West-Africa
U.S. House Passes Bill to Cut Nigeria Aid Over Violence
Washington has moved to tie U.S. aid to Nigeria’s response to religious violence, with the House of Representatives passing a spending bill…
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Africa
East-Africa
AU Mission Praises Late Djibouti Defense Minister’s Horn of Africa Security Role
Friday July 17, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia has mourned the death of Djibouti’s…
North-Africa
Algeria Orphanage Fire Kills 11 People
A devastating fire swept through an orphanage in Algiers’ Mohammadia district, killing at least 11 people — most of them children —…
East-Africa
UK Aid Cuts Reduce Support for Some African Countries by 90%
Britain will sharply scale back its bilateral aid programme, cutting support to nine African countries by more than 80% by 2029 as…
Southern-Africa
Tributes Pour In for Veteran South African Actor Seputla Sebogodi
South Africa is grieving veteran actor and theatre stalwart Seputla Sebogodi, whose distinguished career spanned more than five decades and left an…
East-Africa
Children of Immigrants Forced Out of South African Schools
“I can no longer bear the situation in South Africa. As the only Zimbabwean in Grade 12 at this school, I became…
Central-Africa
New Monkey Species Discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A shy forest monkey with vivid pinkish-orange lips and a black face has been identified as a new species, Colobus congoensis, in…
Central-Africa
Presidency Rejects Claims That South Africa Is Isolated From Africa
The Presidency has pushed back against what it describes as a misinformation campaign seeking to cast South Africa as isolated from the…
World
Climate Change Made West Africa Floods Five Times More Likely
Deadly floods that swept across West Africa last month were made five times more likely by climate change than they would have…
East-Africa
Malawi Government Urges Vaccinations as Measles Fears Grow
Health officials are monitoring thousands of measles infections across several districts as the deadly virus spreads through communities, prompting the government to…
Central-Africa
WHO Warns Ebola Outbreak May Be Four Times Larger
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and Uganda may…
