WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as "absurd" by Kigali on Saturday.
PARIS, FRANCE — Media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders warned of declining government support for press freedom as it unveiled its annual world rankings on Friday, listing African nations among those where the situation has deteriorated.
NAIROBI, KENYA — The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the East African nation’s interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barreled towards the Tanzanian coast.
NAIROBI—Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
NAIROBI—African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa.
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday announced that Charles Muriu Kahariri would be the nation’s new defense chief, replacing Francis Omondi Ogolla, who died in a helicopter crash.
BRAZZAVILLE—Denis Sassou Nguesso's 40-year rule of Congo-Brazzaville has sparked debate over the appropriate age for a president, with the African 'dinosaur' already widely expected to win the next election that is not due until 2026.
THIES, Senegal—Tapestry production in the Senegalese town of Thies was a flagship cultural policy of Senegal's first president, poet Leopold Sedar Senghor, with production now revitalized thanks to a broadening of operations and new partnerships, including with fashion giant Chanel.
LOME—Togo's legislative election was "free, fair and transparent," regional electoral observers said on Tuesday, a day after the small West African state voted for new lawmakers and regional deputies.
NAIROBI—The African Union on Tuesday said that a bid to defraud the pan-continental body of more than $6 million from accounts held at Ethiopia's main bank had been foiled.
KINSHASA—UN peacekeepers have ceased operations in DR Congo's restive South Kivu province after more than 20 years, officials said on Tuesday, in line with previously-announced plans.
TEL AVIV—US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday saw off a first convoy of Jordanian aid trucks to famished Gaza through a crossing newly opened by Israel, as he pointed to progress but called for more.
BANGUI—A UN-backed court on Tuesday announced it had issued an arrest warrant for the Central African Republic's former president Francois Bozize over possible crimes against humanity committed by the military between 2009 and 2013.
PARIS—France held slightly more undocumented migrants in detention centers last year than in 2022, non-governmental organizations said on Tuesday, warning of increasing violence inside.
DAKAR—The national phase of a months-long "inter-Malian dialogue" is set to begin in six days' time, with the country's military junta banking on the conclusions to bolster its increasingly contested legitimacy.
NAIROBI—Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people and displaced 185,000 others since March, his office said.
LONDON—The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme.
EL AMRA, TUNISIA - Around 20,000 migrants are in isolated areas near the towns of El Amra and Jebeniana, Tunisia, some 30 and 40 kilometers (19 and 25 miles) north of the port city of Sfax, humanitarian sources say.
WASHINGTON—The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the Hamas attack in October, the State Department said Monday.
LONDON—Britain's prisons chief on Monday hit out at the "unacceptable" detention conditions faced by migrants, especially children, at an airport near London.
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