News
Breaking news and the latest happenings from around Africa.
Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says he has left country after disputed vote
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said he has temporarily left the country after two months in hiding in the wake...
Read moreDetailsFrance renews ties with CAR in first Ministerial visit in eight years
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Bangui on Friday for the first high-level French visit in eight years, declaring...
Read moreDetailsBurundi’s ex-Prime Minister provisionally freed on medical grounds
Burundi's former Prime Minister General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, serving a life sentence for conspiracy against the head of state, was provisionally...
Read moreDetailsKenya arrests man trying to smuggle over 2,000 live ants in his luggage
A man was arrested with more than 2,200 live garden ants in his luggage at Nairobi's main airport this week...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia landslide kills at least 52 people, regional officials say
A landslide in the Gamo Zone of southern Ethiopia earlier this week has killed at least 52 people, regional officials...
Read moreDetailsGhana to submit UN resolution on slavery reparations; eyes broad support
Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime in the history of humankind"...
Read moreDetailsSenegal doubles maximum penalty for same-sex activity to 10 years’ jail
Senegal's National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to...
Read moreDetailsDrones hit east Congo’s biggest city, killing French aid worker, rebels and UN say
Drone strikes hit Goma in eastern Congo on Wednesday, killing at least three people, including a French aid worker, the...
Read moreDetailsEx-Congo football chief gets life sentence over $1.1m FIFA funds
Former Republic of Congo soccer federation president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas was convicted of embezzling $1.1 million in FIFA funds and...
Read moreDetailsM23 rebel group accuses DRC government of targeting civilians after drone strike
In Goma, eastern DR Congo, a drone strike around 4 a.m. on Wednesday caused panic among residents. The armed group...
Read moreDetails