The reasons for President Joseph Kabila's attempt to cling on to power might be unclear but he is not strong enough to subdue a determined people, writes Vava Tampa from rights ... Read more »
The UN Special Representative for Central Africa, François Louncény Fall, has called on authorities to examine diligently the difficulties experienced by ... Read more »
To Egypt, in particular, the Nile is its life blood. Without it, Egypt would be a barren and desolate desert. It is not surprising that it has "threatened to go to war" if its ... Read more »
The government has announced some measures but Paul Nchoji Nkwi, anthropologist and social scientist thinks it will take deeper reform to calm tensions. Read more »
The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism has said the French President François Hollande should declassify all documents that reveal the role the French ... Read more »
The Borno government has said that it plans to evacuate 78,000 internally displaced persons. The refugees have urged the state government to facilitate their return home. Read more »
President Paul Kagame was speaking during the launching of #Kwibuka23 national commemoration week as the country remembers over a million Tutsi that were killed 23 years ago. Read more »
The shutdown came following the opposition's call for "villes mortes" - literally "dead cities" - to protest the failed implementation of the New Year's Eve agreement. Read more »
The aspiring model dished out the perfect response to someone who suggested that she would look better if her skin was lighter. Mimi Mbah was quick to respond, quoting his tweet ... Read more »
The river's catchment area is shared by 10 African countries, known as the Nile Riparian states, and has become a possible political war front. Read more »
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