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Moroccan authorities have evacuated more than 108,000 people from flood-prone regions after unprecedented rainfall and rising river levels overwhelmed infrastructure, with warnings of continued heavy rain ahead.
Gunmen have massacred scores of villagers in Kwara State, western Nigeria, in one of the deadliest assaults this year, leaving at least 162 people dead as authorities and humanitarian workers scramble to respond.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the 53-year-old son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in Zintan, sparking a formal investigation by Libyan prosecutors into his assassination.
Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has recently made headlines over escalating political tensions with Mogadishu and key security developments, highlighting ongoing struggles between federal authority and regional autonomy.
Ghana has temporarily suspended citizenship applications for people of African descent abroad as authorities overhaul an often costly, complex system designed to reconnect diaspora communities with their ancestral homeland.
The United States has sent a small team of military personnel to Nigeria to bolster cooperation in counterterrorism operations against jihadist groups, marking an expansion of security collaboration.
Kenya and Tanzania appear in the latest tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice, drawing attention to alleged trafficking routes and social connections in East Africa — though no criminal liability has been established.
Commuters in Kenya breathed relief after matatu operators called off a planned nationwide strike, agreeing to continued dialogue with boda boda riders, security agencies and transport authorities.
A devastating collapse at a coltan mine in Rubaya in eastern DR Congo has killed more than 200 people, local officials and rebel authorities said Friday, marking one of the deadliest mining disasters in the region’s recent history. The incident…
New testimony before a South African parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee has spotlighted serious alleged irregularities in the appointment of Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, the suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, dating back to his role in the City of Johannesburg’s forensic services…
