Africa

Nigeria gets early results from tight election race

Nigerians are waiting anxiously for first results after a tight presidential election among three frontrunners that has energised Africa's most populous nation, where many long for change.

Africa acutely affected after a year of war in Ukraine

Africa has acutely felt the effects of the war in Ukraine because it heavily relies on grain imports from Russia and Ukraine during an ongoing drought emergency.

Pope condemns 'brutal atrocities' in Congo

Pope Francis has heard harrowing accounts of killings and rapes told by victims of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and asked God to console them and to convert the hearts of those who carry out atrocities.

Pope Francis visits conflict-torn central Africa

Pope Francis has embarked on his fifth visit to Africa, arriving first in Democratic Republic of Congo and then to South Sudan to plead for peace in the countries, both wracked by decades of stubborn conflict.

Tears and prayers as flights to war-torn Tigray resume

Kahssay Hailu sobbed, smiled and said prayers as she stood outside Addis Ababa airport, preparing to board a plane home to Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray.

Two police officers with UN's Mali mission killed

Two police officers serving with the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali have been killed and four others wounded, the force said on social media, the latest blow to the international operation.

Ethiopia's warring sides agree to end fighting in deal

Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray have declared they had set the goal of "permanently" ending the fighting, agreeing to a truce backed by a programme of disarmament and integration of rebels.

Nigeria floods toll has passed 600: government

More than 600 people are now known to have perished in the worst floods in a decade in Nigeria, according to a new toll released yesterday.

Military remove Burkina Faso's leader from office

Military officers in West Africa have announced the removal from office of Burkina Faso's leader, and closed all borders indefinitely.

UN warns of likely crimes against humanity in Ethiopia

UN investigators say they believe Ethiopia's government was behind ongoing crimes against humanity in the Tigray region and warned that the resumption of the conflict there increased the risk of "further atrocity crimes".

Kenya swears in its fifth president

William Ruto has been sworn in as Kenya's fifth president, a week after the Supreme Court upheld an election that dashed the hopes of the nation's most prominent political families and handed power to a man who began his career as a roadside chicken seller.

Women and girls suffer most during food crisis in Kenya

Oxford malaria vaccine shows 'lasting high efficacy'

A new study reports on the effectiveness of a malaria booster vaccine shows long-lasting high efficacy in children in Africa, meeting the World Health Organisation (WHO) specified 75% efficacy goal.

Food insecurity - on the frontline of famine in Kenya

Prolonged malnutrition isn't just an urgent medical concern, it can also have life-long consequences for the children affected.

'We have to act' - on the frontline of famine in Kenya

There are 22 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia in the Horn of Africa, with 4.6 million children acutely malnourished.

'Famine at the door' in Somalia, warns UN

Famine will occur in parts of Somalia between October and December, the United Nations has warned, as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs.

WHO chief says his relatives are starving in Tigray

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed his upset and frustration at not being able to help relatives who he says are starving in Tigray, in northern Ethiopia. "I don't know even who is dead or who is alive," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Endangered vultures poisoned to death in Africa

At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, conservationists have said, warning that the killings pushed the birds closer to extinction.

Kenyans vote amid anger over surging food, fuel prices

Kenyans have voted in national elections, but turnout was unusually low amid voter apathy and frustration over surging food prices, corruption and fears of violence in some areas.

Ghana confirms first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service has said, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month.

11 babies die in hospital fire in Senegal

An investigation is under way after eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the city of Tivaouane in Senegal in west Africa.