Kenya, Uganda repair vandalised border markers
Kenya and Uganda have launched a project to reaffirmborder markers vandalised for extraction of by-products believed to be valuable for...
‘I forced her to go to school’, Nigerian mother cries after mass school abduction
Seven-year-old Safiya Kuriga complained she was feeling feverish but her mother still made her attend class on Thursday. Within two...
M23 rebels seize town in eastern Congo, killing at least 15
The M23 rebel group has taken over the town of Nyanzale in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least...
Explainer: Haiti called for security support. Who answered?
More than a year ago Haiti's government formally requested a multinational force be deployed to help its police restore control...
Senegal crisis offers plenty of lessons to all
SenegalPresident Macky Sall was this week assuring the public his country will emerge from a constitutional crisis and that he...
West African bloc Ecowas lifts sanctions on junta-led Niger
The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would lift strict sanctions on Niger as it seeks a new...
DR Congo soldiers sentenced to death for fleeing battle
Twenty-five soldiers have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo for fleeing battles...
Kenyan police arrival in Haiti marks new era for security, prime minister tells UN
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the UNSecurity Council on Wednesday that the arrival of the first Kenyan police officers...
Comoros President Assoumani gives son government job
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has put his son, Nour El Fath, in charge of coordinating government affairs as he reshuffled...
Turkey mediating Somalia-Ethiopia talks on port deal -officials
Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region...
DRC sends first minister to Eala two years after joining bloc
The East African Legislative Assembly (Eala has sworn in the first Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC minister as an ex...
Kenya protesters storm parliament, set sections on fire
Sections of Kenya's parliament were on fire on Tuesday as protesters overwhelmed police to storm the compound where lawmakers had...
Kenya MPs pass punitive taxes as protesters, police clash
Kenya's parliament approved a contentious Finance Bill on Tuesday that pushes up taxes as police and protesters clashed in the...
Flash floods hit Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, has experienced devastating flash floods that transformed streets into difficult to pass waterways.Residents reported...
Africa’s tragedy of displacement rises highest in two-decade period
Africa’s conflicts are turning out to be the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving crucial Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), drawing back the...
UN peacekeepers deployed in DRC to counter new wave of violence
UN peacekeepers have started deploying troops in more areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to deal with a...
South Sudan opposition groups push for new constitution
South Sudan’s opposition and civil society groups, currently negotiating a political deal with their government in Nairobi, say they want...
Tanzania conservation plan takes another hit as EU withdraws funding
The European Union Commission has joined the World Bank in cutting funding for Tanzania's wildlife conservation programmes in light of...
White-led DA party joins ANC in South African unity government
TheAfrican National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-businessDemocratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together inSouthAfrica's new government...
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
Rwanda said the UNrefugee agency had lied when the organisationtold a British courtthis week that asylum seekers sent to thecountry...
Jacob Zuma’s MK party seeks to block new South African parliament from convening
Former South African presidentJacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK party has applied to the country's top court to block the...
ICC prosecutor warns of war crimes committed in Darfur’s al-Fashir
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur...
How can South Africa form a unity government from wildly different visions?
Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing...
US, British citizens among suspects on trial in Congo after thwarted coup
More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic...
Former President Zuma’s populist party becomes top disrupter in South Africa vote
The biggest winner in South Africa's election this week may be former PresidentJacob Zuma, whose newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK...