Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in an extraordinarily chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final, with Pape Gueye scoring an extra-time stunner after the Lions of Teranga had walked off the pitch and refused to play following the awarding of a late penalty...

A view of displaced woman dressed in the local attire at a refugee camp in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, January 12, 2026...

Stanley Nwabali saved two penalties, setting up Ademola Lookman to score Nigeria`s winner in a 4-2 shoot-out victory over Egypt and seal third place at the Africa Cup of Nations...

Residents sit on a Mozambique military truck transporting them across floodwater that blocked a road in the Boane district on Jan...

Morocco reached their first Africa Cup of Nations final since 2004 as Yassine Bounou`s penalty heroics sealed a 4-2 shoot-out win over Nigeria after a 0-0 semi-final draw...

Mohamed Salah`s goal was enough to help Egypt hold onto a dramatic 3-2 win over Africa Cup of Nations holders Ivory Coast and reach the semi-finals...

Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams were on target as Nigeria booked their place in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a deserved 2-0 victory over Algeria...

At least 30 villagers have been killed while several others were abducted by gunmen who raided a village in northern Nigeria`s Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle of deadly violence in the conflict-hit region...

Brahim Díaz kept Morocco`s Africa Cup of Nations title hopes on track while five-time winner Cameroon beat South Africa 2-1 for a showdown with the host nation in the quarterfinals...

US President Donald Trump Mali and Burkina Faso have announced reciprocal travel bans on American citizens in response to a similar measure imposed by the United States earlier this month, according to statements from their foreign ministries...

In recent years, Somaliland has transformed from a marginal and less known region in north of Horn of Africa into an emerging actor in the regional and international geopolitical equations...

Makeshift shelters erected by displaced Sudanese at the Um Yanqur camp in Sudan`s western Darfur region, on November 3, 2025...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia addresses an emergency joint parliamentary session in the capital, Mogadishu, on December 28, 2025...

Sudan`s players pose for the team picture before the Africa Cup of Nations group E soccer match between Algeria and Sudan in Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Dec...

The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party Waddani in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei Iran has strongly condemned the Israeli regime`s blatant violation of Somalia`s territorial integrity and national sovereignty by recognizing the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign state...

A man holds a flag of Somaliland in front of the Hargeisa War Memorial monument in Hargeisa on Nov...

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli regime has announced its recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign state, a move swiftly condemned by Somalia and several regional powers who warn it violates international law and threatens regional stability...

Flip-flops belonging to worshippers are seen following a deadly bomb explosion at a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Thursday...

Elephants at the Maasai Mara National Reserve, in Maasai Mara, Kenya, on May 6...

Sudan`s Prime Minister Kamil Idris Sudan`s Prime Minister Kamil Idris has appealed to the UN Security Council to endorse his peace initiative aimed at halting the African country`s devastating war and placing it under international oversight...

The photo shows released children who are pupils at St Mary`s co-educational boarding school in rural Papiri, Niger state, Nigeria, on December 21, 2025...

Ayoub El Kaabi scored a sublime overhead kick to ensure Morocco ran out 2-0 winners over Comoros in the Africa Cup of Nations opener on Sunday...

Residents wathch as South African Police Service (SAPS) officers gather at the scene of an attack at a tavern in Bekkersdal on Dec...

The picture shows Jeffery Epstein holding an outsized cheque, signed "DJTRUMP"...

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan`s Northern State on Nov...

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan, on Nov...

In recent months, verbal and media tensions between Algeria and the UAE have gone beyond normal levels, signaling a deep geopolitical competition in North Africa and the Sahel region...

Forensic personnel at a scene where bodies of the victims of a mass shooting where found at a bar near Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday...

The dormitories of St. Mary`s Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri, Nigeria, on Friday...

World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies broke with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa on Saturday despite opposition from the United States, which is boycotting the two-day talks in a diplomatic rift with the host country...

Hanan Jarrar, Palestinian ambassador to South Africa, addresses the passengers during their wait on the tarmac Gazans said they paid $2,000 per seat to fly their families to South Africa on a trip arranged by a group offering a way out of the devastated enclave, in what South Africa alleged on Monday appeared to be part of a bid to displace Palestinians...

File photo: Nigerian police deployed in June 2021 PIUS/UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images More than two dozen schoolgirls have been abducted and one staffer has been killed after gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria, police said in the region...

A Congo team staff member used voodoo during the penalty shootout, Nigeria coach Éric Chelle claimed after the African soccer power was eliminated from qualifying for the 2026 World Cup...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country`s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced early Saturday...

The world`s oldest president, Cameroon `s 92-year-old Paul Biya, has won election again, the country`s top court said Monday, after days of protesters` clashes with security forces left at least four people dead as opposition supporters demanded credible results...

Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) speaks during a press conference with his counterpart from South Africa Naledi Pandor in Tehran on October 22, 2023...

Smoke rises from a building next to a damaged car on a street in Khartoum, Sudan on October 1, 2023...

Asylum-seekers in a dingy boat headed for Italy are intercepted by authorities off the coast of Sfax, a Tunisian port city, October 4, 2022...

Thousands of Tunisians protested after President Kais Saied gave himself sweeping powers over the judiciary, his latest step in what opponents say is a slide towards autocracy...

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses Presidents and delegates via a telecast at the African Union headquarters during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, on February 5, 2022...

Cyclone Batsirai has reached the east coast of Madagascar with wind speeds of up to 235 km per hour...

Demonstrators in Ouagadougou show support for Burkina Faso’s military on January 25, 2022...

Sudanese demonstrators take part in a rally to protest against the 2021 military coup, in the capital Khartoum, January 30, 2022...

US Democratic Representative from Alabama Terri Sewell (C) speaks during a press conference with other members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (L), after the House of Representatives passed the John R...

This picture shows the entrance to the US Capitol Building, the meeting place of the United States Congress, on January 12, 2022 in Washington, DC...

Sudanese rally against a military coup which occurred nearly three months ago, south of the capital Khartoum, on January 17, 2022...

Nigerian troops patrol the streets of the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno state...

Sudanese security forces keep watch as they protect a military hospital and government offices during protests against a military coup overthrowing the transition to civilian rule on October 25, 2021 in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman...