Human Rights Watch on December 12 condemned "atrocities" committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner, and Islamist armed groups since UN…
Ethiopia has lifted a ban on three rights organisations it had previously suspended for political bias, the groups said on December 11. The government ordered…
Somalia and Ethiopia have reached a deal to end a nearly year-old bitter dispute following hours of Turkish-brokered talks in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
The Somali army and forces loyal to the semi-autonomous southern Jubaland region have clashed, Somali government and military officials said on December 11. Conflict-weary Somalia…
At least 176 people were killed in two days of army and paramilitary strikes across Sudan, according to an AFP tally of tolls provided by…
Kenyan police tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi on December 10, detaining a number of protesters, according to reporters and rights…
A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people on December 9, a pro-democracy lawyers' group said on…
Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country's election on December 9, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government's economic…
A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said that 28 civilians were killed on December 8 when a fuel station in an area of Khartoum under…
Ghana's former president John Drahami Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on December 8 after the ruling party accepted defeat with voters appearing to…
Burkina Faso's junta head on December 7 named former communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as prime minister, according to a presidential decree, a day…
Ethiopia's power grid failed on December 7 evening and triggered a nationwide blackout, state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said. The country's power utility said it had…
Namibia's ruling SWAPO party was declared winner on December 3 of last week's disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country's first woman president after…
Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in southeast Guinea on December 1, a local group of human rights organisations…
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on December 2 said he would remain head of the government rather than preside over the parliament, after his party's…
Dozens of people were killed on December 1 in clashes between fans at a football match in N'Zerekore, Guinea's second largest city, hospital sources told…
The United Nations humanitarian chief has called for immediate international action to address Sudan's deepening crisis, highlighting the suffering of millions displaced by conflict. Tom…
Namibia's top opposition presidential candidate, Panduleni Itula, said November 30 that his party would not recognise the results of a controversially extended election marred by…
Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on November 30 announced she would run for president in 2025, vowing to build a new and improved…
Fresh anti-government protests erupted in Mozambique November 27 after a police vehicle mowed down a woman at a demonstration in the capital in support of…
Tanzanian opposition party Chadema on November 27 said three of its members were killed in incidents linked to local elections and accused the authorities of…
Some 4,000 prisoners have been released by Burundi as part of a campaign aimed at clearing the East African nation's overcrowded jails, the presidency said…
Somalia's government on November 26 said it will not recognise the re-election of the southern Jubaland region's leader, highlighting a growing rift with its semi-autonomous…
Namibia's vice president was among the first to vote in elections November 27 that could see her become the desert nation's first woman leader, even…
Conflicts, violence and disasters across Africa have dramatically driven up the number of displaced people on the continent over the past 15 years, international monitors…
