Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion and advocate for child education, is striving to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest continuous chess marathon.
The new world record for "longest chess marathon" was set in New York City this week when Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya played for 60 hours straight.
Britain's decision to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda has drawn criticism from humanitarian organizations. The UK government claims the move will deter illegal crossings.
Moroccan officials want to grow the country's aviation industry, as companies like Airbus and Boeing outsource production, design and maintenance to countries from Thailand to Mexico.
Botswana's foreign minister Lemogang Kwape said on Tuesday that the African country declined a request by the U.K. to take some of their "unwanted immigrants."
After the British Parliament approved a bill this week allowing the deportation of some migrants to Rwanda, the East African country said it is ready to receive them.
Amnesty International said in its annual report Wednesday that authorities in Togo have prevented civilians from protesting peacefully, and have repressed the media.
More than 2 million civilians, mostly children, have been displaced in the conflict between jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group and Burkina Faso's military.
Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as prime minister of Haiti as the country faces rampant gang violence that has killed or injured more than 2,500 people.
Heavy rains destroyed parts of a prison near Abuja, Nigeria, leading to the escape of over 100 inmates. The downpour damaged the facility's perimeter fence.
Lawyers representing Congo said they are questioning Apple about its knowledge of 'blood minerals' from the country's east that could be smuggled into the tech company's supply chains.
The Pentagon said Thursday that the majority of U.S. troops in Niger and Chad will be withdrawn as the U.S. works to restore agreements with the countries as to the American military's role there.
Somalia's government has taken action against members of its Danab commando unit for allegedly stealing rations donated by the U.S., according to officials.
The double-amputee athlete, who competed at the London Olympics in 2012, was granted parole after spending the last decade behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
A government spokesperson in Kenya said on Friday that at least 70 people have been killed by flooding and heavy rains in the East African country since mid-March.
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations over their coverage of a report on the mass killing of civilians by the country's military junta.
The United Nations has said Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region, and warned that 'an attack would have devastating consequences.'
The United States Marines Corps proved its resolve by leading a mercenary force on an incredible attack on Tripoli during the Barbary Wars on this day in history, April 27, 1805.
At least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in western Kenya, police have confirmed. Ongoing rains have caused flooding that has already killed nearly 100 people.
The reopening of schools in Kenya has been postponed by one week due to heavy rains and flooding. Over 100 schools have been flooded, according to officials.
The European Union has announced stricter visa requirements for Ethiopian nationals. EU countries will no longer be permitted to waive requirements, officials say.
Togolese voters headed to the polls for parliamentary elections that gauge support for a proposed new constitution that would give lawmakers the ability to choose the country's president.
Libyan authorities are demanding improvements after photographs leaked of the underground cell in Lebanon where the son of Libyaβs late dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been held for years.
Flash floods and a landslide have left at least 45 people dead and dozens of others missing in Kenya, reportedly triggered by a clogged railway tunnel.
South African police are probing whether former President Jacob Zumaβs new political party forged signatures to register for upcoming national elections.
More than 500 baby sea turtles were left stranded on South African beaches after a rare and powerful storm, prompting their rescue by an aquarium, officials said.
An American general has said the U.S. military plans to return within a month to Chad to discuss revising an agreement that allows it to keep troops based in the African country.
Tourists were evacuated by air Wednesday from the Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya as devastating flash floods continued encroaching on the African nation.
A soccer politics dispute between Morocco and Algeria, over a team jersey that includes disputed territory on a map of Morocco, will go to a full appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of the country's back-to-back civil wars.
The mining town of Rubaya in eastern Congo, known for its production of a mineral used in smartphones, has been seized by a rebel group that allegedly has links to Rwanda.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in January declared he would ignore a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that determined the Rwanda policy was unlawful and pushed the policy through in April.
Two military personnel will face a court martial for their involvement in a military drone attack that killed 85 villagers in December in Nigeria's north.
A bomb explosion at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least five people, including children, with over 20 others sustaining injuries, officials say.
Kenya's president has delayed the reopening of schools due to ongoing heavy rains and floods, which have resulted in over 200 deaths, he announced on Friday.
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that hosts U.S. troops following a decision to expel U.S. forces, according to a U.S. defense official.
Mohammed Fattah Burhan Rahman, the son of Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah Burhan, has died at a hospital in Turkey's capital of Ankara after being severely injured in a motorcycle accident.
8 soldiers were sentenced to death by a military court in eastern Congo for cowardice and other crimes related to fleeing the battlefield, as the government struggles to quell violence in the area.
