Cameroon’s Issa Tchiroma Bakary is in The Gambia for safety as post-election tensions grow

Barrick and Mali settle their dispute, with control of the Loulo Gounkoto mine returning to the miner

Fernando Dias declares early victory in Guinea Bissau’s election as officials wait to release results

Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupts after nearly 12,000 years, sending ash clouds high

SAFF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has flatly rejected the Sudan peace proposal backed by the “Quad” group and accused senior U.S. adviser Musad Boulos of lying about the influence of Islamists inside the military. Addressing senior officers in Omdurman, Burhan said “it is impossible to accept the Quad as a mediator in this crisis,” describing Boulos’s repeated references to Muslim Brotherhood influence in the SAF as a “scarecrow” used for political pressure. “The talk about the Brotherhood being inside the armed forces is untrue and a lie,” he said. Burhan condemned the Quad roadmap as “the worst paper ever presented,” claiming it “cancels out the armed forces, calls for dissolving all security agencies and leaves the rebel militia in its areas.” He added: “We fear that Musad Boulos could become an obstacle to the peace all Sudanese are seeking,” accusing the U.S. official of “threatening and claiming that the government is blocking humanitarian convoys and has used chemical weapons.” The general vowed to continue fighting until the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are defeated. “We are not war-mongers and we do not reject peace,” he said. “But no one can threaten us or impose conditions on us. No one will force Hamedti or Hamdok on us. Those dreaming of ruling Sudan, starting with Hamdok, will not be able to rule it again.” His comments come around three weeks after RSF fighters completed their takeover of the Darfur region and pushed further into neighbouring Kordofan. International and regional pressure has grown for implementation of the Quad plan, which centres on a three-month humanitarian truce, a ceasefire and a political settlement to end a war that has killed an estimated 150,000 people and displaced more than 12 million. As external pressure has increased, Muslim Brotherhood networks and allied vested-interest groups have intensified their campaign against the international proposal. Analysts say any serious effort to resolve Sudan’s crisis must link a halt to the war with dismantling Brotherhood influence and patronage structures inside the SAF, security services and key sectors of the economy, and rolling back the wider system of “empowerment”. On Friday, the European Union urged both warring parties to return to negotiations and agree to an immediate, permanent ceasefire in line with the Quad roadmap issued on 12 September, Sky News Arabia reported.

ISWAP’s abduction of 13 girls from a Borno farm forces families to flee, exposing how vulnerable rural communities in northeast Nigeria remain

Smaller EU nations are expanding diplomatic, trade and security engagement across Africa as global competition for influence on the continent intensifies.

South African police are investigating allegations that Jacob Zuma’s daughter helped recruit men who were allegedly lured to fight for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine.

Dozens of abducted children and worshippers have escaped or been rescued as Nigeria faces a surge in kidnappings and violent attacks across several states.

Developing nations used the G20 summit in South Africa to demand stronger climate action, fairer financing and meaningful debt relief while highlighting deep global inequality.

Burhan’s embrace of the Trump–MBS ceasefire plan is less peace move than survival tactic amid military, economic and political collapse

Erdogan joined a G20 summit dinner in Johannesburg with world leaders to discuss urgent international matters and strengthen global cooperation.

Thousands of Tunisians protested in Tunis against jailed critics, limited freedoms, and worsening economic conditions.

The Congolese army arrested several senior officers, including generals, for acts undermining state security, and investigations are ongoing under monitored conditions.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will not hand over the G20 presidency to a US embassy representative after President Trump refused to attend the Johannesburg summit.

Over 300 pupils and teachers were seized from a Catholic school in Niger state, one of Nigeria’s largest mass kidnappings

Qatari emir visits DRC after Kigali stop as Doha advances mediation between Kinshasa and M23

Malawi makes tourists pay in hard currency as it moves to protect its dwindling reserves

UN mission MONUSCO says ADF militants killed 89 civilians in North Kivu, raiding villages and a Catholic clinic

South Africa and the EU sign a landmark critical minerals pact, pledging support for multilateralism and local mineral processing

President Embalo’s re-election in Guinea-Bissau faces major challenges from Fernando Dias, as political turmoil and drug trafficking persist

Ramaphosa says the US could reconsider attending the G20 in South Africa, but Washington denies plans to join summit discussions

Gunmen attacked a church service in Eruku, Kwara state, killing two people amid rising insecurity in Nigeria.

Journalists rally in Tunis against press restrictions and jailed colleagues