February 20, 2024 South Africa schedules election as Mandela's party fights to retain 30-year majority South Africa has set a national election date of May 29, with this year's vote expected to be a serious test of the long-ruling African National Congress' stranglehold on power.
February 20, 2024 Suspects in Kenyan starvation cult case to be hospitalized after hunger strike A Kenyan magistrate ordered doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 of his followers to be hospitalized after they appeared visibly frail in court following a hunger strike.
February 20, 2024 Trial begins in Rome for Egyptian security officials accused of student's abduction and murder In 2016, Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni was abducted and killed in Cairo. Four Egyptian security officials, accused in his death, have gone on trial.
February 20, 2024 Guinea's military dissolves government abruptly, announcing plan for new administration Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation and announced plans to appoint a new one. Guinea has been under military rule since 2021.
February 19, 2024 Nigerians protest over skyrocketing inflation as local currency hits record low value Nigeria is facing one of West Africa's worst economic crises in years with an inflation rate of 29.9% as the naira, Nigeria's currency, plummeted to 1,524 to $1.
February 19, 2024 Rwanda rejects US calls for de-escalation in the Congo Rwandan authorities on Monday rejected American calls for a military withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a "dramatic" escalation at the border.
February 19, 2024 Eastern Congo aid groups warn of new humanitarian crisis linked to rebel group Aid organizations are expressing concerns over a potential humanitarian crisis in the eastern Congo region as the armed rebel group M23 launches a new advance.
February 19, 2024 Moroccan navy intercepts 141 migrants attempting to reach Spain by crossing Atlantic Ocean The Moroccan navy intercepted 141 migrants attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, according to Morocco's Royal Armed Forces.
February 18, 2024 Egyptian officials cancel plan to renovate ancient pyramid over concerns: 'The pyramids of Giza are safe' The Menkaure Pyramid Review Committee announced on Thursday that it is scrapping its plans to install cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, citing concerns about preservation.
February 18, 2024 Charlotte protesters attack officers, set tractor-trailer on fire in riot at Eritrean 'cultural event': police Charlotte, North Carolina, police arrested eight people during a 10-hour riot at an Eritrean cultural event, and two firearms were seized by law enforcement.