Africa

The Rafah border crossing into Gaza was closed on Wednesday due to an unspecified “security circumstance” but US officials were working with Egypt and Israel to get it reopened, US …

Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was on Saturday taken from prison by a heavily armed commando during an operation that sparked heavy gunfire in the capital Conakry, a minister …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is deploying back-channel strategies to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. The regional bloc, while trying to avoid bloodshed in the West …

King Charles III begins the second day of his trip to Kenya on Wednesday after acknowledging there was “no excuse” for colonial-era abuses during Britain’s rule of the East African …

A medical team and 10 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, carrying water, food and medicine, a Palestinian border official told Reuters. …

The United States on Monday ended assistance to Gabon over its August 30 coup but said it was ready to provide aid in return for concrete progress toward democracy. The …

The Kenyan shilling sank to a new all-time low of 150 to the dollar on Monday, adding to the woes of people already battered by high inflation and a raft …

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian …

Flooding after heavy rains in eastern Ghana has forced nearly 26,000 people to leave their homes at the request of the authorities, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) said Tuesday. …

Liberia is heading for a second round of voting in a presidential election between outgoing incumbent George Weah and opponent Joseph Boakai, as official provisional results Tuesday placed them neck …