Iran’s President To Set Out On Rare Africa Tour
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a summit via video link at the Office of the President of Iran, in Tehran, Iran, July 4, 2023. (Iran's Presidency/WANA/Handout via Reuters)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will embark Tuesday on a rare Africa tour ... Read More
UN Humanitarian Chief: Sudan Appears To Be In a Brutal Civil...
Sudan appears to be in a civil war “of the most brutal kind” and the world needs a new forum for talks in pursuit of a cease-fire, the United Nations humanitarian chief told The Associated Press Monday.
Martin Griffiths spoke as ... Read More
Armed Group Kills Peacekeeper in Central African Republic, U...
An unidentified armed group attacked a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Monday in the Central African Republic, killing a peacekeeper from Rwanda, the U.N. said.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said initial reports indicated the U.N. patrol returned fire and killed three of ... Read More
Spain Rescues 86 People Near Canary Islands, But Scores Of M...
Spanish authorities rescued 86 people Monday from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal, after an aid group reported that three boats from the African country went missing with 300 people aboard.
Spain's Maritime Rescue Service ... Read More
West African Bloc Names Nigeria’s Tinubu As New Head
West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria's new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau's leader, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, AFP journalists reported.
Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named ... Read More
UN Warns Sudan Faces ‘Full-Scale Civil War’ As A...
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilize the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an airstrike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.
The health ministry reported "22 dead and ... Read More
Nigeria’s Electoral Body Begins Review Of Elections Am...
Nigeria's Electoral Commission this week began its monthlong review of the presidential and local elections held in February and March of 2023. The voting was marred by violence and technical glitches, and was considered among the most controversial in the ... Read More
Chinese Navy In Nigeria Amid Base Concerns
Escort squadrons of the Chinese Navy Task Group 162 board a warship at Apapa harbour in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 4, 2023.
A rare visit to Nigeria this week by the Chinese navy is once again raising questions about Beijing’s military ... Read More
South Sudan’s Kiir To Run In First-ever Presidential Elect...
President Salva Kiir says South Sudan’s long-delayed elections will happen in 2024 with him on the ballot for the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement party.
Kiir, who has led South Sudan since it became independent from Sudan in 2011, accepted the endorsement of ... Read More
US Praises Senegal’s President For Bowing Out Of 2024 Elec...
Senegal's President Macky Sall
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has praised Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement that he would not seek a third term in next year’s election.
President Sall announced his decision in a nationally televised speech, ending weeks ... Read More