Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year, according to four officials familiar with the matter. The negotiations are the latest attempt to […]
The biggest winner in South Africa’s election this week may be former PresidentJacob Zuma, whose newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK party has exceeded expectations and emerged as a major factor in the African National Congress’ sharpdrop in support. MK is […]
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has put his son, Nour El Fath, in charge of coordinating government affairs as he reshuffled his cabinet following a tense January election that his opponents alleged was tainted by voter fraud. One person was killed […]
More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday charged with taking part in a failed coup and other offences that carry the death penalty. […]
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the UNSecurity Council on Wednesday that the arrival of the first Kenyan police officers under a UN-backed mission marked a critical stage in restoring security in a country ravaged by gang violence. “The arrival […]
Talks to forge South Africa’s post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and mines, ditching Black empowerment policies and tearing up the constitution. How well the African National Congress (ANC […]
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles against M23 rebels and theft, their lawyer and an army spokesman said on Thursday. Congo’s army has been fighting the […]
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city of al-Fashir which has become a newfrontbetween the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF. In a […]
Former South African presidentJacob Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK party has applied to the country’s top court to block the newly elected parliament from sitting this week on the grounds that the May 29 vote was marred by fraud, it […]
Rwanda said the UNrefugee agency had lied when the organisationtold a British courtthis week that asylum seekers sent to thecountry could be moved on again to states where they risked torture or death. Lawyers representing the United Nations High Commissioner […]
Ugandan police deployed heavily around Kampala City on Monday to forestall planned protests by the youth against corruption in government. In what reflects methods used by their counterparts in Kenya, where the youth, popularly referred to as Gen-Z, pushed President […]
Vice President KamalaHarriswasted no time launching her 2024 presidential campaign, seeking the support of fellow Democrats with the backing of President JoeBiden after he pulled out of the race amid concerns about his age and health. Her campaign officials and […]
Kenya’s anti-government protesters on Tuesday defied President William Ruto’s warning of dire consequences and staged street demos in various parts of the country to demand his resignation. By noon, protests had been recorded in various parts of Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi […]
A Ugandan magistrate’s court has charged at least 42 youths for offences allegedly committed during a banned anti-corruption protest on Tuesday and remanded them in custody. Protestersmarchedon different streets in the capital Kampala on Tuesday shouting slogans and holding placards […]
Newly manufactured weapons are fuelling the war in Sudan, a new report by Amnesty International claims. In a report, New Weapons Fuelling the Sudan Conflict, released on July 24, Amnesty details how foreign weapons are being transferred into and around […]
Democratic presidential candidateKamalaHarrisselected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters, said people familiar with the matter. Walz, […]
The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump inUganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors. After torrential rain in recent weeks, a huge mound of […]
Africa’s enduring conflicts like that of Sudan are helping disappear more people than before, sending unending trauma to families left behind. New data shows more than 71,000 people, 25,000 children among them, have been reported missing on the African continent […]
China-Africa relationshave deepenedover the past two decades, characterised by increased economic cooperation, investment and infrastructure development. China is now Africa’slargest trading partner, with partnerships focused on building roads, railways and energy projects. As the ninthForum on China–Africa Cooperation(Focac kicks off […]
Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government by trouncing Rishi Sunak’s party. With many results […]
Democratic Republic of Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday, the head of the country’s mpox outbreak response said on Wednesday. Congo is the epicentre of anmpox outbreakthat […]
Militia fighters have attacked a Chinese-linked mining site in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing six Chinese nationals and at least two Congolese soldiers, local officials said on Thursday. China condemned the attack, which took place on Wednesday in Djugu […]
South Sudanese and Kenyan civil society groupswant Juba’s planned December 2024 elections delayed until all measures are in place to allow credible polling. Representatives of 22 organisations met in Nairobi on September 2 to discuss the South Sudan situation and […]
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests. Ruto scrapped […]
Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, is recovering at the St Francis Nsambya Hospital following a violent altercation with security officers on Tuesday in Wakiso District, a party lawyer said early Wednesday. […]
