Three people were killed and four others wounded on Wednesday in a suicide attack in Cameroon’s restive Far North, a local official said. “Just before 10:00 am, a suicide bomber who crossed from Nigeria entered Kolofata and blew himself up,” Read more
The UN said Wednesday it had found a further 17 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai region, an area plagued by violence between tribal militias and security forces. Fighting erupted in Kasai after government troops last Read more
Lawyers for the Zambian opposition leader arrested last week after allegedly refusing to give way to President Edgar Lungu’s convoy have asked a court to throw out an associated treason charge. Hakainde Hichilema has been jailed since the police raided Read more
An Egyptian court sentenced former interior minister Habib al-Adly to seven years in prison for corruption Saturday, in one of the last cases against Hosni Mubarak-era officials following his 2011 overthrow. Adly, who was seen as a brutal enforcer for Read more
Senegal announced three days of mourning on Friday for the victims of a massive fire at a Muslim religious retreat this week, as the death toll from the catastrophe rose to 25. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as Read more
The Zambian opposition UPND party called Thursday for the immediate release of its leader Hakainde Hichilema, who is due to appear in court next week on treason charges. The treason charges relate to Hichilema’s convoy allegedly refusing to give way Read more
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday sworn 50 Deputy Ministers of State, urging them to discharge their duties diligently. Akufo-Addo also urged them to let the criticism that greeted their appointments impose a clear obligation on them to justify their Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency following twin church bombings by the Islamic State group that killed dozens on Palm Sunday, the deadliest attacks on the minority in recent memory. The attacks in the Nile Read more
A picture taken on May 14, 2011 shows the national headquarters of the party National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) in the Ngagara quarter, north of Bujumbura. Across Burundi, citizens complain they are Read more
An election agent directs a voter at a polling station in Bakau on April 6, 2017. Gambians head to the polls on April 6, 2017, for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with multiple parties Read more