Category: Africa

Some 26 million people are “facing extreme hunger” in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, warns humanitarian organisation Oxfam. …

The conflict has persisted despite a peace deal signed by DR Congo and Rwanda in December. …

Residents of some areas have been without mains water for weeks. …

Caf executive committee member Augustin Senghor says the decision to strip Senegal of the 2025 Afcon title is “unacceptable, abject and we have to denounce it”. …

President Idris Mahamat Déby orders the military to be on high alert and a “total closure” of the border. …

Fifa fines the Nigeria Football Federation and DR Congo Football Association for separate disciplinary breaches by supporters. …

Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park. …

Rwanda reappoint globetrotting Englishman Stephen Constantine as head coach of their men’s national team on a two-year contract. …

Ramadan and Lent haven’t overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together. …