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October 12, 2025

Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a...

October 10, 2025

DRC says EU’s minerals deal with Rwanda is ‘obvious double standard’

Brussels urged to impose stronger sanctions against Rwanda, as it has in response to Russia for its war in UkraineThe Democratic Republic of the...

October 06, 2025

Eswatini confirms arrival of 10 more people as part of US deportation deal

African kingdom receives second group of third-country nationals in what NGOs and lawyers say is violation of human rightsTen people deported by the...

October 06, 2025

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocitiesThe international criminal court has convicted...

October 02, 2025

‘We are the last hope’: Gen Z Madagascar vows to fight on until president resigns

Protesting young people reject dissolution of government as insufficient and demand list of reforms Young protesters in Madagascar have said they...

September 30, 2025

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia

Military court convicts Kabila of war crimes, treason and other offences in verdict that could fuel enduring tensionsA military court in the...

September 29, 2025

Wildfire in Namibia is contained, says PM, after criticism of response

A third of Etosha national park has been burned despite efforts of volunteers, who say troops were sent in too lateWildfires that raged through one...

September 27, 2025

‘A donkey cart out of El Fasher costs more than a new car’: how 500 days under siege is tearing the city apart

The ongoing attacks on North Darfur’s capital has left its people facing starvation, blockade and bombardment, with scant hope of reliefSpecial...

September 26, 2025

World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states

New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate IsraelThe international community...

September 25, 2025

Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas...

September 24, 2025

Former president Peter Mutharika defeats incumbent in Malawi presidential election

Lazarus Chakwera, who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, concedes election after 85-year-old Mutharika wins 56.8% of voteMalawians have...

September 21, 2025

Kenya’s arrest warrant is milestone in Agnes Wanjiru case but lengthy UK process awaits

After 13 years, warrant has been issued for UK suspect, but Robert James Purkiss would need to be extradited to face charges

Africa Articles

Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

DRC says EU’s minerals deal with Rwanda is ‘obvious double standard’

Eswatini confirms arrival of 10 more people as part of US deportation deal

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

‘We are the last hope’: Gen Z Madagascar vows to fight on until president resigns

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia

Wildfire in Namibia is contained, says PM, after criticism of response

‘A donkey cart out of El Fasher costs more than a new car’: how 500 days under siege is tearing the city apart

World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states

Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

Former president Peter Mutharika defeats incumbent in Malawi presidential election

Kenya’s arrest warrant is milestone in Agnes Wanjiru case but lengthy UK process awaits