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Malagasy military base welcomes Colonel Michael Randrianirina after he says he takes power during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy

Madagascar military leader to become transitional president

Protests against ousted president Andry Rajoelinaand were led by youth groups calling themselves "Gen Z Madagascar." Colonel Michael Randrianirina now plans to rule the country for 18-24...

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga addresses a press conference on the sidelines of the anti-government protests dubbed "Saba Saba People's March", at the Serena hotel in Nairobi, Kenya July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga has died: source

A protester waves his country's flag as demonstrators gather outside the town hall on Independence Avenue during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Bus crash in South Africa’s mountains kills at least 42

Photo: Reuters

Egypt opens one of Valley of the Kings' largest tombs to public

File Photo/Collected

Niger River boat accident kills at least 26 people in Nigeria

Madagascar's protesters have named their movement Gen Z. Photo: Rijasolo/AFP via DW

Madagascar president fires government after Gen Z protests

Police officers detain a young man who wanted to protest for better healthcare and education services, in Rabat, Morocco September 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed El Jechtimi

Morocco squashes youth-led protesters over health, education

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

South Africa's president says trade is being used as a 'weapon'

South Sudan's Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, attends the funeral of the slain commander of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF), Lt. Gen. David Majur Dak at the Heroes Cemetery within Simba Grounds in Juba, South Sudan March 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

UN report details 'systematic looting' by South Sudan's rulers as citizens went hungry

Duncan Okindo back home in Kenya. Bosses punished workers who didn’t meet scam targets, he says, beating them and shocking them with electric batons. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

ChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ in Asia fraud scheme

A worker sorts dried coffee beans for packaging into bags at a factory, after the resurgence of the M23 rebel group forced many farmers to flee their land, leaving crops unharvested and livelihoods in tatters, in the outskirts of Bukavu, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge

Congo coffee farmers fear war will undo recent gains

Sudanese women who fled intense fighting in al-Fashir sit at a displacement camp, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Al Dabba, Sudan, September 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/ File Photo

US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt propose roadmap for Sudan peace