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Africa
Museveni leads Uganda vote as Bobi Wine under house arrest amid violence claims
Uganda election marred by violence and internet blackout as one MP accuses security forces of killing 10 supporters at his home during crackdown.
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Africa
Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend 40-year rule
14 Jan 2026 - 2:10PM
Africa
War in Sudan: drone strikes cut power supply in oil-rich south
4 Jan 2026 - 6:43PM
Anthony Joshua
Driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash charged with dangerous driving
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the British boxer and 2 of his friends when their car crashed on Monday, killing Joshua’s friends.
3 Jan 2026 - 1:08AM
People walk past the scene of a crash involving British boxer Anthony Joshua in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday. Photo: Federal Road Safety Corps via AP
Middle East
Saudi-UAE rivalry explodes into view after strike in war-torn Yemen
Gulf powers Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are at odds over rival factions and a deepening struggle for regional pre-eminence.
2 Jan 2026 - 2:09PM
South Africa
41 young men die in South Africa from circumcision procedures
The procedures were done as part of traditional initiation, a rite of passage into manhood for young men from various ethnic groups.
2 Jan 2026 - 12:46PM
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United States
‘Equivalent measures’: Mali, Burkina Faso restrict entry for US citizens
The African nations said they were imposing the travel restrictions after the US included them, and others, on a no-entry list.
31 Dec 2025 - 7:03PM
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The leader of Mali’s ruling junta, Assimi Goita, centre, attends an independence day military parade. File photo: AP
Africa
Junta leader declared winner of Guinea’s presidential election
Mamady Doumbouya claims a landslide victory in the west African nation after sidelining major rivals.
31 Dec 2025 - 1:11PM
Donald Trump
Trump says he ordered Nigeria strike delay to ‘give a Christmas present’
‘They were going to do it earlier,’ Trump said of Thursday’s strike targeting Islamic State militants, adding ‘we hit them hard’.
27 Dec 2025 - 7:39AM
Israel
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland enrages Somalia, African Union
Several other countries also condemned Israel’s decision and Trump stated his opposition to US recognition of the breakaway state.
27 Dec 2025 - 10:14AM
Africa
The brutal life of child recruits under a shadowy African rebel group
Kidnapped, drugged and forced to loot, survivors detail life inside the ADF’s hidden forest camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
26 Dec 2025 - 1:54PM
A charred wreckage of a truck following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces rebels, in the town of Ntoyo in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in September. Photo: Reuters
Africa
US launches strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria, Trump says
US strikes targeting militants were carried out in cooperation with the Nigerian government.
26 Dec 2025 - 4:39PM
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Africa
Algeria brands French colonisation a crime, demands reparations, apology
France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 until 1962 remains a sore spot in relations between the two countries.
25 Dec 2025 - 8:46AM
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Aviation accidents
Libya military chief and 7 others killed in jet crash in Turkey
Investigators are looking into a technical failure that brought down the delegation’s Falcon 50 jet shortly after take-off from Ankara.
24 Dec 2025 - 11:10AM
Africa
Nigeria says ‘spat’ with Trump over killing of Christians ‘largely resolved’
However, Nigeria remains on Washington’s list of countries of ‘particular concern’ regarding alleged religious freedom violations.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:45PM
US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices at the White House last week. Photo: Reuters
Africa
Nigeria secures release of 130 children abducted from Catholic school
Presidential spokesman confirms ‘none left in captivity’ after an operation frees students taken by gunmen in November.
22 Dec 2025 - 2:14PM
Africa
Sudan war drags on as drone attack kills 10 in Darfur market
The conflict has split Sudan in two as the army controls the north, east and centre while the UAE-backed RSF dominates Darfur and parts of the south.
21 Dec 2025 - 11:26PM
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South Africa
Multiple gunmen open fire at South Africa pub, killing 9 and wounding 10
Manhunt under way after the second South African mass shooting in three weeks.
22 Dec 2025 - 8:18AM
Family members at the scene of the attack in Bekkersdal, Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday. Photo: AFP
France
African teen who raised Macron’s ire with fake French coup video has no regrets
The Burkinabe teen said he had posted the fake video as a way to make money but despite millions of views, only earned US$8.
20 Dec 2025 - 11:06AM
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Africa
UN says Sudan’s RSF killed 1,000 civilians in horrific 3-day attack on camp
New report details three days of terror at the Zamzam displacement camp in April, citing mass executions and gang rapes.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:11PM
War and conflict
War-torn Sudan tops global humanitarian crisis watch list for third year
International Rescue Committee highlights a stark concentration of human suffering in a small number of countries in latest rankings.
17 Dec 2025 - 1:42PM
Morocco
37 die in Morocco in torrential rain and flash floods
Rain and floods inundated about 70 homes and businesses and swept away 10 vehicles in the coastal city of Safi.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:33PM
Moroccans looks at a destroyed car following fatal flash floods in the coastal town of Safi. Photo: AFP
Egypt
Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of prominent pharaoh in Luxor
The giant statues, toppled by an earthquake in about 1200 BC, were meticulously pieced back together in a project that lasted about two decades.
15 Dec 2025 - 10:56AM
Africa
6 UN peacekeepers killed in Sudan drone strike blamed on RSF paramilitary group
The victims were all Bangladeshi nationals working at a United Nations logistics base in Kadugli.
14 Dec 2025 - 5:46AM
Africa
Rwanda-backed rebels enter key DR Congo town, as Trump peace deal crumbles
M23 advance in DR Congo comes less than a week after after the signing of a peace deal in Washington.
11 Dec 2025 - 2:29PM
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