Africa News

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two-day visit to Cairo Saturday, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal. Le Drian met with his counterpart Sedki Sobhi, and will hold talks with Sisi and other Egyptian officials which …

The United States commends the government of Senegal and the African Union for bringing former Chadian President Hissene Habre before the Extraordinary African Chambers of Senegal, State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Monday.

The European Council welcomed Algeria’s efforts that led to the signing of the Peace Agreement in Mali and reaffirmed its commitment to support the process in the countries of the Sahel, according to a statement APS received Monday. At a meeting, the European Council reaffirmed its commitment, alongside the other …

Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari travels to the United States on Sunday for a meeting with President Barack Obama to mend relations battered by his predecessor’s failures to fight an Islamic uprising and corruption in Africa’s biggest oil producer. Buhari’s March election, hailed as the first democratic change of power …

Egypt on Monday took delivery of three Rafale fighter jets from France, the first of 24 warplanes sold in a $5.6bn deal earlier this year. Egyptian authorities took charge of the planes at an air base in southern France, and they will be flown to Cairo by specially trained pilots …

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack on northern Cameroon, easily overwhelming the few soldiers posted at the targeted village, residents said on Monday.

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre was forcibly brought to a court in Senegal on Tuesday, where judges adjourned his trial until September 7 to let appointed lawyers prepare his defence. Prison guards brought Habre, dressed in a white robe and turban, into the special court in the capital Dakar, an …

Libyan political leaders reached a new version of a UN-brokered peace deal on Saturday, putting pressure on the Tripoli leadership to sign on and build a unity government in hopes of ending the country’s chaos. The Tripoli government took part in earlier stages of talks but refused to participate in …

Four people were killed and 15 wounded when a rocket hit a residential district in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi on Sunday, medics said. There was no immediate claim for the attack. Islamic State militants have claimed previous rocket attacks in Libya’s second-largest city where army forces allied …

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the hopes for South Sudan when it became independent four years ago have turned to despair. Ban says that’s because the world’s newest nation has become engulfed in conflict with “unconscionable levels of violence and unspeakable sexual abuse”.