African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewa...

In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.

The opposition party has long complained that the composition of the electoral commission and systems favours the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) par...

Senior diplomats and aid officials from the UK, Germany, France, the European Union and the African Union gathered at the one-day conference hosted in...

An international network is allegedly taking advantage of vulnerable, poor people in Kenya on one side and the hopes of those desperately needing life...

Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. The country's return to democratic norms looks furth...

Analysts say there is little interest in staging another uprising similar to the one that toppled longtime ruler the late Robert Mugabe

Qatar's mediation efforts have brought Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the table, leveraging strong economic ties to facilitate crucial...

The deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti is an exception because African troops are most deeply involved in peacekeeping missions across Africa and ma...

Military strikes, famine and disease have killed tens of thousands of civilians and millions have been displaced.

Under Mobutu's successors, Laurent and Joseph Kabila, the army was infiltrated by Rwanda, among other nations.

The Nigerian government wants to rehabilitate and reintegrate bandits who have terrorized the North West zone. But will expanding Operation Safe Corri...

 French police were working to disarm a WWII-era bomb found "in the middle of the train tracks" in the north of Paris. All trains to the Gare du Nord...

The three European countries called on Israel to allow the delivery of humanitarian supplies into Gaza, and warned against using aid as a political to...

Should a previously unknown pathogen be identified as the cause, health authorities will need to increase measures to contain the spread of the diseas...

Most health-related social media posts from top influencers are misleading, lack medical evidence and are biased by financial backing, a new study sho...

African Union analyst Emmanuel Bensah told DW from Accra, Ghana, that it is crucial that African leaders attending the summit in Addis present concret...

It was not immediately clear what Trump was referring to when he said "90 days," as his executive order pushed back the ban by 75 days.

Kenya's government recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence. AI-generated content has helped fuel dissent and s...

Cartoonist Gideon Kibet and 24-year-old Billy Mwangi were reportedly abducted after sharing AI-generated images depicting Kenyan President William Rut...

The lawsuit alleges that dissolving USAID, which was established as an independent agency in a 1998 law passed by Congress, is beyond Trump's authorit...

Amid soaring prices, some Tigray locals have stormed banks to withdraw money to buy and hoard food and other essential goods.

According to the United Nations' Women division, only six countries in the world have 50 per cent or more women in their single or lower houses of par...

Last week, 13 SADC troops from South Africa and three from Malawi were killed in clashes with fighters belonging to the M23 movement.

The governor of Congo's North Kivu province, Peter Chirimwami, has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, according to the mi...

According to Tigray's interim regional administration, nearly one million displaced people have not been able to return to their homes.

The UNHCR is struggling to feed existing refugees in Malawi due to a funding crisis at the UN's World Food Programme

Climate change is driven by the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by the continued burning of fossil fuels.

The vote is being held amid security challenges due to Boko Haram attacks.

In both incidents, the victims were primarily women and children, who had queued for food handouts for hours.

Ndolo is a co-founder of the Kenyan Fencing Federation, which has officially been part of the World Fencing Association since 2019.

NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of using minerals sourced from illegal mining. DRC communities affected by illicit mining explore the p...

Many live in informal settlements under precarious conditions and have an unconventional approach to creating change.

Unlike Kigali, many cities on the continent grapple with waste management challenges.

The UN says the conflict has driven 11 million people from their homes and unleashed the world's biggest hunger crisis.

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces traded airstrikes that led to the loss of over 100 civilian lives.

So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease. Severe cases have been reported among severely malnourished people, including 31 de...

Retired military officers from Europe protect the DRC capital of North Kivu from falling to Rwandan-backed rebels. The job is well paid but soldiers m...

His supporters hope he will bring stability to the north, while detractors remember power cuts and financial problems.

One of the world’s most ruthless, brutal and enduring reigns looks over, with Syria’s Bashar Assad overthrown. Since taking over from his father more...

This was the first time that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's popularity was tested on the ballot.

Former President Macky Sall lost popularity due to a repressive style of governance and stagnating economic policies.

Even as vote counting was still going on, Senegal’s two main opposition parties conceded.

The proposed new constitution limits the presidency to two terms and increases the length of terms from five to seven years.

More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt to escape the war in Gaza. Mona and her children are among them, but without a secure residence stat...

Donald Trump's second-term policies could push the US dollar higher, igniting inflation and debt costs in developing nations. Several African states a...

President Paul Kagame has accused some churches of "squeezing money" from poor Rwandans. Authorities have closed thousands of churches for non-complia...

Hertha Bonn, a football club in western Germany, has started the project "Football Connects" to help refugee children integrate into society. The init...

Commonwealth member countries are calling for restitution over the transatlantic slave trade. Are calls for reparations a sign of the Commonwealth's i...

Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja had not been seen in public in nearly two months.

The main goal of the COP16 summit had been to lay out a detailed funding plan for species protection.

"They killed three people. Three people. Three people," a protester alleged while speaking to a DW reporter.

Analysts believe the killing of Hamas' leader is no death blow to the group, and cease-fire prospects are still unclear.

As head coach of men's football team FC Talanta in Kenya's top division, Jackline Juma is blazing a trail for women around the world.

The move to impeach President William Ruto's deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, suggests that political battle lines are being drawn as ethnic divisions within...

In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival i...

4.4 billion people is more than double the estimates made by The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2022.

Africa has just three seats on the 15-member council, currently occupied by Sierra Leone, Algeria and Mozambique.

Observers say Rwanda wants to exert influence over the vast eastern DRC region for economic and security reasons.

Faced with a severe spread in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs), health agents in the DRC are spreading awareness about symptoms of the dis...

Nderu criticised Kenya's track record of protecting foreigners who are seeking refuge or fleeing political persecution.

The diamond mining industry is crucial for Botswana, with the stones accounting for well over half the financial value of the country's total exports.

In Kenya, youth-led protests and political debates have surged on social media, raising fears of surveillance and fake news. Online platforms are now...

Experts and activists say upcoming peace talks on Sudan, slated for mid-August in Geneva, could be different. Will they be enough to bring an end to f...

Human traffickers, militias, mass graves—nnothing seems to discourage migrants from coming to Libya. Observers believe that only international pressur...

Tanzania's government is expanding its nature preserves, but in doing so, it is displacing Maasai herders from their ancestral lands. The plan is to a...

Google committed $1 billion in 2022 to driving Africa's digital transformation, including undersea cables for faster internet connections.

While it seeks to maintain strong ties with the US, Kenya also engages with China and Russia, particularly with regard to business.

Al-Hilal are a Sudanese powerhouse and well-known in Africa and the Arab world, having won 29 league titles

The premier said an apparent campaign against him and his wife was serious, but that it was not the most important thing.

Early results showed Turkey's opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), leading in Istanbul and Ankara in local elections.

The election was a peaceful one, with leading opposition figure Faye confirmed as the new president-elect, with more than 50 per cent of the vote.

Local news outlets reported that an explosion, presumed to be a car bomb, was heard, followed by al-Shabab announcing the ongoing attack on its Telegr...

Henry's government has blamed the security situation for the delay in arranging elections since the assassination of former Preisdent Jovenel Moise in...