Of the 12 countries affected by Trump's executive order, issued on Wednesday night, 7 are in Africa with a further 3 African nations facing travel restrictions.

Burundi held legislative and local elections on Thursday, 5 June 2025, with more than six million registered voters casting ballots to elect members of parliament and communal councillors.

The rocky hill, just outside Mecca, is believed to be the place where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon.

"Whether Khartoum is captured or not is irrelevant," Hamdok said on the sidelines of a governance conference organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in Morocco .

Portugal now awaits the winner of Thursday's semifinal between France and Spain, while Germany will face the loser in the ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says Elon Musk is "flat wrong" when it comes to the DOGE leader's criticism of the ...

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its 50th anniversary, the regional bloc finds itself at a historic crossroads. Founded on May 28, 1975, by 15 West African nations ...

Prisoners in Bouaké , the country's second-largest city, reacted with "hostility" to a routine search for contraband on Tuesday, ...

As Muslims across Nigeria prepare for Eid al-Adha, the rising cost of living is casting a shadow over celebrations. The price ...

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in ...

The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, ...

The head of Congo's media regulator defended the decision, saying it was in line with a government embargo on the activities of Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy ...