DAKAR — Guinea-Bissau has launched a blockchain platform to manage civil servants' salaries and boost transparency in the corruption-plagued country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.
The volatile situations in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso risks overflowing into neighboring countries, the UN refugee agency's director for west and central Africa warns
PARIS — Wealthy countries met their target of providing $100 billion in annual climate aid to poorer countries for the first time in 2022 though two years later than promised, the OECD said Wednesday.
KANO— A northern Nigerian state governor on Wednesday banned protests and public rallies to prevent a power struggle between two rival royals over a traditional throne spilling into violence.
KINSHASA—The Democratic Republic of Congo unveiled a new government on Wednesday, ending more than five months of deadlock following President Felix Tshisekedi's re-election.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Tuesday the need to end the war in Sudan with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the State Department said.
ORANIA, SOUTH AFRICA — In South Africa's last Afrikaner-only town of Orania, local leaders warn that Wednesday's general election could hasten what they see as the country's inevitable drift apart.
LIBREVILLE—Twenty-six relatives of an opposition leader shot dead before Chad's presidential election are being "detained in secret" and must be given a fair trial or set free, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
DIAMNIADIO, Senegal—Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday launched a national consultation to reform and modernize the justice system, a priority for the new leader who left prison just 10 days before his election victory.
KAMPALA— Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat.
NAIROBI— Kenya on Tuesday is due to launch public hearings into allegations of human rights violations and abuses of power by British troops based in the former colony.
NAIROBI — Sacked Burundian prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni has appeared in court to appeal his conviction on charges including attempting to overthrow the government, a judicial source and witnesses said Tuesday.
CONAKRY—Guinea's main press union on Monday threatened an unlimited general strike after the ruling junta banned several major media outlets, the latest in a string of restrictions on press freedom.
ABIDJAN—Ivory Coast's ruling party on Monday called for 82-year-old President Alassane Ouattara to run for re-election next year, saying he was their "natural candidate."
N'DJAMENA—Chad's new Prime Minister Allamaye Halina announced his first government on Monday marking an end to three years of military rule in the desert nation.
BAMAKO—A close ally of Mali's civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga was detained on Monday after their political movement openly criticised the West African nation's military rulers, according to their entourage.
KANO—Gunmen attacked a remote village in central Nigeria, killing eight people and kidnapped about 150 more in the country's latest mass abduction, officials told AFP on Monday.
CAIRO—An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld a one-year jail sentence for opposition politician Ahmad al-Tantawi, who was then arrested "inside the courthouse," lawyer Nabeh Elganadi told AFP.
KINSHASA— Human Rights Watch on Monday voiced concern over "alleged extrajudicial killings" after a thwarted coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo and urged the government to investigate.
MORONI, COMOROS—The Comoros swore in President Azali Assoumani for his fourth term on Sunday, completing the process begun with a disputed vote in January that was followed by deadly protests.
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