Senegal’s parliament erupted in celebration and dance as Ousmane Sonko took his seat as the new President of the National Assembly, amid escalating tensions with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. “What is at stake is the relationship between morality and politics,” Sonko declared.

Senegal’s parliament erupted in celebration and dance as Ousmane Sonko took his seat as the new President of the National Assembly, amid escalating tensions with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. “What is at stake is the relationship between morality and politics,” Sonko declared.

Selina Wang of NBC was filming while gunshots went off outside the White House.

Félicien Kabuga, accused of fuelling the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has passed on in a hospital in The Hague. The UN says it has ordered a "full inquiry into the circumstances surrounding" his death. "Kabuga was awaiting provisional release to a State willing to accept him on its territory."

U.S President Donald #Trump's government imposes sanctions on former President of #DRC Joseph Kabange Kabila for his role in supporting the #M23 and #AFC rebel groups that "seek to topple the government of the DRC". "In 2025, he traveled to Goma, DRC, where he has lived under the protection of M23.

Amid international outrage over xenophobic attacks, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says, “respect us as South Africans, respect our laws, conventions and our traditions as you would want us to respect the laws and traditions of your own country.”

U.S. companies are showing "significant" interest in Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC mining assets, including the rebel-held Rubaya area, a State Department official says, adding that investments in that area will have to align with ‌Washington-led peace efforts. Source: @reuters.com.

Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the #Iran ‌war, its central bank governor Kamau Thugge says, describing the funding request as “significant”. Source: @reuters.com

Zimbabwe🇿🇼,which enjoys close relations with Russia🇷🇺,says 15 of its citizens have been killed after being recruited into the war between Russia and Ukraine, as authorities warn of fraudulent schemes to lure recruits from several other African countries into the four-year-old war. Source: @apnews.com

Rwanda🇷🇼 President Paul Kagame's government says it "regrets One-Sided Sanctions" after President Donald Trump's US 🇺🇸 government imposed sanctions against its military #RDF, and four top military officials over #M23 direct support.

US President Donald Trump's government has imposed sanctions against Rwanda's Defense Force #RDF and four top military officials "for their direct operational support to the March 23 Movement #M23 and its affiliates in eastern #DRC", a statement from the department of state reads.

A SPLIT? Senegal's 🇸🇳 Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko now says that he is willing to take his party out of the government and return to opposition if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye breaks from its vision amid rumours of a power struggle between the two party colleagues. Source: @reuters.com

#Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp along with construction for a drone ground control station at a nearby airport to train thousands of fighters for the #RSF paramilitary group in neighbouring #Sudan, according to the satellite imagery and the diplomatic cable. Source: @reuters.com.

At least 227 dead in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC. Rubaya produces around 15% of the world's coltan. The site, where locals dig manually for a few dollars per day, has been under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel group since 2024. @reuters.com

The Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC🇨🇩 has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership. Source: @reuters.com.

South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki, through his foundation: Thabo Mbeki Foundation, says Tanzania "currently lacks a legitimate government" as the one in place led by President Samia Suluhu Hassan "has been imposed upon the people through a combination of force and fraudulent means."

Tanzania's🇹🇿 President Samia Suluhu Hassan says she believes the young people who poured on the streets demanding for electoral reforms did so because of "peer pressure, incitement and online wave" even as she forms a commission of inquiry to probe the indiscriminate killings by security forces.

President Donald Trump's US🇺🇸 government is processing a one-month sanctions waiver for the vice president of Equatorial Guinea🇬🇶, Teodoro “Teddy” Nguema Obiang, to travel to a high-level U.N. gathering in New York and visit other American cities. Source: @apnews.com

Tanzania's court has now banned live broadcasts of the firebrand opposition leader Tundu Lissu's trial in the high-profile treason case before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam. The ruling prohibits media outlets from publishing, broadcasting or disseminating witness details.

Mali's 🇲🇱 military rulers say they have arrested a suspected French🇫🇷 agent and a group of military personnel and civilians, including two Malian generals accused of attempting to destabilize the country in an alleged coup plot. @apnews.com.

Tanzania🇹🇿 blocks election observers from the East Africa Community #EAC and the Southern African Development Community #SADC, both of which it is a member, for its October 29 polls but grants permits to 12 Western observer diplomatic missions based in the country to observe the elections.

U.S and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the United States, President Paul Kagame's government says, stating that the migrants will be provided with "workforce training, healthcare, and accommodation support to jumpstart their lives in Rwanda."

Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, has overhauled the military's top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to consolidate power by building a fortress of loyal army generals around him that can suppress any protest to his continued rule. @reuters.com.

Kenya exempts nationals of the following countries from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation #eTA as per its Citizenship and Immigration (amendment) rules, 2025, says the move is aimed at easing travel across the continent. You do not need to apply for an ETA prior to entering Kenya.

Cameroon's🇨🇲 President Paul Biya, now 92, and the world's oldest serving head of state, has confirmed that he's running for an eighth term. If he wins this year's presidential election and completes the new seven-year mandate, Biya will be 99 years old in 2032 and could stay in power until he is 100.

Nigeria's 🇳🇬 former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has passed away while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness at a clinic in London, UK, his family says. Buhari’s health has long been a topic of public interest, during his presidency, he frequently traveled abroad for medical treatment.

Tanzania's🇹🇿 Ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole, relinquishes his diplomatic role in Havanna and resigns from overseeing his country's interests in the Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana, cites erosion of governance ethics under President Samia Suluhu Hassan's regime.

The U.S government announces that "effective immediately, most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of Nigeria will be single-entry visas with a three-month validity period" citing it as a "reciprocity visa policy."

U.S President Donald Trump will host leaders from 5 African nations in Washington next week to discuss "commercial opportunities." They include President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (Senegal), Brice Oligui Nguema ( Gabon) , Umaro Sissoco Embaló (Guinea-Bissau) &Joseph Nyuma Boakai (Liberia). @reuters.com

At least seven people have been killed during a crackdown on protesters who are calling for Togo's leader, Faure Gnassingbé, to step down and release political prisoners. Gnassingbé has been president for two decades and his family has ruled the country for 58 years. Source: BBC