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More than 100 migrants freed in Libya after being held captive by gang, officials say

14 Jul 2025

BENGHAZI (Reuters) -More than 100 migrants, including five women, have been freed from captivity after being held for ransom by a gang in eastern Libya, the country’s attorney general said on Monday. “A criminal group involved in organising the smuggling of migrants, depriving them of their freedom, trafficking them, and torturing them to force their …

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Cameroon’s Biya, 92, brushes off health fears in bid for new term

14 Jul 2025

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong and Robbie Corey-Boulet YAOUNDE (Reuters) -In June 2004, on returning from yet another extended stay abroad, Cameroon President Paul Biya came down from his plane and poked fun at rumours he was dead.  “People are interested in my funeral,” he told reporters. “I’ll see them in 20 years.” That was 21 …

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Cameroon’s Biya, 92, announces bid for eighth presidential term

14 Jul 2025

By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state at 92, will run for re-election in this year’s presidential vote on October 12, a post on the president’s X account said on Sunday. “I am a candidate in the presidential election. Rest assured that my determination to …

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Nigerian former President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London

13 Jul 2025

By Ben Ezeamalu and MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa’s most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday, a presidential spokesperson said. “President Buhari died today in London at about 4:30 …

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa removes police minister over criminal link allegations

13 Jul 2025

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa placed police minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave of absence on Sunday, following accusations by a top police official that he had colluded with a criminal syndicate and interfered in high-profile investigations. Mchunu denied the allegations by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, police commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal province, at a media briefing …

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UN, Netherlands cancel LGBTQ event in Senegal after government warning

11 Jul 2025

DAKAR (Reuters) -The U.N. and the Dutch foreign ministry said on Friday they had cancelled an LGBTQ-themed event in Senegal after the West African nation warned of repercussions for organisers and voiced opposition to all “promotion of the LGBTQI phenomenon”. Anti-gay laws are in place in many conservative West African countries, including Senegal, where anyone …

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Kenya swears in top electoral officials after president’s approval

11 Jul 2025

By Humphrey Malalo and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya swore in a group of top electoral officials on Friday, hours after their approval by President William Ruto, filling essential positions which had long been left vacant in a country with a long history of contentious and often violent elections. The chairperson and six commissioners, who …

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Trump’s ‘good English’ praise prompts eye rolls in Liberia, and some cheers

11 Jul 2025

MONROVIA (Reuters) -Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation on Thursday after discovering that the leader of their country’s closest bilateral partner does not appear to know what language they speak. At a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to brief remarks from his Liberian counterpart, …

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