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A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Nearly 200 households have been evacuated in the coastal city of Cape Town in South Africa after a raging fire began around the Table Mountains on Friday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The move directly targets key South African fruit exports such as grapes and apples, while significantly complicating logistics for Malawi, a landlocked nation that relies on Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port for the bulk of its inbound and outbound trade.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Tanzania’s main opposition party said Thursday that two of its senior officials were arrested on their way to court to attend the proceedings against their party leader who faces treason charges for calling for reforms ahead of October elections.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The South African government on Thursday canceled a proposed tax increase that had threatened to collapse the unity government after a pushback from various political parties.Sourced from Africanews Read More

JNIM, an extremist group linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack and said it killed 70 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence GroupSourced from Africanews Read More

President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Madagascar on Wednesday for a two-day visit aimed at reinforcing France’s presence in the Indian OceanSourced from Africanews Read More

In Egypt, regional churches and other denominations have offered their condolences to the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025. Among the mourners are Coptic Catholics, who attended a prayer service for the late pontiff.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Victims paid as much as $9,000 to supposed recruiters who instead trafficked them to the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, where they were held under physical and psychological coercion, the agency said in a statement.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running the Catholic Church.Sourced from Africanews Read More