The government of Burundi has reacted angrily to the African Union’s decision to deploy a 5,000 strong peacekeeping force to curb…
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Rwandan National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced the provisional results of the referendum that show the majority have voted for…
A new report has emerged and condemned the United Nations (UN) for failing to respond to the child abuse claims…
Tens of thousands of women, many underage, in Ethiopia are being driven to a life of prostitution. The country’s deeply…
In West Africa, six women out of eight with breast cancer will die in five years. In the West, those…
After two months of dipping and diving in the shallows of South Sudan’s swamps, surviving on water lily roots and…
The rebel leader in the Central African Republic (CAR) has declared an autonomous state in his northeastern stronghold after rejecting…
Rights advocates have called on South Sudan’s government and rebel leaders to punish commanders accused of recruiting thousands of child…
Aid organisations are unable to reach hundreds of thousands of people, and thousands more are at risk of starvation as…
The Egypt’s government has for the second time extended the detention of a journalist accused of “releasing false news aimed…
Burundian government, on Monday, has commenced trial of 28 men accused of launching a failed coup in May amid heightened tensions after attacks last…
China has been considered as the new land of opportunities for many African entrepreneurs today. One of the African entrepreneurs doing…
The president of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma, has replaced the country’s finance minister for the second time in four…
At least two people have been killed and 20 others wounded when heavy fighting broke out in a Muslim enclave…
Libya’s rival factions have agreed to sign a United Nations-backed deal for government of national unity, but questions over whether…
Burundi’s political violence escalated on Saturday with dozens of people found shot dead in the capital, a day after the…
An unidentified attacker has reportedly thrown a hand grenade into the largest mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, injuring at least 16…
Rival Libyans have agreed to sign a UN-backed national unity government deal following months of negotiations, the UN special envoy…
Two Burundi army posts was stormed by heavily armed assailants in deadly overnight attacks in coordinated attacks. The attacks which…
Six years ago local hunters stumbled on one of the world’s largest deposit of rubies in the northern province of…