Category: African news

Rabat, Morocco – Morocco’s northwestern provinces are grappling with one of the country’s most severe flooding crises in recent years, with authorities evacuating more than 140,000 people as heavy rainfall, swollen rivers, and controlled water releases from overfilled dams inundate homes, roads, and farmland. Morocco’s Interior Ministry reported on Thursday, February 5, 2026, that a…

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been confirmed dead at age 53 following a fatal attack at his residence in Zintan, western Libya.His death was announced on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, by close associates including his political adviser Abdullah Othman (also reported as Abdulla Othman or Abdullah…

Niamey/Lagos, February 3, 2026 – Niger’s military authorities, backed by Russian support, successfully repelled a large-scale terrorist attack on Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital Niamey late on January 28 into January 29, 2026. The assault, claimed by the Islamic State – Sahel Province (ISSP), marked a rare and audacious strike on a major…

Ouagadougou/ Bamako – January 25, 2026 – In a sharp diplomatic escalation, Mali and Burkina Faso have imposed full travel bans on United States citizens, barring them from entry in direct retaliation for expanded US visa restrictions under the Trump administration.The measures, announced late December 2025 and effective immediately, follow the US decision—outlined in Presidential…

Port Sudan, Sudan – January 25, 2026 – Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, held high-level talks in Port Sudan on Saturday with Major General Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, Head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS).The meeting, which took place amid Sudan’s protracted conflict that…

Lagos, Nigeria – January 19, 2026 – South Africa has officially declared a national disaster following devastating torrential rains and widespread flooding that have ravaged the northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, claiming at least 30 lives and displacing thousands of residents.The declaration, announced on Sunday, January 18, 2026, by the head of the National…

Lagos, Nigeria – January 18, 2026 – Clarion Newschannel reports that South Africa’s Department of Defence has initiated a formal board of inquiry into Iran’s involvement in the recent “Will for Peace 2026” multinational naval exercises held in False Bay, near Cape Town and Simon’s Town Naval Base.The week-long drills, which concluded on January 16,…

Lagos, Nigeria – January 15, 2026 – In a significant development for the Catholic Church in Africa, Pope Leo XIV is planning to include Angola as part of his upcoming pastoral trip to the continent in 2026. This would mark the first African visit by the pontiff since his election in May 2025 as the…

Clarion Newschannel Africa Report – December 27, 2025 A devastating helicopter crash on Tanzania’s iconic Mount Kilimanjaro has claimed the lives of five people, including two Czech tourists, a Tanzanian doctor, a local guide, and a Zimbabwean pilot. The accident occurred on Wednesday evening, December 24, 2025, during a medical evacuation mission on one of…

Johannesburg, December 22, 2025 – Clarion Newschannel South African authorities have launched an intensive manhunt following a brutal mass shooting that claimed nine lives and left at least 10 others wounded at a tavern in Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg.The attack unfolded just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 21, at the KwaNoxolo tavern in…