South Africa has closed one of its busiest border crossings with Mozambique following violent post-electoral protests in the neighbouring country.
The protests have led to deadly clashes in several cities following last month's disputed presidential (...)
Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries (JCPDI) exported over 11,000 tons of pig iron through its port to Italy on Tuesday.
Pig iron is one of the quality products manufactured in the factory of the Advanced Smelting Industries Company at (...)
More than 90 people have died after a ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities say.
Officials in Nampula province said five people had been rescued of the around 130 believed to have been on board.
They were fleeing a cholera (...)
It's what Malaysia Airlines told him when flight MH370 disappeared, with his son Yanlin on board.
"For years I have been asking what do you mean by 'lost contact'? It seems to me that if you lose contact with someone, you should be able to reconnect (...)
The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Botswana this week to add new entries to the UN culture agency's list of world treasures, some of which must be "urgently" safeguarded.
Convened in the town of in (...)
Advocates showcased the devastating impacts of climate upheaval on their communities at COP 28 on Monday as the focus of the world's largest climate gathering turned to financial support for those most at risk — first and foremost youth and women in (...)
When Racha Mousdikoudine opens her kitchen faucet, she never knows what will happen.
"Maybe I won't get any water at all," she told CNN. "Maybe I'll get 30 minutes of water. Maybe the water will only come after hours of waiting."
For the last four (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
Sudan's leader has warned the United Nations his country's war could spill over into neighboring African nations.
In a speech, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also urged the international community to designate his opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (...)
In his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, the president of Mozambique said that the main reason for lack of progress on the 2030 Agenda is similar lack of trust and solidarity "between those who have a lot and those who have little or (...)
The flame of injustice is "scorching hopes and possibilities" across Africa as the world grapples with the climate crisis, with the continent suffering some of the worst impacts of global warming said the UN chief on Tuesday.
Secretary-General (...)
The Ukrainian government has spotted an opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa as Russia tries to cling on to major allies there.
As the BRICS summit gets underway in Johannesburg this week, bringing together the main players of (...)
The leaders of a global wildlife trafficking gang have been convicted after a four-year investigation and a trial in Nigeria.
They pleaded guilty last month to smuggling the scales of endangered African pangolins.
These "top-of-the-pyramid" (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Republic of Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The King wished good health and happiness to the (...)
Action on the ground must match diplomacy's steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
"It is vital (...)
Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response to the disease and prepare for future pandemics and other threats, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on (...)
RIYADH — A total of 133 people, Saudi citizens and other nationalities, arrived in Jeddah on Sunday after being evacuated from Sudan through air and sea. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
The Ministry said that 45 Saudi citizens, in (...)
In continuation of the evacuation efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, several evacuees arrived at King Abdullah Air Base in Jeddah this morning through a Royal Saudi Air Forces plane, from (...)
Egypt and Japan affirmed on Sunday the need for a ceasefire in Sudan, besides encouraging political dialogue.
This came in a statement by Egyptian Presidential spokesman Ahmad Fahmy during a meeting of Egyptian President Abdel- Fattah El-Sisi with (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has delivered the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's gift of dates to Mozambique. The ceremony took place at the Saudi embassy in Maputo; attending was Chargé (...)
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance inaugurated today at the Kingdom's Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' gift program for distributing dates and Iftar for those fasting in Ramadan for the year 1444 (...)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condolences to the governments of the Republic of Malawi and the Republic of Mozambique, and to the families of the victims of the hurricane that hit the two countries and (...)
Two soldiers have spent the night on a tree-top in flood-devastated Malawi to avoid being swept away by the powerful currents of a river below them.
The soldiers were on a mission to rescue flood survivors when their boat capsized, forcing them to (...)
At least 99 people were confirmed dead on Monday after Cyclone Freddy slammed into southern Malawi, the country's Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Charles Kalemba, told CNN.
Most of the deaths happened in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial (...)
At least 190 people are now confirmed dead in Malawi after Tropical Storm Freddy ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month.
Terrifying amounts of brown water have cascaded through neighborhoods, sweeping away homes. Malawi's (...)
