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Last updated: 3 hours ago Half a million Nigerians have been affected by floods caused by heavy rains since the start of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Twenty-three of Africa’s most populous country’s 36 states are affected by seasonal flooding, with northeastern states particularly hard-hit this year. Buhari’s office said emergency services were providing aid and he… Read More

As Kenya’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on the country’s contested presidential election, two families in Kisumu, whose children were victims of the 2017 post-election violence, said they’re still waiting for justice. They call on residents and politicians to maintain peace after opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected the election outcome and filed a petition at the top court alleging fraud… Read More

Libya is considering a new law which will allow for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya. This comes after a series of incidents where illegal migrants have lost lives at sea and some through unknown circumstances. A boat with 27 migrants on board, all Egyptians, capsized off Tolmeta (east), an official in the local rescue unit told… Read More

A German family and their South African pilot died Tuesday when their plane crashed on takeoff on the river island of Impalila in northeast Namibia, local authorities said. The four tourists were travelling in a Cessna 210, which crashed on one of the banks of the Zambezi River, police said. “There were four occupants plus a pilot and all died… Read More

Under a blazing sun in Mali’s capital, Amadou Menta leaned over to measure a gutter and then jotted down the results on a mapping app on his smartphone. “We’re collecting data,” said the 27-year-old geography student, helping to chart the roadside drains of central Bamako with two friends. Until recently Mali’s capital was largely uncharted on the web. With street… Read More

The Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs expressed concern at the stalemate in Libya following recent clashes in Tripoli between rival factions vying for power. Speaking before the Security Council in New York, Rosemary A. DiCarlo denounced efforts from pro-Bashaga forces of trying to take the capital from the east. “I am deeply concerned that the ongoing stalemate and continued… Read More

The rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say they are open to negotiations with the federal government but determined to continue advancing into northern Ethiopia as long as its military reinforcements continue to “threaten” their region. After a five-month truce, fighting resumed on 24 August between the federal army and Tigrayan rebel troops, who accuse each other of having triggered the… Read More

The head of Guinea’s ruling junta has made the organisation of the 2025 African Cup of Nations, awarded to his country, a “priority” programme and has made the associated expenditure an emergency. The announcement was made on Monday night ahead of the expected arrival on Tuesday of a mission from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which is expected to… Read More

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), one of the main armed groups operating in northern Mali, has reaffirmed its commitment to a merger of the armed groups of ex-rebels who signed a peace agreement with Bamako in 2015. The Movement made the declaration at a meeting, held in Kidal, in the north of the country. “In reality,… Read More

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sounded the alarm over the high number of missing children in Africa. The committee published a report on the International Day of the Disappearance warning that more than 25,000 minors are missing across the continent. This represents 40% of the 64,000 cases of missing persons in Africa, according to ICRC figures.… Read More