GAZA/PALASTINE – The truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours on Monday, with the militant group saying it was willing ...

GAZA – Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages it held captive in Gaza for weeks, while Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison in ...

GAZA – A temporary truce period in the Israel-Hamas war has started – and despite no official word from either side, it appeared ...

ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s incumbent President, Andry Rajoelina, has taken a massive early lead in last Thursday’s election, boycotted by some parties, with votes ...

SUDAN – Two rebel groups from Sudan’s Darfur region have vowed to fight alongside the army in the country’s civil war. This comes ...

ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe on Friday declared a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some ...

GABON – Gabon says the African Development Bank (AfDB) has lifted financial sanctions on it after President Ali Bongo was removed from power ...

SOUTH AFRICA – A diphtheria outbreak has been declared at South Africa’s Pollsmoor Maximum Prison following the death of a 19-year-old inmate. BBC ...

ISRAEL – An Israeli government minister has been suspended for suggesting that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was “one of ...

SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa says it is recalling all of its diplomats from Tel Aviv following Israel’s intense air strikes on Gaza ...