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Local Ethiopian officials claimed on Wednesday that Tigray forces have killed over 120 civilians in recent days as a result of battlefield losses, in what would be one of the deadliest massacres of Ethiopia's 10-month…

Libyan authorities announced on Tuesday that a senior member of the Islamic State (IS) was apprehended in a raid south of Tripoli. The capture of Embarak al-Khazimi was "a great success for our security forces,"…

Tanzanian authorities have arrested numerous members of the country's largest opposition Chadema party, marking the country's latest crackdown on a group advocating constitutional reform. It came after President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government detained Chadema leader…

Gunmen kidnapped 73 students in yet another school attack in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, prompting authorities in Zamfara state to close all primary and secondary schools. The new kidnappings occurred just days after three other…

Tanzania's main opposition leader appeared in court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case his party described as a politically motivated attempt to suppress dissent. Police allegedly tortured Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe…

On Monday, the son of Mozambique's ex-president, Armando Guebuza, denied taking bribes to facilitate a $2 billion secret government loan that plunged the country into a financial crisis. Ndambi Guebuza, Guebuza's eldest son, is one…

Thousands of media journalists gathered in Goma being dressed in black attires to pay tribute to fellow pressmen who murdered in the last four months in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces. As stated in…

Nigeria and Russia have inked an agreement for the former to get nearly $1 billion in military equipment and assistance. A statement was laid forth by the Nigerian Embassy that said the agreement "will provide…

Five people were killed, including three police officers, according to Tanzania's president on Wednesday, following a gun battle with an armed man near the French embassy in the capital, Dar es Salaam. It was not…

Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema vowed to ensure that citizens can have three decent meals a day. Hakainde Hichilema made his inauguration speech - addressing a packed stadium in the capital, Lusaka. He said his government…

A 15-year-old child bride, Anna Machaya died giving birth at a church shrine where she was buried on July 15 in Zimbabwe. The police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges of child rape. Anna’s…

According to Burkinabe authorities, a suspected jihadist attack on a military convoy transporting citizens in northern Burkina Faso killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, 14 soldiers, and three army auxiliary. A mixed convoy of civilians,…

With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, Hichilema received 2,810,757 votes to President Edgar Lungu's 1,814,201 votes. The 59-year-old veteran opposition politician overcame his long-time foe, Lungu, in a bruising election held against the backdrop of…

Wildfires near Algeria's capital have forced "more than 600 families" to flee their homes, according to an Algerian Red Crescent spokesperson. According to Nafissa Toumi, the fires in Algeria have killed 65 people and injured…

The war in Mozambique against the Islamic extremist group Ansar al-Sunna al Shabaab is the first real turning point since 2017. Thanks to the army of an unexpected actor: Rwanda. After denying the conflict and…

A new wave of abuses in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon by both government security forces and armed separatists highlights the urgent need to protect communities at risk and hold abusers accountable. That is the…

South Sudan swore in hundreds of legislators to a newly formed national parliament on Monday, fulfilling a long-overdue condition of a fragile peace agreement that ended the country's civil conflict. At a ceremony in Juba…

South Africa is on its knees, and everything raises concerns that the situation will not improve anytime soon. That is the adage that is the most popular in South African newspapers these days, which tells…