Politics

On Friday, hundreds of Senegalese gathered in Dakar to call for legal action following the publication of a report by the Court of Auditors that detailed various anomalies in the administration of monies designated for…

According to the public prosecutor in Mali, a court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian military personnel to 20 years in prison for their imprisonment in Mali, which created a diplomatic row between Mali and…

Eritrean forces, a key part of the conflict, have started to pack up and leave the battlefield. This gives the Tigray area of Ethiopia, which has been in conflict for the past two years, reason…

In retaliation for the jihadist attack that took place in the tourist town of Grand Bassam in March 2016, an Ivorian court has handed life sentences to a total of 11 of the accused. Seven…

On Tuesday, judicial sources reported that a military court in Ituri province in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had upheld the death sentences of eight Congolese soldiers and one civilian…

Burkina Faso's foreign ministry said on Friday that the UN coordinator in the country has been told to leave by the end of the day because she is "persona non grata," which means "not welcome."…

The M23 rebel group, which has taken control of large swaths of land in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced that it will withdraw from a strategic front-line position.…

According to an announcement made by the fund on Tuesday, the board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted permission for the transfer of $447.39 million to Kenya. The fund said in…

Rwanda was under increasing levels of scrutiny on Tuesday as France and Germany made public accusations that the country was aiding and abetting armed rebels in the neighboring eastern Congo. Paris and Berlin are the…

During a congress that took place on Monday in Johannesburg, the African National Congress (ANC), which is South Africa's historic ruling party, reaffirmed its faith in Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the movement and, consequently, the…

As a result of a vote in legislative elections by less than 9% of eligible voters, the most powerful opposition alliance in Tunisia has demanded that President Kais Sayed step down from his office. The…

In the capital city of Congo, Kinshasa, severe rains on Tuesday produced widespread flooding and landslides, which in turn resulted in the deaths of over 55 people and injuries to dozens more. According to representatives…

After being held in custody for a little over a month and a half, the more than 139 individuals who had been arrested during a violent demonstration in Chad back in October have been set…

In an effort to fight the rising rate of violence against women, the government of South Africa has proposed legalizing prostitution as part of a broader proposal to decriminalize the practice. According to the proposed…

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs has accused the international community of "exacerbating" the crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is plagued by armed groups. This accusation comes…

On Sunday, tens of thousands of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took to the streets to protest violence in eastern regions, while church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over…

Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, has taken a case to the country's Constitutional Court in an effort to overturn a parliamentary report that accuses him of being involved in a corruption scandal. The…

After a month since the truce, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the UN still can't get unrestricted access to the Tigray region of Ethiopia to bring in humanitarian aid. On Friday, the United…