Africa News

Congo sues Apple over alleged illegal mineral exploitation

Complaints against the tech giant have been lodged in Paris and Brussels with the allegations encompassing war crimes, laundering, forgery, and deception

W. Africa bloc gives military leaders more time to stay

Departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would have become effective next month, one year after their initial January 2024 announcements

UAE welcomes Somalia-Ethiopia agreement, praises Turkey's role in reaching the deal

Ministry of Foreign Affairs hopes this historic step will consolidate bridges of communication and dialogue

Online row stirs debate in Nigeria after comments on UK Tory leader

Badenoch, a Conservative MP since 2017, was born in London to Nigerian parents but raised in Lagos, where she spent most of her childhood

Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, reports WHO

Malaria cases and deaths fell significantly between 2000 and 2015, but since then progress has stalled and even reversed, with a particular jump in mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic

'Lost generation': Millions of Ethiopian children deprived of school

More than 4,000 schools have closed in the region due to the clashes and 300 others have been damaged, says a report

Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria's Zamfara state, say residents and police

Kidnapping for ransom by gunmen is rife in northwest Nigeria due to high levels of poverty, unemployment and the proliferation of illegal firearms

Trauma and terror of Kenya's kidnapped protesters

Human Rights Watch fears the actual numbers of disappearances may be far higher, as many are too scared to report that relatives are missing

Namibia's first woman president says 'breaks glass ceiling'

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became the first woman to rule the mineral-rich nation, governed by her South West Africa People's Organisation party since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990

Biden visits Angolan port city of Lobito to tout railway plans

Despite Biden's repeated pledges to be 'all in on Africa', US influence in Africa has declined during his term in office