Africa

The United States on Thursday sanctioned a Rwandan government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are...

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo set a men's half-marathon word record on Sunday and also became the first runner to go under 57 minutes.  https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1891115569916559821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1891115569916559821%7Ctwgr%5E8973127cf4efe102fc8f735917a7b740d152e1de%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.africanews.com%2F2025%2F02%2F17%2Fugandan-kiplimo-sets-mens-half-marathon-world-record-in-under-57-minutes%2F The 24-year-old Kiplimo...

A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. Sosthene Munyemana was found...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed the "convincing" victory of his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who was unsurprisingly re-elected for a third...

Three young French tourists were arrested Monday in Marrakech, the tourist capital of Morocco, in possession of counterfeit euro notes, and a judicial investigation...

The citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have commenced voting in critical general elections, with incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi seeking reelection amid...

The ECOWAS region is poised to reclaim its seat as a beacon of democracy for the rest of the African continent, Dr Abdel-Fatau Musah,...

In Cape Town, musical talents are being attracted to South Africa's only opera school. Coming from far and wide, students who have very little to...

Four members of the Nigerian security forces were killed Tuesday in an ambush set by jihadists in northeastern Nigeria, anti-jihadist militias said on Wednesday. The...

At least 17 people died of anthrax in a southern Ugandan district in November, a local official told AFP on Thursday, adding that "the...