The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched an ambitious plan to reclaim monetary control by reversing decades of deep-rooted dollar dependence.

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Old images of Cape Town taxi violence are being recycled online and falsely linked to recent unrest in Johannesburg. Posts claiming a teenager lost 18 taxis to arson are misleading &#x2013 the pictures actually show fires from earlier this year in Nyanga.

Renewed violence in South Sudan is threatening to plunge the country — and its neighbors — into deeper instability,UN officials warned this week.

A team of scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI),led by Morocco’s Maryame El Moutamid,has discovered a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus,expanding the planet’s known satellit

Africa is hemorrhaging over $580 billion every year through corruption and illicit financial outflows,according to the African Development Bank (AfDB),jeopardizing economic growth and worsening the c

Africa’s digital sovereignty hangs in the balance as AfriNIC,the continent’s sole internet registry,faces potential collapse under mounting legal pressure and governance failure,raising fears of cy

The success story of Bouchra Boustani is inspirational for all Moroccan,Arab and African women. Her professional achievement proves that perseverance always pays off despite challenges.

At least six students have reportedly drowned and 21 taken to hospital after getting into difficulty swimming on a school trip in Egypt.

Burkina Faso’s government has expelled the United Nations’ top official in the country,Carol Flore-Smereczniak,following the publication of a report detailing grave violations against children amid