Chad is holding a presidential election after three years of military rule under interim president Mahamat Deby Itno, who assumed power following his father's death.
A report on a deadly building fire in South Africa that killed 76 people blames city authorities for neglecting safety concerns at the building for years prior.
Last week, Nigerian journalist Daniel Ojukwu was arrested in Lagos, triggering concerns about declining press freedoms in Nigeria. Nigeria ranks low in press freedom.
Multiple people have been injured after a building under construction collapsed in George, South Africa. The Western Cape government is closely monitoring the situation.
Two construction workers are now confirmed dead and 53 others trapped following the collapse of a multi-story apartment building in George, South Africa.
Five workers have been confirmed dead following the collapse of a multi-story apartment complex under construction in a coastal city in South Africa, according to authorities.
Togo's president has enacted a new constitution eliminating presidential elections, prompting concerns that he aims to prolong his family's longstanding rule.
Rescue teams have made contact with 11 people buried alive in the rubble of a George, South Africa, apartment building that was under construction when it collapsed.
Rescue teams are continuing to search for construction workers who are believed to be buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa on Monday.
The president of Kenya declared May 10 a public holiday to mourn victims of the region's ongoing flooding. The holiday will be observed by planting trees.
Thousands were killed when Sudanese paramilitary forces and their allied militias attacked the western region of Darfur in what amounted to an ethnic cleansing, Human Rights Watch said.
Kenya's President William Ruto has hosted high-level mediation talks over South Sudan with several African presidents, as conflict has crippled South Sudan's economy for years.
After Tunisian authorities targeted migrants with demolition of tent camps and arrests this week, activists seeking better migrant rights staged a sit-in in front of EU headquarters.
The U.N. humanitarian agency has said about half of the population of Zimbabwe needs water and food urgently, and has launched an appeal for $430 million to help those in need.
Chadian military leader Mahamat Deby Itno has been declared the winner of this week's presidential election, though opponents are casting doubt on its legitimacy.
In the Gulf of Aden, European naval forces intercepted six suspected pirates who fired on an oil tanker, likely part of a rise in piracy attacks linked to Somalia.
A standoff is said to exist between Washington and the military juntas running Chad and Niger, who both want U.S. troops to leave, while welcoming Russian forces
Gunmen kidnapped at least nine students from a Nigerian school in the latest in a series of school abductions that started when Islamic militants abducted over 200 schoolgirls in 2014.
Rescue crews in South Africa are still working to recover workers who were trapped underneath rubble when an apartment building collapsed. One worker was found alive after six days.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry viewed traditional Nigerian dances and were gifted traditional garments while visiting Lagos, where they attended fundraisers and charity events.
In Sudan's civil war, fire is being used to burn villages and displace civilians with more frequency than before. April 2024 saw more fires than any other month of the war.
A Ugandan woman who has directly confronted the challenges of living with sickle cell disease has converted her personal journey into advocacy, she says.
In 2023, conflicts and natural disasters resulted in a record 76 million people being displaced within their own countries, according to a top migration monitoring group.
Senior GOP senators are voicing concern over President Biden's Africa policy. This follows Niger and Chad telling U.S. troops to leave as analysts say the U.S. is losing influence to Russia and China.
The former interior minister of Gambia has been convicted by Switzerlandβs top criminal court for crimes against humanity, resulting in a 20-year prison sentence.
In Mozambique, an Islamist group operating used children in attacks on a town last week. Human Rights Watch reported residents who fled recognized some boys as their missing relatives.
Nine men are going on trial in Greece for the shipwreck of a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants. Their lawyers claim the men were just passengers, not crew members.
Lawyers in Tunisia protested recent arrests on Thursday, including two lawyers who were charged with violating a cybercrime statute targeting fake news.
During hearings held by the International Court of Justice over measures to stop Israel's military operation in Rafah, South Africa urged the top U.N. court to order a cease-fire in Gaza.
South African prosecutors said that the country's former President Jacob Zuma will go on trial next April for alleged corruption, years after he was formally charged with taking bribes.
Authorities say an exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa is ending.
South Africaβs African National Congress party has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago, but polls predict the party will receive less than 50% of the national vote.
Senegal's new PM Ousmane Sonko, who was released from jail weeks prior to this year's presidential election and drove his party to victory, has criticized France's military presence in the country.
South Sudan is close to securing a loan of $13 billion from United Arab Emirates company Hamad Bin Khalifa Department of Projects, according to United Nations experts.