Africa
East African regional leaders demand ceasefire in eastern Congo
East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in ...Ethiopian PM meets Tigray region leaders for first time since peace deal
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday for the first time since ...Israel says Sudan peace deal to be signed
Israel and Sudan will sign an “historic peace agreement” in Washington in a few months’ time, Israel’s foreign minister announced ...Spain, Morocco forge economic ties as Western Sahara policy reversal eases tensions
Spain and Morocco will hold their first bilateral summit in eight years on Thursday as they seek to strengthen economic ...Nigerian gunmen kill eight, including police chief
Gunmen in north central Nigeria have killed eight people, including a divisional police chief, in the latest violence ahead of ...Eight killed in mass shooting at birthday party in South Africa
Gunmen killed eight people and wounded three others at a birthday party in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, police said, ...France to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within a month
France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso in the next month after the military junta asked it to leave, ...France’s Macron says he is awaiting clarifications from Burkina president on troops
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso’s transitional President Ibrahim Traore about reported ...Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak
Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was ...Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia’s federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army ...