Africa South Sudan The Catholic Church in South Sudan has announced that preparations are in full swing for the reception of Pope Francis in the capital Juba, who will visit the country from 3 to 5 February
Africa Malawi The country has reportedly run out of cholera vaccine stocks during the worst outbreak in decades
Africa Algeria The country is 'ready to win' the African Nations Championship, the biennial men's football tournament it hosts until 31/01; diplomatic crisis between Algiers and Rabat over Western Sahara has led to the exclusion of Morocco, the defending champion
Africa Togo Committed to reducing the trafficking of counterfeit medicines, Togo volunteered in 2022 to launch a pilot project to develop and implement a national plan to combat QIFM, it signed the Medicrime convention
Africa Tanzania Tanzania's opposition Chadema party held its first mass rally since a ban imposed by former president John Magafuli was lifted
Africa Ethiopia Lionel Messi, Argentina's recent World Cup-winning football star, announced on social media that he will collaborate with the company OrCam to donate visual aids to visually impaired Ethiopians
Africa Lesotho Lesotho leads the continent in the number of suicides, followed by Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast, according to recent study by Forensic Medicine Unit of Anatomopathology Department of Treichville University Hospital Centre in Ivory Coast
Africa Ivory Coast The country has made progress in the fight against corruption, as stated by the president of the High Authority for Good Governance, with evidence by international rating agencies' assessments of good governance and observation of corruption in the world
Africa Senegal Almost a year before the 2024 presidential elections, at least six opposition leaders have already expressed their desire to run for the highest office
Africa Uganda The country has issued a final tender to a TotalEnergies subsidiary for the construction of a $3,5 billion pipeline to Tanzania
Africa Zimbabwe The speaker of Zimbabwe's parliament handed over a pre-election report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa; it is a constitutional tradition for the president to receive a report from parliament before elections
Africa Gabon Foreign Minister, Michael Moussa Adamo, died on Friday after suffering a heart attack during a cabinet meeting; reacting to his death on Twitter, President Bongo paid tribute to Moussa Adamo, whom he called "a friend and a great diplomat"
Africa Madagascar The first tropical storm of the season in Madagascar has flooded 700 homes; no casualties are counted but one person is missing