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Contrary to a popular viral clip, newly elected Senegalese president did not tell Paris to go away, but he may as well have with PM appointment.
Foreign minister makes it clear that China will be a stabilising, cooperative force in international affairs, and calls on US to honour its pledges with a warning over Taiwan.
In 6 chapters it tells the story of finding, cutting and setting the precious stones to turn them into finished pieces of jewellery
The state election body said Idriss had won outright with over 61 per cent of the vote, but main challenger Succes Masra also declared victory
A nighttime video shared on social media showed a plane with the logo of Senegal-based airline Transair standing in grass with a wing covered in fire-suppressing foam.
Three rescue teams were working on three different areas, to search for dozens of people, following the collapse of a five-storey building in the city of George, South Africa.
Election official said shooter was demanding right to vote in election, in which junta leader and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s main rival is Prime Minister Succes Masra.
Rescue teams worked through the night searching for dozens of construction workers buried under the rubble of concrete after a multi-storey residential complex that was being built collapsed.
A report into a building fire that killed 76 people in South Africa last year concluded city authorities were aware of serious safety issues four years before the blaze.
As China pumps money into the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, observers say its motivation is unlikely to be economic.
Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania have been buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Cyclone Hidaya.
Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Nigeria were first on the itinerary for Tokyo’s top diplomat this week, as she also sought to push Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy in Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Asylum Aid launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, which PM Rishi Sunak aims to launch within weeks.
The arrival of Russian personnel in the West African country came in the wake of a decision by Niger’s junta to expel US forces from the country.
New Zimbabwe processing plants help create lithium supply chains for Beijing as other markets tighten.
Images released by British authorities showed a man being put in a van and another being led out of his house in handcuffs.
Out with the Zimbabwe dollar, in with the ZiG. Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people.
The UK government has said it would pay asylum seekers up to £3,000 (about US$3,745) each to move to Rwanda to help clear the backlog of refugees who have arrived in the country in recent years.
The latest deaths bring the toll from heavy rains and flooding since last month to more than 100.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.
Mali is ill-equipped to cope with heatwaves and frequently suffers from electricity cuts, making it difficult to rely on fans or air conditioners.
Two-way trade between China and Africa has defied expectations, growing despite economic challenges.
Organisations from Kenya and Ethiopia have signed up to the China-led space initiative to build a lunar base.
Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.
Sudan’s brutal civil war erupted a year ago, sparking one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Under the policy, asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain will be sent to the East African nation, in a bid to deter cross-channel crossings.
Amid a new Chinese appetite for avocados, South Africa will become the third African nation to export the fruit.
After pausing them during the pandemic, Beijing’s growing military diplomacy is seeing more frequent port visits.