Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

President William Ruto on Saturday led Kenya’s delegation to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as the African Union leaders voted for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairman.Kenya’s candidate Raila Odinga is ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - February 15, 2025 Angola, one of sub-Saharan Africa's oil powers, took over the rotating presidency of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa on Saturday for the first time at a ...

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide ...

AFRICAN countries have been urged to ensure gender equality in education amid widespread calls for increased investment in ...

The AUABC is an autonomous body of the African Union (AU), established under Article 22 of the African Union Convention on ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backe ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

In a statement on social media, a spokesperson for the M23 rebels said the group was in control of Kavumu airport in South Kivu province - a key strategic location for the Congolese army - and ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian ...

Ambassador Macharia Kamau says Kenya erred in strategy at the last minute leading to the loss of Ambassador Amina Mohamed's ...

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is intensifying his bid for the AU Commission chairmanship. At least 100 MPs will ...