North & Central Africa

The United Nations has begun winding down its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate, bringing an end to a 35-year operation established to monitor a ceasefire and support efforts towards resolving the territory’s political status. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said November 1 marked the beginning of the

Families in Cameroon are calling on the governments of Cameroon and Russia to help secure the return of relatives who they say were recruited to fight for Russian forces in the war against Ukraine. The campaign, organised by a group known as “Bring Back Our Sons and Brothers,” held a peaceful march to the Russian

Gabon has lifted its eight-month suspension of major social media platforms, restoring access to services including Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram after a restriction that drew criticism from opposition figures and digital rights advocates. The High Authority for Communication (HAC), the country’s media regulator, announced the decision on Saturday, October 24, ending a suspension introduced on

More than $700 million in international funding intended to support the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) remains outside the financial records available to national health authorities, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The agency is calling on international organizations and aid groups involved in

Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been named leader of a new political-military coalition bringing together senior figures from the AFC/M23 rebellion fighting government forces in the country’s east. According to Reuters , the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation (FRN) was announced on Monday, 12 October 2026, at a news conference

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has agreed to form a coalition government with three other parties after winning the largest number of seats in September’s parliamentary elections. The agreement, announced in Rabat on Monday, 12 October 2026, brings together PAM, the nationalist Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and the Party

An eastern Libyan military brigade says it seized more than 1.3 million narcotic pills during a raid in the south-eastern city of Kufra, following an exchange of gunfire with suspected traffickers. Three soldiers were injured, according to the military account reported by Reuters on Saturday, 10 October. The seizure was announced on Friday. Which force carried

Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives has replaced Aguila Saleh as speaker, ending his 12-year tenure amid disputes over leadership and parliamentary procedures. Lawmakers selected Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi on Tuesday, 6 October. According to The Libya Observer⁠, parliamentary spokesperson Abdullah Blehiq announced the decision following a session chaired by Second Deputy Speaker Misbah Douma. Al-Obeidi is an

Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has ruled out negotiations with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, saying the military will continue fighting to recover territory held by the group. According to Sudan Tribune⁠, al-Burhan made the remarks on Tuesday, 6 October, during a public gathering in Amri, Northern State. He said the army would pursue its campaign across

The UN Human Rights Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and extended the mandate of its independent fact-finding mission for another year. The 47-member council adopted the resolution on Monday, 5 October, by 28 votes to 10, with nine abstentions, according to its official voting record⁠. The extension allows the mission to continue