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Africa
Museveni to be sworn in for seventh presidential term on May 12
Museveni, 82, has been in power since January 1986.
By Mate Tongola
2026-04-08 17:33:40
Djibouti's leader Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win a presidential election on Friday, extending his 27-year rule of the tiny, highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.
By AFP
2026-04-08 09:00:00
A new report shows that 2025 was the deadliest year for African migrants on the Eastern Route, with a sharp rise in deaths and disappearances.
By Jacinta Mutura
2026-04-06 06:00:00
A landslide triggered by torrential rain in Equatorial Guinea killed a mother and her six children, the central African country's rescue services said on Friday.
By AFP
2026-04-03 23:09:38
"This unacceptable assault resulted in at least 10 fatalities, including seven medical staff, some of whom have previously worked with MSF," it said.
By AFP
2026-04-03 13:42:03
"Sanctions and threats are nothing but insults thrown in the face of my country," Kagame said in an interview with Jeune Afrique news outlet at the end of March and published Friday.
By AFP
2026-04-03 13:18:26
A Ugandan is among six Rotary members honoured globally, for improving access to quality education in rural Uganda.
By Mercy Kahenda
2026-04-01 14:56:00
Amid ongoing unrest in the Middle East, Uganda and Kenya have moved to assure their citizens of sufficient fuel supplies and strategic preparedness.
By Ronald Kipruto
2026-03-31 20:19:05
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are using sexual violence as a "weapon of war" in Darfur to control civilians, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
By AFP
2026-03-31 11:20:22
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said two of its personnel were killed Monday in the second deadly incident in 24 hours in the country's south, where Israel and Hezbollah are fighting.
By AFP
2026-03-31 10:40:28
A gang attack on a town in Haiti killed at least 16 people over the weekend, police said, as the UN chief warned Monday that the estimated death toll could be as high as 80 people.
By AFP
2026-03-31 10:32:51
Somali federal troops Monday entered the key city of Baidoa after clashes with forces loyal to the head of the region, whose mandate Mogadishu says expired four years ago.
By AFP
2026-03-30 18:27:05
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