At least 23 people were killed in a series of suspected suicide bombings, police in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri said on Tuesday. More than 100 other people were injured in the blasts that took place on Monday evening in the capital of Nigeria's restive Borno state.
A plan to dismantle a building in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, went wrong, killing at least four people and injuring four others, the authorities said. According to a statement by the country's interior ministry, the army and other institutions took part in rescue efforts to find people trapped under the rubble, with at least two people being pulled out alive.
Kenyan President William Ruto in the weeks leading up to the US-Israel war with Iran called for restraint and dialogue, urging de-escalation while reaffirming Kenya's long-standing support for multilateral diplomacy and international law. Now he has spoken out against the war.
An attack on several villages in South Sudan left at least 169 people dead, local authorities said on Monday. The majority of the casualties, 90, were civilians, with regional Information Minister James Monyluak Mijok saying children, women and elderly people were among the dead. Some 79 government soldiers were also killed.
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) said it was investigating Chinese-owned e-commerce giant Temu amid concerns over its data protection practices.
The war in Sudan is getting closer to Chad: Over the weekend, the Sudanese army and its allies fought with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia directly on the border. According to news agencies, on Saturday, several Chadian soldiers and civilians were killed near the Chadian border town of Tine.
President Salva Kiir's firing of finance minister Bak Barnaba Chol is a symptom of growing instability in South Sudan, analysts say. Chol had only taken up the post in November 2025. His replacement, Salvatore Garang, served in the same role from 2018 to 2020, but faced corruption allegations.
At least 24 people were killed, including eight children and infants, after a drone strike on a humanitarian convoy in Sudan on Saturday. Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary has been blamed for the attack on the convoy which was transporting residents fleeing fighting in the Dubeiker area.
Famine is spreading in North Darfur in western Sudan, United Nations-backed monitors said Thursday. Millions of people in Sudan have been facing malnutrition since a civil war began in April 2023.
Armed extremists attacked a pair of villages in western Nigeria overnight, a lawmaker and medics said on Wednesday, killing at least 162 people in one of the deadliest assaults of its kind in recent months.
Abdoulaye Diop, the foreign minister of Mali, hosted a senior US official on Monday to chart a "new course" in relations between the United States and the junta-led nation. Nick Checker, who heads the US State Department's Bureau of African Affairs, reaffirmed Washington's respect for Mali's sovereignty.
Just over 10 days after one of the most chaotic Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in history, the continent's football governing body (CAF) has issued fines worth more than $1m (€835,000) and banned players from both finalists.