Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area located not far from a waterway that is crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants over the past day, sources on both sides told AFP on Friday
READ MORESuspected political assassinations in South Africa have claimed at least 43 lives this year to September, with local government elections still one month away, a report said Friday
The internationally-recognised government says attacks target the rebel group's positions across the country.
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall will return to Senegal to meet his successor Bassirou Diomaye Faye for the first time since leaving power, as he seeks Dakar’s support for his candidacy to become United Nations secretary-general.
Pan-African activist Kemi Seba will remain in custody after a South African court postponed proceedings in his extradition case until August 11. Benin is seeking his extradition over allegations of incitement to rebellion following the failed coup attempt of December 2025.
The Constitutional Court validated, on 16 June, five of the six candidacies: the incumbent President Carlos Vila Nova, running for a second term; former Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus; the parliamentary leader of the ADI, Nito D’Abreu; as well as jurists Miques João Bonfim and Eugénio Tiny.
Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, arrived in Dakar Friday for a brief meeting with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors.
Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, held a meeting in Dakar Friday with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors
Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott, who briefly became Africa's only white head of state since the end of apartheid, died on Wednesday at the age of 82, the government said.
The acting police chief has set up a multidisciplinary team to investigate the killing of March and March's Andile Mvuyiselwa Somgaxa.
It says it has expanded its repatriation and reintegration efforts as the number of Zimbabeans requiring assistance continues to rise.
The Sudanese Army announced on 29 June 2026 in Ed Damazin that it has recaptured two areas in Sudan’s Blue Nile region following clashes with an alliance of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Su
A group of marchers that this News24 journalist joined grew increasingly aggressive and hostile as they made their way to Yeoville, after about two hours of marching through the city centre, Braamfontein, Hillbrow and then Yeoville.
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