protests in Mozambique paralyse two power plants 07 Dec 2024 - 06:25 pm

Maputo: Post-election protests in Mozambique paralysed two power plants on Saturday, the national utility said as unrest rocks the southern Africa nation. The...

Ghana votes in tight presidential election race 07 Dec 2024 - 04:44 pm

Accra, Dec 7, 2024 (AFP) -Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners vice president Mahamudu Bawumia of the NPP ruling party and...

Biden announces over $1 billion in aid for Africa 03 Dec 2024 - 09:47 pm

Luanda: President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to Africa during a visit to Angola, where the...

Shelling on famine-hit Sudan camp kills 6: activists 02 Dec 2024 - 10:30 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: Shelling by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a famine-stricken displacement camp in North Darfur has killed at least six...

Biden lands in Angola for first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president 02 Dec 2024 - 09:32 pm

Luanda: Joe Biden arrived in Angola Monday on his first and only trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president that is intended to underline...

Senegal PM says will remain head of govt after speculation 02 Dec 2024 - 06:54 pm

Dakar: Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Monday said he would remain head of the government rather than preside over the parliament, after...

At least 56 killed in 'stampedes' at Guinea football match 02 Dec 2024 - 01:12 pm

Conakry: At least 56 people were killed in "deadly stampedes" at a football match in Guinea's second-largest city of N'Zerekore, a statement from...

Qatari play "Between Two Hearts" staged at Carthage Theater Festival in Tunisia 30 Nov 2024 - 06:00 pm

Tunisia:The 25th edition of the Carthage Theater Days in Tunisia, which wraps up today, featured the Qatari play "Between Two Hearts." This performance...