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May 12, 2024
Tunisia arrests three journalists for critical remarks

TUNIS—Tunisian authorities on Sunday ordered the arrest of two journalists over critical comments, a lawyer told AFP, a day after security forces stormed the bar association and took political commentator Sonia Dahmani into custody.
May 09, 2024
Chad's electoral commission declares Deby as winner of presidential polls

N'DJAMENA—Chad's junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week's presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released on Thursday, extending his family's decades-long grip on power.
May 09, 2024
Migrant charity warns Italy on ban of search-and-rescue planes

ROME—A migrant rescue charity warned Thursday that a new Italian ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.
May 09, 2024
Netflix to increase investment in African films

Gaborone, Botswana— Online streaming giant Netflix says it is investing in Africa to help new talent emerge and to tell stories that make an impact locally but also resonate with audiences abroad.
May 09, 2024
North Africa football fans show support for Palestinians

CASABLANCA—In North Africa, where political speech is often harshly policed, football stadiums have long been an exception. Now, fans are using that small freedom to express solidarity for the Palestinians amid the Gaza war.
May 09, 2024
Human Rights Watch reveals mass killings in West Darfur

PORT SUDAN—A series of attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in the western region of Darfur raise the possibility of "genocide" against non-Arab ethnic communities, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
May 08, 2024
Chad opposition party condemns violence

N'DJAMENA—Chadian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Succes Masra's party on Wednesday condemned violence and threats against him and his supporters, and alleged electoral fraud this week.
May 08, 2024
Kagame critic says she will compete in Rwanda elections

KIGALI—Diane Rwigara, a vehement critic of Rwanda's iron-fisted President Paul Kagame, announced Wednesday she planned to run against him in this year's elections.
May 08, 2024
Ghana court hears constitutional challenge to anti-LGBTQ+ law

ACCRA—Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday began a hearing on an injunction seeking to overturn a contested law that severely curtails LGBTQ rights.
May 08, 2024
Cholera cases reported in eastern Kenya

NAIROBI—The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday after dozens of cases of cholera were reported in Kenya which has been hit by weeks of destructive rains and floods.
May 07, 2024
Togo threatens to suspend French radio broadcaster

LOME—Togo's media regulator on Tuesday warned radio broadcaster Radio France Internationale that it would face suspension if it continued with "unbalanced" reporting and spreading "fake news."
May 07, 2024
Chad criticized for failing to allow EU-funded election observers

N'DJAMENA—The European Union on Tuesday condemned Chad's failure to allow nearly 3,000 civil society members financed by the EU to observe the presidential election.
May 07, 2024
Italian prime minister signs cooperation agreements with Libya

TRIPOLI—Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Libya on Tuesday to sign cooperation agreements with leaders from both administrations in the conflict-torn country.
May 07, 2024
Study reveals only half of all youth in South Africa plan to vote

JOHANNESBURG—Just under half of South Africa's young voters are likely to cast a ballot in the general election this month, owing mainly to corruption, high unemployment and gender-based violence, a study showed Tuesday.
May 07, 2024
UN urges South Sudan to withdraw troops from Abyei region

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — The U.N.'s peacekeeping chief on Tuesday called on South Sudan to withdraw its forces from the disputed Abyei region, warning their presence could further fuel tensions in the restive, oil-rich border area also claimed by Khartoum.
May 07, 2024
Rome to return to Uganda remains of two Christian martyrs

KAMPALA—Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two "Ugandan Martyrs" who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church official said Sunday.
May 06, 2024
Detained staff members freed; Kenya Airways to resume flights to Kinshasa

NAIROBI—Kenya Airways said Monday that it would resume flights to Kinshasa after military authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo released two of its employees who were detained last month.
May 06, 2024
US calls on Rwanda to punish forces over DRC attack

WASHINGTON—The United States called Monday on Rwanda to punish forces behind an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, not backing down from charges Kigali is meddling in its neighbor's affairs.
May 06, 2024
Several northern Niger gold mines ordered shut after animals die

NIAMEY— Several gold mines in northern Niger managed by a Chinese company were ordered to temporarily close after dozens of animals died from drinking wastewater, local authorities told AFP on Sunday.
May 06, 2024
Togo opposition works to reorganize after electoral defeat

LOME —Togo's opposition says it needs to "reinvent" itself after winning just five seats in legislative elections it has dismissed as an "electoral masquerade."

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