Timbuktu’s manuscripts return after being hidden from militants in 2012, marking a cultural milestone for Mali’s heritage protection efforts.

Rwanda dismisses UN allegations linking its army to M23 militia killings in eastern DRC during the long-running conflict.

Saddam Haftar takes a key military role as deputy commander in eastern Libya as UN-led talks seek to unify the country’s divided armed forces.

Nigerian forces kill dozens of gang members in Zamfara during air and ground offensive

Mali detains dozens of soldiers over alleged coup plot against junta as political tensions mount

Opposition accuses Ivory Coast of targeting dissent through arrests as the presidential race heats up.

Somali forces killed al-Shabaab’s finance chief in a Bakool raid, weakening the group’s operations and recruitment efforts.

US prosecutors indicted a Ugandan man and others over a $58m plot to supply advanced arms to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Former prime minister Succes Masra receives 20-year sentence in Chad for his role in deadly intercommunal clashes.

Protesters in Abidjan demanded fair elections and inclusion of barred opposition figures ahead of the Ivory Coast presidential vote in October.

Niger unveils militia to bolster army after coup-era violence; youth recruited for patrols and ops

A conservation group photographed a female lion in northeastern Central African Republic for the first time in six years, signaling hope for lion recovery.

Zambia has voiced strong concern over a new US policy requiring its nationals to pay a refundable visa bond of up to $15,000, citing economic and diplomatic impacts.

Spanish police arrested four people over an illegal scheme exporting 19 tonnes of hazardous vehicle waste from Spain to Ghana.

Somali and Ugandan forces killed more than 100 al-Shabaab terrorists and took control of Bariire in Lower Shabelle region.

Opposition figure Kizza Besigye remains in jail as Ugandan court refuses bail amid election tensions.

The South African high court ruled that Edgar Lungu’s body must be returned to Zambia for a state funeral, overriding the family’s burial plans.

Ramaphosa speaks with Zelensky after earlier Putin call to discuss peace between Russia and Ukraine.

The WHO has announced that Kenya has successfully eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem after decades of sustained control efforts.

A funeral bus crash in western Kenya killed 25 people, adding to a series of deadly transport accidents in the country this year.

Zambia’s former defense chief Davies Chama will serve eight years for shooting a rival during the 2015 parliamentary by-election campaign.

Louis Watum takes charge as Congo’s mines minister as the government plans cobalt export quota and reforms.

Pretoria court allows Zambia to reclaim Lungu’s body for a state funeral, despite family objections

François Gasana, arrested in Norway for crimes committed during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has been repatriated to Kigali