December 29, 2022
Namibia: Namibia Halts Russian Uranium Exploration Over Environmental Concerns
Namibia has halted Russia's state atomic energy agency's uranium exploration over concerns about potential contamination of underground water. Read more »
South Sudan: Thousands Displaced in South Sudan Ethnic Violence, UN Reports
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs, or UNOCHA, says an estimated 30,000 people from South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area have fled… Read more »
Africa: Major Losses Shift Islamic State, Al-Qaeda's Balance of Power
Across the United States and many other Western countries, the threat from Islamist terror groups has been increasingly overshadowed by the threats from other extremist groups,… Read more »
West Africa: Deaths, Instability Increase Across the Western Sahel in 2022
Countries in Africa's Western Sahel region -- including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger -- saw a 50% increase in deaths due to conflict in 2022. That's according to figures from the… Read more »
Tunisia: Many Leaving Tunisia As Democracy Unravels, Economy Flounders
The photo of 15-year-old Walid Zreidat stares out from a banner, a serious-looking youngster with bright brown eyes and a Levi's T-shirt. Flanking him are those of 17 other… Read more »
Ethiopia: African Union Monitoring Team Visits Ethiopia's Tigray to Oversee Cease-Fire
East African and African Union officials arrived in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to launch a joint monitoring and verification mechanism for a peace deal signed in November to end… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Offers Birth Certificates As Millions Denied an Education
Fourteen-year-old Ernestine Elimbi smiled and waved her birth certificate Thursday at the Endom district ceremonial ground in Cameroon's center region. Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Defector Rehabilitation Centers Face Financial Uncertainty
As Somalia security forces dislodge al-Shabab from new territories in the central regions, the United Nations agency running al-Shabab defector rehabilitation centers says it has… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Journalist Hopes Coverage On Ethiopia's Tigray Will Bring Justice
Lucy Kassa never expected to be a war correspondent. Working for a Norwegian magazine, the freelance journalist wrote about issues related to development and the economy in… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: South Sudan Sends 750 Troops to DRC
South Sudan is sending 750 troops to join the East Africa Force trying to bring peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite its own struggles to restore peace back… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Somalia: Civil Servants Mostly 'Ghost Staff' On Government Payroll - Somali President
Somalia's president over the weekend said the vast majority of paid civil servants were neither in the country nor working. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said 3,500 of 5,000 people on the… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Probe Officer Accused in Pregnant Lawyer Shooting
Nigerian police say they are investigating an officer who shot and killed an unarmed pregnant lawyer after she left a Christmas church service. A spokesman for the Lagos city… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines to Resume Daily Flights to Tigray
Ethiopia's flagship carrier Ethiopian Airlines has announced it will resume daily flights to Tigray region's capital Mekelle as an African Union-brokered peace deal moves forward. Read more »
Algeria: Press Freedom Group Calls for Release of Algerian Journalist
Reporters Without Borders has called on Algerian authorities to release journalist Ihsane El Kadi, director of the news outlets Radio M and Maghreb Emergent. Read more »
Somalia: U.S. Congresswoman Hails Somali Army Successes Against Al-Shabab
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar hailed recent victories scored by the Somali government and local community forces against al-Shabab militants in central Somali regions. Read more »
December 26, 2022
Zambia: Hichilema Repeals Defamation Law and Death Penalty
Critics of Zambia's law against insulting the president have welcomed the government's repeal of the controversial measure as a step forward for democracy. Rights groups say the… Read more »
Cameroon: Nation Rallies to Support Displaced Children
Cameroon is marking Boxing Day, the day after Christmas when gifts are traditionally given to the poor, with a nationwide gift drive for internally displaced children. Cameroon's… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Federal Govt Officials in First Post-War Visit to Tigray
Ethiopian officials have for the first time in nearly two years arrived in Tigray's capital Mekelle to join in overseeing implementation of a November peace deal. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Military Denies Involvement in House Burnings in Northwest Region
Rights groups in Cameroon have accused the military of torching scores of homes this week of suspected separatist supporters, leaving hundreds of people homeless this holiday… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Tigray Rebels Agree to African Union Monitoring Team
Kenya's former president, Uhuru Kenyatta, will travel to Ethiopia's Tigray region to oversee monitoring of last month's peace deal. Ethiopian federal and Tigray region officials… Read more »
December 22, 2022
Gambia: Attempted Coup Blamed On Lack of Security Reforms
The African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have condemned an alleged coup attempt in Gambia. The Gambian government says it arrested four troops planning… Read more »
West Africa: Ghana Repairs Rift With Burkina Faso After Wagner Claims
Ghana sent its national security minister to Burkina Faso Wednesday to repair a diplomatic rift, after Ghana's president accused Ouagadougou of hiring Russian mercenaries to fight… Read more »
East Africa: Kenyan Police Say Officer, Civilian Killed in Attack on Border with Somalia
Police in eastern Kenya are blaming al-Shabab militants for the death of an officer and a civilian in an attack in Garissa County, on the border with Somalia. Read more »
Somalia: Military Says it Has Taken Al-Shabaab's Last Stronghold in Middle Shabelle
Somalia's military says it has liberated the last town held by al-Shabab militants in the Middle Shabelle region, killing more than 150 fighters, including five foreigners. Read more »
Uganda: Ebola Success Forces Revamp of Vaccines Trial
Uganda on Thursday received two more potential vaccines for a trial against the Sudan strain of the deadly Ebola virus. Uganda has recorded 142 confirmed cases and 55 deaths since… Read more »