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Destruction at Al-Muallim Hospital is seen in Khartoum in Sudan

Ireland among nations calling for Sudan war crimes probe

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee was one of 32 cosignatories of a statement which has denounced possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan during the nearly three-year war between the army and paramilitary rivals.

Africa • 18 Feb

Mali, Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on US

Mali and Burkina Faso have said they are imposing a travel ban on US citizens in response to an ⁠equivalent measure announced by the Trump administration earlier this month.

World • 31 Dec 25

Destroyed buildings in Offa in Nigeria after US strikes targeting IS and local militants

US targets were IS and local Lakurawa jihadists - Nigeria

US strikes in Nigeria targeted Islamic State (IS) militants from the Sahel who entered the country to work with the Lakurawa jihadist group and "bandit" gangs, according to a spokesman for the Nigerian president.

World • 27 Dec 25

Nine killed in gun attack at bar near Johannesburg

Nine people were killed after a gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg, the second such shooting in South Africa this month.

World • 21 Dec 25

A general view of houses destroyed by shelling during intense fighting in DR Congo

UN says 200,000 in DR Congo flee rebel group's advance

The United Nations has said around 200,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Congo in recent days, as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic town just days after US President Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace.

Africa • 09 Dec 25

Soldiers take over state television in Benin

Benin government says armed forces foiled coup attempt

Benin's government has said its armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the west African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.

Africa • 07 Dec 25

Mary T Barron, Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of OLA

Donegal nun shares 'anguish' after Nigeria kidnapping

A Donegal nun has spoken of her deep anguish and urged people around the world to pray for the release of the students and staff who were abducted from a school in Nigeria.

Ireland • 23 Nov 25

A general view of a classroom at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwarra local government, Niger state

50 children kidnapped from a Nigerian school escape

Fifty of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group has said in a statement.

Africa • 23 Nov 25

A man walks past a damaged building near the war-damaged National Theater of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan's capital

UN warns of 'intensified hostilities' ahead in Sudan

The United Nations has warned of "intensified hostilities" ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators after more than two years of war with the regular army.

Africa • 08 Nov 25

Displaced Sudanese people walk in the Um Yanqur camp which is comprised of tents.

Sudan's RSF agrees to mediators' humanitarian truce

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that it has agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.

Africa • 07 Nov 25

A displaced Sudanese woman and child stand near a make shift shelter after fleeing El-Fasher

UN chief urges end to 'nightmare of violence' in Sudan

UN chief António Guterres has called for a halt to the violence in Sudan and warned the crisis in the country was rapidly worsening

World • 04 Nov 25

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One

Nigerian president hopes to meet Trump after threat

Nigeria's president is hoping to meet with US counterpart Donald Trump, an aide said, after the US leader threatened to send the military into Africa's most populous country over what he has described as a threat to Christians by jihadists.

US • 02 Nov 25

close-up satellite imagery reveals active smoke plumes rising near the perimeter of El Fasher airport

Satellite images suggest mass killings in Sudanese city

New satellite imagery suggests that mass killings are likely continuing in and around the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, researchers said, days after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Africa • 01 Nov 25

Sudanese residents gather to receive free meals in Al Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for more than a year

EU 'deeply concerned' after RSF capture Sudanese city

The European Union has said it was "deeply concerned" by intensified violence in the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher after its capture by paramilitaries and urged "all warring parties to de-escalate".

World • 28 Oct 25

Crowds of people gather to demonstrate as soldiers patrol in Antananarivo

Madagascar enters military rule as colonel seizes power

Madagascar's new military ruler, Michael Randrianirina, said he would soon be sworn in as the country's president as the African Union suspended the island nation after a coup to oust President Andry Rajoelina.

Africa • 15 Oct 25

A refugee boat sets off to cross the English Channel in Wimereux, northern France

At least 50 dead off Libyan coast after boat catches fire

At least 50 Sudanese refugees died off the coast of eastern Libya after their boat caught fire, an International Organization for Migration spokesperson has said.

World • 17 Sep 25

Protesters took to the streets to condemn the grip on power of the Gnassingbé family, including current President Faure Gnassingbé

Togo summons EU rep for detained Irish citizen resolution

Togo summoned the EU ambassador to protest a European Parliament resolution on the detention of an Irish-Togolese national in the West African nation, according to an official document seen by AFP.

World • 13 Sep 25

Picture shows a sand dune on the west side of the holy mountain Jebel Bakal in Sudan, Africa

Region of Sudan landslide 'exposed to conflict' - UN

At least 370 people have been killed in today's landslide in Sudan, according to a senior UN official, who said the exact death toll is hard to confirm as the area is difficult to access.

Africa • 02 Sep 25

A child infected with cholera receives treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur

Over 40 dead in Sudan cholera outbreak, says MSF

At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said.

World • 14 Aug 25

DAKAR, SENEGAL - JULY 17: Senegalese soldiers parade during a handover ceremony at Camp Geille as France hands over the military base and the air base at Dakar airport to Senegalese authorities in Dakar, Senegal on July 17, 2025. The event was attended by

French army leaves Senegal after 65 years

France has formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa.

World • 17 Jul 25

Hilton and Marriot announce African expansion plans

US hotel chains Hilton and Marriott have announced African expansion drives to tap into the continent's rapid tourism growth.

Business • 18 Jun 25

Joseph Kony is suspected of 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity

Fugitive Ugandan warlord's ICC hearing to go ahead

The International Criminal Court will hear the war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony later this year after judges rejected an appeal from his defence team.

World • 03 Jun 25

The video that blindsided the South African president

We know Donald Trump can put on a show, and that's exactly what he did in the Oval Office on Wednesday during his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa's visit.

Clarity • 24 May 25

MSF said a bomb was dropped on a pharmacy in South Sudan's Fangak county

At least seven killed, 20 injured in South Sudan bombings

At least seven people were killed and 20 injured as the last remaining hospital and pharmacy in the country's Fangak county were destroyed in bombings, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has said.

Africa • 03 May 25

AkiDwA said there is a 'huge' increase in migrant women and girls who are subjected to harm and who are contacting them

Rise in migrant women seeking support for violence

An organisation which supports migrant women affected by crime said that it has witnessed a rise in those seeking support who are exposed to gender-based violence. AkiDwA said there is a "huge" increase in migrant women and girls who are subjected to harm and who are contacting them.

Ireland • 03 May 25