DR Congo frees 26 prisoners for Laurent Kabila’s assassination
Jubilation at the Makala prison in Kinshasa Friday as Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi pardoned at least 26 men, who were convicted for planning the assassination...
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At least 70 killed in ‘militant attacks’ in Niger
At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security...
Fana TV: Ethiopian troops kill armed men behind deadly village attack
Ethiopian troops clashed with armed men involved in a deadly attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, killing 42 of them and seizing bows and arrows...
Ethiopia’s premier says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed more than 100...
Fearing violence, shops shut, people hunker down before Central African vote
Panic gripped the streets of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday with businesses closing and people holing up in their homes as the country...
UN says seized Central African town under peacekeepers’ control
The Central African Republic’s fourth-largest town, which was seized by rebels on Tuesday ahead of elections this weekend, is in the hands of United Nations...
Official: Boko Haram infiltrates Cameroon’s political, business leaders
Cameroonian official said Friday he had found evidence that, as widely suspected, Boko Haram militants have been establishing close ties in Cameroonian political and business...
Thousands protest in Sudan in call for faster reform
Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman on Saturday, demanding an acceleration of reforms on...
Burundi ex-president dies from coronavirus
Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71, relatives said Friday, just weeks after he resigned as...
Ethiopian crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority – UNICEF
Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the...