Africa

Tourism sector peaked in 2025 as Morocco welcomed 19,8 million tourists, +14% on 2024 according to official figures; tourism is worth around 7% of GDP, supports thousands of jobs, generates crucial income in foreign currency and contributes to stability

The trial of 45 people charged in connection with a 2020 attack on a military checkpoint resumed in Ivory Coast's Anti-Terrorism Court; 14 soldiers were killed at Kafolo, bordering Burkina Faso, weeks after security forces destroyed a jihadist base in BF

Uganda has denied plans to shut down internet access during next week’s elections, dismissing news of a scheduled blackout as unfounded; concerns were raised by opposition candidate Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, who fears disruptions in the sharing of results

Newly completed Wastewater Treatment Plant in Sumbe, Lunda-Sul province, benefits over 40.000 residents with 95 kilometers of distribution network, 4.289 household connections, and 63 public fountains

Thousands of Orthodox Christians dressed in white celebrated Christmas Eve in Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square on 6 January with a candlelight ceremony followed by an all-night church service, as they follow the Julian calendar 13 days later than Gregorian one

Police in Zimbabwe, with a sky-high number of road accidents per 100k residents, are now equipped with body cameras and breathalysers and push for a review of the driver licensing system with docking points for offenders and new driver training programs

A 16-storey building collapsed in Nairobi, trapping an unknown number of people as the Red Cross manages on site operations; building collapses is a recurring, not fully addressed, problem in the city and authorities haven't commented on the cause yet

The Calabar Carnival, a festival of music and dancing drawing around two million visitors from across Nigeria and abroad, saw this year the participation from the ECOWAS community as a sign of a new cooperation era

Somaliland authorities rejected accusations that it agreed to host Israeli military facilities and resettle displaced Palestinians from Gaza in exchange for recognition by Israel, saying the claims are baseless and the step “purely diplomatic”

Niger Basketball Federation has celebrated New Years' festivities with women's and men's National Cup; organized at the municipal stadium in Zinder, a city with a vivid basketball tradition, it saw the participation of authorities and fans

Barrydale has earned the title of South Africa’s Best Small Town to live in, followed by White River and Jeffrey's Bay, according to the 2025 Daily Maverick survey: readers nominated their favourite small towns across the country

The Board of Directors of Eswatini Railways has been authorized by Cabinet to proceed with a forensic audit into the operations of the entity following findings of the auditor general though the audit is not to be confined to these findings