Our story from northern Cameroon -- a malaria hotspot and longtime beneficiary of US aid that has now, with Trump's cuts, been stripped of funding for community health workers and drugs. "We may get to a point where all the gains against malaria are reversed." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Mark Bristow's handling of Barrick's flagship asset in Mali proved to be the last straw for the board to initiate a change in leadership. Barrick has lost control of the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine complex and had 3 metric tons of gold seized by the military govt. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Congo and Rwanda have agreed to start implementing security measures from the US-mediated peace deal in October. Under the new plan, neutralization of the FDLR and the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from eastern DRC will be done by year's end. Our latest: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Reuters is hiring a correspondent to be based in Dakar who would lead coverage of DRC and contribute to our broader file (23 countries in total). The job would involve frequent travel to Congo, always a major story: thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/pt-BR/Extern...

Congo's army and M23 are dispatching hundreds of men to frontline towns and blaming each other for flouting agreements in an escalation that risks reigniting a conflict Trump claims to have ended. Our latest on the complicated attempt to make peace: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

This week in democratic transitions: Chad MPs back removing presidential term limits: m/world/africa/chad-votes-allow-president-run-unlimited-times-2025-09-16/ Guinea to vote Sunday on a new constitution that would let Doumbouya run for office: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous Atlantic Ocean route. One of the migrants told Reuters the group was from Gambia and had been at sea for five days. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama said this week his country had agreed to accept West Africans deported by the Trump administration, and that 14 had arrived already: www.reuters.com/world/africa... A complaint filed on Friday offered new details of the operation: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Even as Congo's peace process stalls, talks on revamping the lucrative minerals sector continue. A draft agreement seen by Reuters outlines the role of the U.S. and regulatory bodies in "de-risking" private sector investment, a priority for the Trump administration: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

M23's advance in eastern Congo allowed new arrivals, including some from Rwanda, to seize coveted land earlier this year. The resulting disputes pose yet another hurdle for the Trump administration as it seeks to end the conflict and lure Western investments. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

30+ boats carrying around 600 irregular migrants have arrived in Spain's Balearic islands since Monday, as a new route from North Africa gains traction after a crackdown by authorities elsewhere. A significant number of the arrivals are from East Africa. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

"Inside the mine that feeds the tech world - and funds Congo’s rebels" - a Reuters investigation into the operations of Rubaya, which produces 15% of the world's coltan. Some US entrepreneurs have set their sights on Rubaya as Trump seeks to broker a peace deal. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Al Jazeera said Al Sharif had left a social media message to be posted in the event of his death that read, "...I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Boston Consulting Group consultants modelled relocating Palestinians to Somalia and Somaliland during a project on postwar Gaza, according to people familiar with the work. www.ft.com/content/2206...

"After the Roman empire stopped functioning, many people went on deferring to the distant emperor, acting as if he still mattered; in Sudan, I found similar nostalgia for the interest and engagement that once came from Washington." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Trump administration will require visa applicants from Zambia and Malawi to pay bonds up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks, the State Department said on Tuesday. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

"Circumstances ahead of the October vote are much the same as they were on the eve of the 2020 election... Major opposition leaders have been excluded from the ballot... and their supporters could take their frustrations to the streets." www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-...

Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the US, a Rwandan government spokesperson and an official told Reuters. The agreement was signed in June and Washington has already sent an initial list of 10 people to be vetted. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Rwanda and DRC held the first meeting of a joint oversight committee on Thursday, taking a step toward implementing a peace deal agreed last month even as other commitments are yet to be fulfilled. Boulos pushed back on the notion that implementation was off track: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara's decision to seek re-election in October means the world's top cocoa-producing nation will again have to wait on his promise to pass the baton to a new generation of political leaders. Our first look at his fourth-term bid: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The insecurity plaguing West Africa is no longer France's concern, its state minister for ties with Francophone countries and international partnerships said on Friday, a week after Paris handed over control of its last major military base in the region. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

"The vague language of neutralization and the absence of a robust, independent and intl verification mechanism gives Rwanda the ability to indefinitely use the FDLR’s presence to either delay its withdrawal or to once again intervene in eastern DRC." www.worldpoliticsreview.com/drc-rwanda-m...

