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UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to authorize the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) from Jan. 1, 2025.

Security Council authorizes new AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Zimbabwe's inflation slows to 3.7 pct in December. internet

Zimbabwe's inflation slows to 3.7 pct in December

Saturday, December 28, 2024

African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday expressed concern over the post-election violence in Mozambique

AU expresses concern over post-election violence in Mozambique

Friday, December 27, 2024

A worker charges an electric minibus at a factory in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Ethiopia introduces incentives to speed up transition to electric mobility

Friday, December 27, 2024

Kenyan President William Ruto is leading tributes for deceased veteran volleyball legend Janet Wanja who died Thursday, December 26, after a battle with cancer-courtesy

Ruto leads tributes as Kenyans mourn deceased volleyball star Janet Wanja

Friday, December 27, 2024

Ethiopia introduces incentives to speed up transition to electric mobility.

Ethiopia introduces incentives to speed up transition to electric mobility

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Justice Geraldine Umugwaneza, the newly elected President of East African Magistrates and Judges Association. Courtesy

Umugwaneza’s journey to helm of East Africa magistrates' body

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Tanzania receives 264 Chinese-made cargo wagons for SGR electric trains

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

A court ruling proclaimed Daniel Chapo the winner of the Oct. 9 general elections of Mozambique.

SADC welcomes court ruling on Mozambique's general elections

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Mozambique's Daniel Chapo the winner of the October 9 general elections. Internet

Mozambique: Daniel Chapo declared October election winner

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The epidemiological situation of Mpox in Africa remains especially concerning, with high case counts observed in DR Congo, Burundi, and Uganda.

WHO: Mpox in Africa "especially concerning"

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

A farmer picks coffee berries in a coffee farm in Kirinyaga, Kenya, Dec. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

Coffee farming provides lifeline for Kenya's central region

Monday, December 23, 2024

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Cyclone Chido: Mozambique mourns victims

Friday, December 20, 2024

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi replaced the country's military chief in changes announced on Thursday, December 19.

Tshisekedi replaces military chief in major shake-up

Friday, December 20, 2024

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South African health officials issue warning about rubella amid rising infections

Friday, December 20, 2024

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Cyclone Chido: Death toll rises to 73 in Mozambique

Friday, December 20, 2024

Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Madagascar's former Foreign Affairs Minister Richard Randriamandrato and Djibouti's Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.

Candidates for AU top job present visions

Monday, December 16, 2024

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe during an interview with The New Times on October 30, 2024. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

Dialogue with M23: The impasse in Luanda talks

Monday, December 16, 2024

Following the death of WHO Regional Director for Africa-elect Faustine Ndugulile, who passed on on November 27, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announces new candidate. COURTESY

Tanzania: President Samia announces new candidate for WHO Africa regional director

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

President Paul Kagame addresses delegates at the Continental Forum on Education and Youth Employability in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Tuesday, December 10. Photos by Village Urugwiro

Africa’s youth need skills, expertise to meet labor market demands – Kagame

Wednesday, December 11, 2024