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Africa
South Sudan's new cybersecurity law alarms journalists
Publishing false information "with the intention of defaming, threatening, insulting, deceiving, or misleading" is now punishable by up to five years in prison.
By AFP
2026-02-20 16:29:05
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday it would have to stop humanitarian assistance in Somalia by April if it did not receive new funding.
By AFP
2026-02-20 14:27:01
Gov't of Zanzibar announces heritage restoration initiative backed by a $12 million public–private investment, in a move aimed at strengthening cultural preservation.
By Peter Muiruri
2026-02-19 21:48:28
The United Nations independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said Thursday it had concluded that the paramilitary siege and capture of El-Fasher bore "the hallmarks of genocide".
By AFP
2026-02-19 12:47:52
"We can't even breathe because of the fear of the militias," said Hersi, who regularly drives goods lorries from Bosaso port in the far north of Somalia to Hiiraan province.
By AFP
2026-02-19 10:58:30
Ghana summons Russian Ambassador Sergei Berdnikov over conduct of Russian national accused of sexually exploiting women, demands justice.
By Ronald Kipruto
2026-02-18 14:28:54
Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists confirmed, hours after the media regulator announced.
By AFP
2026-02-18 13:07:30
Weeks after Hamdy Ibrahim left his village in Egypt's Nile Delta hoping to reach Europe, his brother's phone rang with a chilling message from Libya: pay now or the boy would die.
By AFP
2026-02-18 09:09:36
A sudden gold rush has transformed a former cattle kraal on the eastern fringe of Johannesburg into the centre of South Africa’s latest mining frenzy.
By AFP
2026-02-17 22:30:00
Some 100 US soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country, the Nigerian defence ministry announced Monday.
By AFP
2026-02-17 10:39:32
A series of jihadist attacks on army detachments in Burkina Faso's north and east this week left at least 10 people dead, security sources told AFP on Sunday.
By AFP
2026-02-15 20:08:35
"We have been very actively engaged, with the African Union, with the Arab League, with the Quad and with other key actors, in order to put effective pressure for an immediate ceasefire."
By AFP
2026-02-15 02:16:24
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