At least 144 migrants have died or remain missing following a series of maritime disasters off Mauritania, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Many of those aboard, including refugees, had been…
Gabon’s President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has opened a three-day visit to France, underscoring Libreville’s enduring relationship with Paris at…
Terrorist groups in northern Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel are sharpening their capabilities by deploying drones, advanced communications systems…
Former President Macky Sall is set to return briefly to Senegal as he seeks his country’s support for a bid…
Washington has moved to tie U.S. aid to Nigeria’s response to religious violence, with the House of Representatives passing a…
Britain will sharply scale back its bilateral aid programme, cutting support to nine African countries by more than 80% by…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and…
The United States has reportedly thrown its support behind Nigeria’s push to create a framework for prosecuting terrorism-related crimes. The…
Rwanda has pushed back against a UN commission of inquiry examining human rights in eastern DR Congo, saying its conclusions…
In a high-stakes bid to counter the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, a clinical trial testing two experimental treatments has begun…
A resurgent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could deal a multibillion-dollar blow to Africa’s economy, with losses…
