French hostage freed in Congo – Macron’s office
President of France Emmanuel Macron A French national who had been kidnapped at the start of March in Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, according to a statement from the…
President of France Emmanuel Macron A French national who had been kidnapped at the start of March in Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, according to a statement from the…
Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, a group linked to Al-Qaeda, is formally dissolving itself, it said in a statement on Saturday. The group, which Washington says was behind the 2012…
Uganda’s Energy Minister Irene Muloni (left) and John Kabudi, Tanzania’s Constitutional & legal Affairs minister sign the oil pipeline deal in Kampala. (Source: Yiga Ssempogo via Twitter @yssempogo) Uganda and…
Egypt launched a fresh round of air strikes over Libya on Saturday, Egyptian military sources and an eyewitness told Reuters, targeting militant camps it said were responsible for a shooting…
Aftermath of attack on buses and truck carrying Coptic Christians in Minya Province, Egypt, May 26, 2017 Gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians travelling to a monastery in southern…
The logo of Al Jazeera Media Network Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of Qatar-based al Jazeera television, for “supporting terrorism”, state news agency MENA and security…
Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, Equatorial Guinea, has been accepted as a new member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Reuters reports on Thursday. Equatorial Guinea said in…
Migrants are seen onboard a drifting overcrowded wooden boat, during a rescue operation by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, north of the Libyan city of Sabratha in central Mediterranean…
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa need to get their budgets in order, diversify their economies and look after their poorest people. If they do that, there is no reason why the…
Egypt’s public prosecutor has referred 48 people to the military judiciary for suspected involvement in three deadly church bombings and accused them of forming or joining Islamic State cells. In…