7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (252+ words) Burkina Faso’s justice minister has instructed prosecutors to stop using alternative prosecution mechanisms in cases of rape involving minors and to seek harsher sentences, according to a circular seen by APA. In a circular dated July 17 and addressed to prosecutors…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (384+ words) Nine of Africa’s ten representatives progressed beyond the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. In a report published on Monday, July 20, FIFA highlighted the continued progress of African football despite the…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (198+ words) The Moroccan capital, Rabat, is hosting the African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS-2026) which got underway on Monday and ends on Friday. This summit is focusing on maritime security issues and strengthening regional cooperation between African officials and their American counterparts....

12+ hour, 8+ min ago   (176+ words) West African leaders on Sunday signed an agreement approving the construction of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to Morocco at a summit of regional bloc ECOWAS in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. The 6,000km Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) will cross 13 countries along…...

7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (303+ words) Morocco and Portugal have agreed to revive a stalled electricity interconnection project between the two countries, suspended since 2022, and to seek support from the European Union to finance the scheme. As part of efforts to relaunch the electricity interconnection project,…...

14+ hour, 56+ min ago   (168+ words) South Africa has introduced a mandatory pre‑travel health questionnaire for travellers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as both countries battle an Ebola outbreak that has killed over 800 people and infected more than 2,000 since May. The Department…...

17+ hour ago   (249+ words) South Africa and the Netherlands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation to promote the socio‑economic empowerment of women, youth and persons with disabilities. The agreement was signed in Pretoria on Monday during an engagement between…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (330+ words) al- Shabaab commander Hussein Moallim Hassan, also known as Magaalabeen had been killed in a joint military operation over the weekend, senior officials announced on Monday. During a press conference in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi said…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (476+ words) Senegal on Monday officially declared its support for the candidacy of former President Macky Sall for the post of UN Secretary General. This was after a meeting between Mr Sall and his successor Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on July 17 at the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (271+ words) A Russian deputy foreign minister has claimed that Ukrainian military instructors have trained local forces in Libya in the use of drones and unmanned surface boats. These are allegations that have not been substantiated by publicly available evidence and have…...