Many countries have blacklisted South Africa and its neighbors in an attempt to prevent the new COVID-19 Omicron variant from reaching their lands, which has angered the African countries.

At least two people were killed and 18 others wounded after French forces fired shots to disperse angry protesters blocking a French military convoy in western Niger.

Sudanese PM Hamdok Abdalla dismisses police chiefs behind a deadly crackdown on anti-coup protesters.

A protest rally against militant violence has gone wild after police fired tear gas canisters to break up demonstrators.

Palestinians slam the security cooperation agreement between Morocco and Israel following last year's normalization deal.

South Africa blasts the UK government over its hasty placement of several southern African countries under red-list travel restrictions due to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant, which has been detected in small numbers.

A senior military official in Sudan accuses the country's reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok of having knowingly participated in the military coup last month that briefly removed him from power and sparked deadly protests.