The 141 migrants aboard the rescue ship Aquarius are headed for Malta, after days of yet another standoff on the Mediterranean Sea as three countries refused to allow the ship port access. Malta originally refused to accept the ship, as did Spain, which previously allowed its passengers to disembark during…
Malians waited Tuesday for final election results after Sunday’s second-round runoff between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali and URD opposition candidate Soumaila Cissé, who has already dismissed the outcome as illegitimate. Cissé called on his supporters to rise up and refuse to accept a president elected by fraud. His…
In Angola, President João Lourenço was among thousands of admirers mourning the death of beloved bicycling enthusiast Alberto da Silva, who pursued his love of riding until the end of his 95 years. The cyclist known as “Pepino” competed at the National Senior Games in the United States, winning the…
Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo welcomed a delegation from Eritrea on Monday, as the Horn of…
Popular Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi…
African dust has been getting a lot of media attention in Europe and the United…
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali was expected to win Sunday’s second-round runoff election, as…
There are some major moves afoot in South Africa and Mozambique, as conservationists and researchers…
While some observers noted celebration in the streets of Juba following news of a South Sudan peace deal Sunday night, others are more cautiously optimistic on whether this power-sharing agreement will hold. Among them would be opposition leader Riek Machar himself, who acknowledged there was still much work to do…
The president of Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous Indian Ocean island nation belonging to Tanzania, has completed a visit to Indonesia that saw seaweed cultivation as a top priority of a trip focused on economy and trade. President Ali Mohammed Shein visited a processing facility in West Java operated by Agar Swallow,…
Mauritania’s electoral commission says candidates from an unprecedented 100 political parties have submitted their files to participate in the country’s legislative and municipal elections on September 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) confirmed the lists ahead of campaigning that officially begins on August 17. Mauritania also confirms 1.4 million…
A native of Uganda has been identified as the latest victim of relentless wildfires in the United States, most of them affecting the state of California. Jairus Ayeta, a 21-year-old immigrant originally from Kampala, was working as an apprentice lineman for the Pacific Gas & Electric utility company on Saturday…