Africa
Cholera outbreak in northwest Nigeria kills eight, infects over 200
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum district of Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, has claimed at least eight lives and ...Nigeria says killed over 35 jihadists near Cameroon border
By Susan NJANJI AFP Nigeria’s airforce said it had killed more than 35 jihadists in raids Saturday on militant fighters that had ...Thousands demand union rights and civic freedoms in large Tunisia protest
TUNIS -Thousands of members and supporters of Tunisia’s powerful Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) protested in the capital over what they called ...African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size
By Catarina Demony and AyenDeng Bior Reuters The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international ...Hunger mounts, cemeteries grow in Sudan’s besieged al-Fashir
Hundreds of thousands of people under siege in the Sudanese army’s last holdout in the western Darfur region are running out of ...Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of ...UN says Congo rebels killed scores of farmers, M23 suggests ‘smear’
By Sonia Rolley PARIS (Reuters) -An M23 rebel attack on farmers and other civilians in east Democratic Republic of Congo killed 169 ...Angola’s petrol protest death toll rises to 22 as medics overwhelmed
Violence that erupted during protests this week in Angola sparked by the government’s decision to raise the price of fuel killed at least 22 ...Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels sign declaration of principles for a permanent ceasefire in the east
BY CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decadeslong fighting ...World’s oldest climate fund targets wildlife bonds for every country in Africa
By Duncan Miriri Reuters The world’s oldest multilateral climate fund, the Global Environment Facility, is planning a new wave of wildlife conservation ...














