Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads Across Continent
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case during the current outbreak, the country's health ministry announced. The patient, a woman, arrived in Abuja after a…
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Sudan Drone Strike on Abyei Market Kills at Least 153, Thousands Displaced
A drone strike on a busy market in the disputed Abyei region has killed at least 153 people, according to local officials, with thousands more displaced by the…
Woman Killed in Shark Attack Off South Africa's East Coast in First Fatal Incident of 2025
A South African woman has been killed in a shark attack off the country's east coast, in what authorities have confirmed is the first recorded fatal shark attac…
Kenyan Starvation Cult Leader Found Guilty of Murdering 190 Children and One Adult
A Kenyan court has found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and approximately 30 co-accused guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult, i…
Ethiopia Installs Interim Government in Tigray After Military Defeats TPLF Uprising
Ethiopia has announced the installation of an interim government in the northern region of Tigray, following the Ethiopian military's recapture of the area from…
Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases, Bringing National Total to Seven
The Kenyan government has confirmed four additional cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, raising the total number of confirmed infections in the country to seve…
Thousands Rally in Tunis in Largest Protest Against President Saied in Years
Thousands of Tunisians marched through the capital on Saturday in the largest demonstration against President Kais Saied in years, demanding an end to restricti…
Sudan Crisis Deepens as War, Climate Shocks and Funding Gaps Leave Millions Facing Starvation
Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified in North Kordofan and parts of Blue Nile state, forcing thou…
Kenya Confirms Second Ebola Case Linked to First Victim, 113 of 128 Contacts Located
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, approximately ten days after a Kenyan businessman died of the virus in Nairobi following travel from the Democratic…
Ethiopian Forces Enter Adwa as Tigray Conflict Escalates Near Eritrean Border
Ethiopian government forces and an allied militia have entered the town of Adwa in the Tigray region without a fight, days after capturing the regional capital…
Former DR Congo President Kabila Launches New Rebel Coalition With M23 to Oust Tshisekedi
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has publicly aligned himself with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, announcing the formation of a new political and mi…
South Africa's Deputy Police Chief Resigns After Sex Offence Charges and Corruption Allegations
South Africa's deputy police chief has resigned amid charges of sexual offences and corruption, three weeks after his arrest. Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya…
Air strikes kill at least 72 at Sudan gold mine near Egypt border
At least 72 people were killed and more than 50 injured in air strikes on a gold mining site near Sudan's border with Egypt, according to a human rights group.…
At Least 109 Dead, Over 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Djibouti
At least 109 people, including 15 children, have died and more than 116 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International…
South Africa: Anti-Migrant Protests Turn Violent in Johannesburg and Durban Over Asylum Ruling
Anti-migrant protests in South Africa turned violent on Thursday, with cars torched and foreign-run businesses forced to close in two major cities, as the gover…
Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of "All-Out Invasion" as Drone Strikes Hit Tigray
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of an "all-out invasion" of its northern Tigray region and warned it will defend itself, days after residents reported that Eritrea…
Eritrean Troops Spotted Inside Northern Ethiopia as Diplomatic Ties Collapse
Witnesses have reported seeing Eritrean soldiers driving through a northern Ethiopian town, days after the two neighbouring countries severed diplomatic ties. A…
Nigeria Military Plane Crash Kills 25 in Ondo State Swamp, President Declares Mourning
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning after a military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State on Monday morning, killing…
Kenya Confirms First Ebola Death as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads Beyond DRC
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case and death, involving a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past seven years,…
Nigeria Military Plane Carrying 32 Crashes in Ondo State, Rescue Operation Underway
Nigeria has launched a search-and-rescue operation after a military aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Ondo State in the country's southwest. The wreckage o…
Ethiopia's Federal Forces Retake Mekelle Airport as Tigray Rebels Retreat from City
Ethiopia's federal army and pro-government fighters have recaptured the main airport in Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, as rebel forces were…
At Least 17 Killed in Kenya Highway Crash, Most Victims Catholic Pilgrims
At least 17 people, most of them Catholic pilgrims, have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the highway linking the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa to Nairo…
Ebola death toll tops 4,000 in DR Congo as burning of transit camp forces 19,000 to flee
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, according to government data, making it the deadliest epidemic in the count…
Ethiopia Conflict Spreads Beyond Tigray as Multi-Group Alliance Challenges Federal Government
Fighting is intensifying across northern Ethiopia, nearly four years after a peace deal ended a devastating two-year war in the Tigray region. The conflict has…
Ethiopia and Eritrea Sever Diplomatic Ties as Northern Fighting Escalates
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia and growing fears of a wider regional conflict. On Thursday, E…
Algeria Adopts Death Penalty for Forest Arsonists After Deadly Wildfires
Algeria's lower house has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of deliberately setting fire to forests, woods, or fields, following a se…
Zimbabwe Businessman Wicknell Chivayo Killed in Helicopter Crash Along With Wife and Four Others
Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, have been killed along with four others after a private helicopter crashed in a rur…
Explosions Reported Near Military Sites in Ethiopia's Capital Addis Ababa
Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, with blasts reported near the military headquarters in the west of the city and in a souther…
South Africa Launches Emergency Response After 12 Women Found Dead East of Johannesburg
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a national emergency response to gender-based violence after the bodies of 12 women — or at least 11, acco…
Five Crew Members Killed by Somali Pirates Before Security Forces Retook Oil Tanker
Five crew members of an oil tanker seized off the coast of Somalia were killed by pirates before regional security forces retook the vessel, a senior official h…