The Gambia's former dictator Yahya Jammeh has said he intends to take back control of his political party and declared he is "coming back", in an audio message obtained by AFP on Thursday.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has disclosed that The Gambia is among four countries across the sub region identified in combating "illegal mining" and other "associated crimes".

In June last year, Rwanda's government spokesperson Yolande Makolo hit out about the presence of mercenaries in eastern DR Congo, saying it was a violation of the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit the use of hired combatants. In response, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya dismissed what he called Rwanda's perennial complaint.

Over the past 12 years, banditry, kidnapping, and cattle rustling have escalated, causing widespread devastation with communities disrupted, livelihoods shattered, and the socio-economic fabric torn apart.

Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health problem in Guinea, the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) said Thursday.

Fidra Energy has received planning consent to build and operate a 1.4GW battery storage project at Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire.

Only 5% of Moroccans surveyed expressed a high level of trust in individuals from other ethnic groups, revealed a recent poll conducted by the pan-African network Afrobarometer poll, while 49% reported having little trust.

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem.

The Chinese firm said training the model cost just $5.6 million. Microsoft alleges DeepSeek ‘distilled’ OpenAI’s work.

We’ve rounded up some of the most amazing places to visit by sea in the coming year—from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to Albania, from New Guinea to Northwest Greenland.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.

The most visa-friendly African countries include Rwanda, Seychelles, The Gambia, and Benin, with Mauritania and Mauritius ranking 9th and 10th respectively. Nigeria ranks 6th on the Africa Visa Openness Index,