South Africa's Johann Rupert has discrowned Nigeria's Aliko Dangote as richest person in Africa.

The top brass of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, have been arrested and incarcerated.

Botswana's athlete Letsile Tebogo on August 8, 2024, won the Athletics men's 200m final hence a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Mali has severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine, reported some African media on August 5, 2024.

Ukraine is supporting rebels in Mali, reported some media on July 30, 2024.

About 9.5 registered voters in Rwanda went to polling stations on July 15, 2024, to cast their votes in the country's 2024 General Elections

Inaugural summit of the Confederation of Sahel States alias Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES) was held in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024.

Kenya has begun deployment of police officers to Haiti as nationwide youth protests at home turned bloody claiming at least 13 deaths.

For the first time since Kenya embraced multi-party politics, the country has witnessed massive protests with no elite politicians on site.

Tanzania on June 14, 2024, began operation of commercial train services along completed phase 1 line of its ambitious SGR network project,