AFRICA NEWS

Global commodities giant Glencore is in advanced discussions to sell a 40% stake in its Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mining operations in a deal valued at about $9 billion,...

The ruling military junta in Guinea‑Bissau has released opposition leader and former Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira, saying it plans to form an inclusive transitional government amid ongoing pressure to...

Newly released footage shows armed Islamic State (IS) militants moving freely on the tarmac of Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger, during a brazen assault that struck the strategic...

By TheLink News International Desk At least 200 people are dead, and many more remain missing after a catastrophic landslide collapsed several artisanal mining pits at the Rubaya coltan mine...

Ethiopia has been forced back to the negotiating table regarding its $1 billion Eurobond, following a formal rejection by official creditors who described a previous tentative agreement with private bondholders...

Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, Niger, authorities and regional security sources said, in an assault that has left...

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has dissolved all political parties and associations, marking a major escalation in its consolidation of power and drawing fresh concern over the country’s political future and...

The leader of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP) has reported that his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, has been hospitalized following a violent encounter with military personnel. The incident, occurring today, Saturday,...

The legal team representing Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has issued an urgent public alert regarding his safety. His lead attorney stated today, Friday, 23...

In a move that has rattled international investors, the President of Mali (led by the transitional military government) has signed a series of sweeping decrees to tighten direct state control...