Hundreds, including school children, have been abducted in a horrific wave of kidnappings in northern Nigeria. The UN is demanding investigations and justice.

Released from prison, Senegalese opposition candidate Faye vows to fight for change and pan-Africanism.

Victoria Falls, known locally as “Mosi-oa-Tunya” (“The Smoke That Thunders”), lives up to its name

A major internet outage struck West and Central Africa on Thursday, as reported by the internet observatory Netblocks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi hosted Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Cairo.

Two men accused of fatally stabbing three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church in South Africa this week have appeared in court

Attackers in Somalia’s capital stormed a hotel near the president’s office on Thursday after a pair of explosions

Amidst a political crisis, Senegal’s President Macky Sall’s directive for an amnesty law triggers speculation on the fate of jailed opposition leaders, adding complexity to the upcoming election.

Kenyan doctors went on strike despite a court order, disrupting healthcare services and leaving patients struggling to access treatment.

Egyptian Navy Commander Attoua and French Navy Admiral Salars discuss means of enhancing cooperation and maritime stability in the region amid ongoing Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

The SDGs, a set of 17 global objectives aimed at ending poverty

Rwanda’s high court refuses opposition figure Victoire Ingabire’s request to overturn a legal ban on convicted persons.

Africa has been garnering attention as a promising destination for investment

Cameroon’s government banned two opposition groups, accusing them of being illegal, while rights groups criticized the regime’s suppression of dissent.

Despite being detained, opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is campaigning for Senegal’s presidency with support from allies of a disqualified firebrand leader.

An Algerian court sentenced prominent activist Karim Tabbou to a suspended sentence and fine on charges related to his involvement in pro-democracy protests.

The UN expressed deep concern over Mali’s military dissolving civil society groups and restricting human rights.

Ivory Coast is rehousing residents evicted from high-risk slums near Abidjan and offering financial aid for new homes.

Violence erupts in Sudan as the army takes control of national media from the RSF.

Three Coptic Egyptian monks were killed in a “criminal assault” inside a Coptic monastery in South Africa, the Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt said on Tuesday.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for prayers during Ramadan for peace and stability against increasing security challenges in his country. According to a statement by the Presidency, Tinubu attended the opening of the Tafsir Program held at the Presidential Residence in the capital Abuja on the occasion of Ramadan. In his remarks, Tinubu advised Muslims to show kindness to each other and their neighbors, as well as to support the less privileged in society. “We are facing kidnapping, banditry and other challenges,” Tinubu said, calling on Muslims in Nigeria to pray for peace and stability in the country during this blessed month. Nigeria is struggling with attacks by armed gangs in different regions as well as terrorist organizations Boko Haram and ISWAP, the West African branch of ISIS. More than 500 civilians, mostly students, were abducted by terrorist organizations or armed groups on March 6-9.

Residents across areas in South Africa’s largest city have suffered during the current heatwave as some have now been without water for over a week.

Food aid for hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Chad, some of whom are close to starvation, will be suspended next month without more funding, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Since conflict broke out in Sudan nearly a year ago, more than half a million Sudanese refugees have fled to Chad across the long desert border and the country is now one of Africa’s main refugee hot spots with more than 1 million in total. But the WFP says it is struggling to feed them all and many are already skipping meals. Nearly half of Sudanese refugee children under five-years-old are suffering from severe anemia. “We’ve already cut our operations in ways that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, leaving hungry people close to starvation,” said Pierre Honnorat, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Chad. “We need donors to prevent the situation from becoming an all-out catastrophe.” A supply route from Chad into Sudan’s Darfur, where hunger is worsening, is also at risk due to funding shortages, WFP said. With more resources, WFP would be able to position food stocks ahead of the rainy season when some refugee populations in Chad get cut off from supplies by muddy rivers. The agency is urgently calling for $242 million to ensure ongoing support for the next six months.

Four individuals lost their lives and three others sustained injuries from lightning strikes in the town of Mogincual, Nampula province in Mozambique.