Moves to end fighting in eastern DRC that are essential to Trump's plans for a mining bonanza in the region are meant to get underway by Sunday, but the future of the small FDLR rebel group has emerged as one of the major obstacles. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Senegal is grappling with billions of dollars in debt that was hidden by the previous administration, and PM Sonko is expected to present an economic recovery plan next week. Our look at why the debt figures changed and what is next for Senegal and the IMF: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

State Department officials have been mapping out a plan to shut down PEPFAR. It would involve "transitioning" some countries away from US assistance in as little as two years. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

AFP (10 freelancers in Gaza across text/photo/video) : since the agency founded in 1944 we’ve had journalists killed, injured or imprisoned, but none of us can recall a colleague dying of starvation. Which is imminent.

Congo and M23 have agreed to a declaration of principles to end fighting in eastern DRC, a sign of progress after months of talks mediated by Qatar, though key details still need to be negotiated, four sources told Reuters on Friday. Signing expected Saturday. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

DRC has agreed to pay more than 40 million euros in a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona that would see a logo promoting tourism appear on some team apparel, according to a contract seen by Reuters. It has also recently announced deals w/ AS Monaco and AC Milan. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

"This significant upward revision (in debt) leaves Senegal with no fiscal space for a cushion against any potential economic or financial shock in the future," S&P Global said. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

"He continued to compete in marathons well into his 100s and earned the nickname 'Turbaned Tornado'." www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Nous sommes foutus" ("We are screwed!") was the front-page headline of Cameroon's Le Messager newspaper on Monday after Paul Biya, 92 and the world's oldest head of state, announced he would seek a new term. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state at 92, will run for re-election in this year's presidential vote on October 12, a post on the president's X account said on Sunday. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in the DRC in March with a message for President Felix Tshisekedi from the Trump administration. Two days later, they fled the country in fear of arrest. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Nigeria's foreign minister said the US was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison: www.reuters.com/world/americ... The Trump administration also asked five African leaders who visited the White House this week to take in deported migrants.

Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation on Thursday after discovering that Trump does not appear to know what language they speak. But not everyone was mad. One newspaper headline: "Trump's Invite of Liberia Scores 'Bigly'". www.reuters.com/world/africa...

"Such good English" Trump says to Liberia President Joseph Boakai at White House lunch. Earlier he cut off the president of Mauritania mid-speech and asked the other four leaders to state their names and countries. Follow live: www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Gilead and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said on Wednesday they had finalized plans to supply a long-acting HIV prevention drug to low-income countries, despite the absence of PEPFAR funding. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A special moment that never gets old, unboxing a new book after years of work on it. Please help me welcome The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.

The new UN group of experts report, exclusively obtained by Reuters, shows: - Rwanda exercises command and control over M23, including on decisions of whether to hold territory - Rwanda has hosted AFC/M23 leaders and trained recruits at various military facilities www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The Trump administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in DRC as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication. "The pipeline got disrupted at a very unfortunate time." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

“All of us have a blind spot,” said former Gov. David A. Paterson, who endorsed Mr. Cuomo. “His blind spot is that he doesn’t really connect particularly well with, just, people.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/n...

Ukraine seeks African allies through food and diplomacy - www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's global struggle with Russia. Kyiv's new embassy in Nouakchott has overseen food aid deliveries to refugees from Mali, and Ukrainian officials are also offering to train Mauritanian soldiers. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Gay and bisexual men in Nigeria who lost access to PEPFAR-funded PrEP because of the Trump administration's aid cuts are testing positive for HIV. It's an example of how HIV prevention is under threat across the continent. Latest for Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Cut off of #HIV prevention by the Trump administration, people - particularly marginalized groups - are now beginning to get infected. This includes four gay or bisexual men in Nigeria who told @rcoreyb.bsky.social they contracted HIV after losing access to #PrEP: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Don't miss our bureau's contribution to the Reuters "like a local" series, written in this case by actual local and video producer extraordinaire Ngouda Dione: www.reuters.com/city-memo/da...

"The parade’s estimated cost will amount to about a fifth of the annual budget of the Voice of America" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

“Great erudition, a gentleman’s deference, incisive, a touch of malice, wisdom gleaned from a thousand lives, and a sniper’s aim.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...

The United States is promoting a deal that would require Rwanda to pull troops from eastern Congo before the two sides sign a peace agreement, sources say, a condition that is sure to rankle Kigali, which describes Congo-based armed groups as an existential threat. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Nigeria and Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco are struggling to reach an agreement on a record $5 billion oil-backed loan after a recent decline in crude prices sparked concern among banks that were expected to back the deal, four sources told Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/ene...