Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for an eighth five-year term on Tuesday, cheered by a crowd of thousands at the event outside Kampala. The 81-year-old won January's election with 72 percent of the vote, according to official results rejected by the opposition.
In N’Djamena’s Bakara district, the third edition of the “At the Heart of Art” festival closed with soaring voices, bold rhythms, and a shared conviction: for Chadian youth, art is not a luxury — it is a future.
The Nigerian military and the "bandit" gangs it is fighting killed around 100 civilians Sunday in one of the bloodiest single days of the country's conflict against armed groups, sources across the country have told AFP.
The Republic of Congo has formally asked to open negotiations with the International Monetary Fund with a view to establishing a new economic and financial programme.
The leader of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has raised fresh concerns over alleged links between the country and international drug trafficking networks.
Hundreds of terrified residents fled northern neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince over the weekend, scattering along the road to Haiti’s main airport as relentless gang clashes pushed yet another wave of families from their homes.
Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group have withdrawn from several areas of the violence-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the group, locals and the military told AFP on Monday.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto on Monday announced new partnerships in arts and sports and emphasized the need to leverage Africa's human capital abundance and France's technological advancement to grow economies.
Iran has warned European countries on Monday against sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei argued that any European involvement would only push energy prices higher and create additional complications to an already delicate situation.
President Donald Trump is set to visit China from May 13th to 15th for high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with trade, Iran, and regional security expected to top the agenda.
The Cannes Film Festival will open its 79th edition on the French Riviera on Tuesday, once again bringing global attention to one of the world’s most prestigious celebrations of cinema.
At the United Nations campus in Nairobi, officials broke ground on a $340 million expansion aimed at relocating more UN staff from New York and Geneva to Africa.
Firebrand anti‑Western activist Kemi Seba, wanted in Benin over an alleged foiled coup plot, told a Pretoria court he risks being killed if deported, as he sought release on bail after his arrest for overstaying his South African visa. Please confirm details with a trusted news source.
One person was killed and another injured on Sunday after Somali security forces opened fire to disperse an opposition‑led protest in Mogadishu, according to opposition figures and witnesses, deepening tensions just days before President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term expires.
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