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President William Ruto now says the government has been forced into daily load-shedding, shutting off some parts of the country from power supply between 5pm and 10pm, to keep the national grid stable and cope with the growing power demand.…

The UN humanitarian officials have expressed deep alarm regarding the escalating reports of atrocities and abuses targeting civilians fleeing El Fasher in Sudan. Based on satellite imagery analysis, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it…

In Chad, five army generals accused of attempting to bribe an investigating judge appeared in court on November 5. The closed-door trial took place at the Klessoum detention centre near N’Djamena, where the officers have been held since late September.…

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn into office on Monday for her first elected term, promising to move on from the deadly protests set off by last week’s disputed election. Opponents say the vote was rigged and that hundreds…

Morocco has taken another major step toward transforming its healthcare and medical education landscape.On Monday, November 3, 2025, King Mohammed VI officially inaugurated the Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex in Rabat, a world-class medical and university institution designed to serve…

A global hunger monitor on Monday confirmed famine conditions in al-Fashir, the Sudanese city taken by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a lengthy siege, as well as Kadugli, another besieged city in Sudan’s south. The finding is the…

Maritime reports say Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024. If confirmed,…

Tanzania’s Chief of Army Staff, Jacob John Mkunda, announced that the army would work alongside security forces to restore calm, as protests contesting the election results continue. According to local media, the protests, which began three days ago in the…

A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent critic of President Kais Saied to five years in prison on Friday, the latest in a series of actions targeting opposition figures who accuse Saied of using the judiciary to cement what they say…

Cameroon’s opposition leader has vowed to resist until the “final victory” over President Paul Biya, calling on his supporters to stay mobilised as another protest erupted in Douala after the veteran leader secured an eighth term in power. Biya, the…

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has called on the international community to act urgently to secure an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and work toward a comprehensive political solution to the conflict. As fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid…

Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba’s second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. Melissa roared ashore…