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Mauritania PM Mokhtar Ould Djay.

Mauritanian PM reappointed hours after resignation over power outages

The two men met later on Friday, and Ghazouani reappointed him as prime minister and tasked him with forming a new government, the official Mauritanian news agency said.

Representational image of Nigeria's place crash remains. Photo: Collected

Nigeria declares three days of mourning after military plane crash kills 32

A child walks outside makeshift shelters at the Kaxareey camp for the internally displaced people after they fled from the severe droughts in Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia. 24 May 2022. Photo: Reuters

Why is Africa, a continent rich in resources, still so poor?

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Pair of mass shootings leave dozens dead in South Africa

A fire broke out. Photo: Collected

Fire in rebel-held east Congo kills 24 schoolchildren, official says

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

People stand beside a sculpture of the African continent, painted with the flags of African nations, at the Place du Souvenir Africain in Dakar, Senegal, 3 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

Kenya President William Ruto, Photo: Collected

Kenya's president orders Tata Chemicals to end operations in the country

Photo: BSS

How US is using cash and threats to dump migrants in Africa

A physician uses a thermal gun to check the temperature of a female patient. Photo: BSS/AFP

Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 16 May, 2026. Photo: Reuters

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

Attendees at the second Pan African Conference, Brussels, August 31 to September 2 1921. Photo: Unknown author - Pan-Africanism, Africana Age, NYPL exhibtion http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/photos/panafricanism/1953714.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56718666

The Pan-African Congress and its role in African liberation

Protesters cheer next to a Madagascar military vehicle during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 11 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy

Madagascar president warns of coup attempt as more soldiers join protests