Africa

Namibian offshore oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) and Shell (SHEL.L) are of commercial quantities, likely in the billions of barrells, the southern African nation’s mines and energy minister …

After almost a year away from the negotiating table, ex-rebels and the government in Mali have resumed talks. On Friday, an alliance of Tuareg and Arab rebel groups, pro-government armed …

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, has asked the courts to consider his application for parole, his …

A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti on Tuesday. The bulk carrier MV Brave Commander …

Angola’s President Joao Lourenco won a second five-year term on Monday after his MPLA party emerged victorious with a thin majority in last week’s closely fought election, extending its decades-long …

African countries on Monday called for an end to a “climate injustice” saying the continent causes less than four percent of global CO2 emissions but pays one of the highest …

A lion at Ghana’s Accra Zoo mauled a man to death after he entered its enclosure over the weekend, the government said in a statement. At around noon local time …

Eighteen people were killed in clashes between two communities in the western Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this month, according to a government report seen by AFP Sunday. Fighting broke …

Angolans and a dozen African leaders gathered on Sunday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was …

African heads of state and a Japanese delegaton have met in the Tunisian capital Tunis for talks on promoting “African-led” development. Tunisian President Kais Saied welcomed visitors to the 8th …