Africa

Equatorial Guinea appointed a woman as Prime Minister for the first time. Manuela Roka Botey  was announced as Prime Minister by longtime President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Tuesday, January 31st....

Pope Francis visited the Democratic Republic of Congo after previously postponing a trip meant for July 2022. The Pope arrived in the DRC's capital, Kinshasa, to much celebration and fanfare...

Liberian President George Weah made the announcement that he would be seeking re-election for a second term. Weah, who assumed office in 2018, made the announcement in Liberia's parliament on...

Nigeria opened for operation the first deep seaport in the country in the city of Lagos on Monday, January 23. The Lekki Deep Sea Port which was a China-led project...

South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, once again reiterated her stance against the United States’ "Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa" Bill. Pandor’s desire is that...

Video footage of troops throwing the bodies of two dead people onto a pile of burning debris has led to the opening of an investigation by the Southern African Development...

Somaliland announced the first oil discovery within its borders. The country's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced the oil discovery was made in the Sallahey area in the Marodi-Jeh...

Malawi is currently faced with the severe challenge of a cholera outbreak. The cholera outbreak began in March 2022 and has killed hundreds of people. The disease has spread to...

A Senegal bus crash left 40 people dead and 85 others injured in the early hours of Sunday, January 8th, around 3:00 a.m. after two buses near Kaffrine, a town...