Famine has been confirmed in more than ten locations in Sudan, according to the World Food Program. Another 17 are said to be "on the brink", as the UN body launches an appeal for ... Read more »

U.S. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth has acknowledged that the U.S. military presence in Africa remains "critical", as discussions are underway for a long-term role of the U. Read more »

At least 100 people have been killed and up to 60 wounded by Islamic State (IS) militants on the Puntland military base in Somalia's Bari region. The militants used car bombs Read more »

African Union officials have declared Sudan's civil war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the "worst humani Read more »

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has firmly dismissed calls for South Africa to withdr Read more »

While some have welcomed the introduction of the new ID registration and issuing process in Kenya, local NGOs Haki na Sheria, The Nubian Rights Forum, Paranet, and Haki Centre have ... Read more »

Renewed air strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, killed five people and injured eight, bringing the total toll after Read more »

The escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has affected testing for the infectious mpox virus disease, which has afflicted thousands in the country and ... Read more »

President William Ruto had pledged to send 1,000 troops to Haiti to support the United Nations. In June 2024, Kenyan Ruto sent 400 officers to Haiti, where he praised their ... Read more »

Female Genital Mutilation causes about 44,000 deaths each year in more than a dozen countries. This is the grim revelation from a new report cited in The Conversation Afr Read more »