Cameroon: Soccer Authorities Slam Allegations of Magic in National Team

According to Radio France Internationale, Cameroon's national soccer team and the soccer federation are using spells and magic. The October 6 report alleges that most Cameroonian… Read more »

Gabon: Opposition Leader Arrested With Suitcases Full of Banknotes

The former president of the Gabonese National Assembly, Guy Nzouba-Ndama, was arrested on Saturday, September 17, with suitcases filled more than a billion CFA francs, according to… Read more »

Cameroon: Separatist Movement Gets New Leader

Chris Anu, a long-time spokesperson for Cameroon's self-declared Republic of Ambazonia, said that he was elected president of the separatist movement on September 10, 2022. His… Read more »

Chad: Will The National Dialogue Resume?

There are doubts that the inclusive national dialogue will resume today, after being suspended since Saturday due to unrest in Ndjamena. The party which boycotted the… Read more »

Central African Republic: Opposition Goes to Court Over Draft Constitution Revision

A grouping of the main Central African Republic opposition parties, the Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution, was formally approached the Constitutional Court on… Read more »

Gabon: Gabon Striker Aubameyang Robbed In Spain

According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, FC Barcelona striker and Gabonese international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33, and his wife  Alysha Behague, 36,  were violently… Read more »

Chad: National Dialogue Hits a Snag In Chad

Chad's national dialogue that began a week ago, hit a snag on August 28, 2022 when the list of the presidium, which was supposed to direct the work of the forum, was contested.… Read more »

Chad: Sovereign National Dialogue Opens

After the opening ceremony last Saturday and a subsequent postponement of a few days, the work of the inclusive and sovereign national dialogue was scheduled to restart on… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: President's Son Suspected of Money Laundering in France

According to Mediapart, French authorities have seized a mansion, in the upscale suburbs of Paris at the end of June, suspected of belonging to Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso son of… Read more »

Africa: Ending Covid-19 Pandemic – and Preventing Worse Ones - Demands Equity, Innovation, Investment

Sharing technology and supporting innovation is not just about equity. It´s also the best way to stop pandemics Read more »

Africa: Blinken to Visit South Africa, DR Congo and Rwanda [UPDATED]

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to three African countries from August 7 to 12 with visits to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda.… Read more »

Rwanda: Former Top Rwandan Official Bucyibaruta Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in 1994 Genocide

A French court has sentenced a former senior Rwandan official to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of complicity in the bloody 1994 genocide that resulted in hundreds of… Read more »

Angola: Former President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Dies In Spain

Former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died at the age of 79 in Spain, according to the Angolan presidency. Dos Santos has been receiving treatment in Barcelona since 2019.… Read more »

Angola: Former President Dos Santos in Intensive Care in Spain

Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos is in a critical condition after being hospitalized in Spain, RFI reports. His daughter Tchizé dos Santos filed a… Read more »

Africa: Africa and Commonwealth Must Do More to Ease Africa's Malaria Burden

After a recent work trip to Kisumu City on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, I suffered a bout of malaria that left me sick for two weeks. Getting tested and treated was not hard;… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Lumumba's Tooth Handed Over to Family

The government of Belgium has handed over a tooth of Democratic Republic of the Congo's first Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba to his children and an official delegation in… Read more »

Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Insurgents Still Move Around 'With Apparent Freedom'

The insurgents who are waging a low-intensity civil war in northern Mozambique are able to move around with apparent freedom, despite the successes of a multi-national military… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Rebel Group M23 Withdraws from North Kivu

M23 rebels have withdrawn from Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territories controlled in North Kivu on Sunday May 29. Local sources say they are currently in a border village with… Read more »

Africa: 28 Years Later, the African Union Remembers Rwanda

April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days. Read more »

Africa: Sexual Violence Soared During Covid Lockdowns, Reports Amnesty

Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to “soaring rates” of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And “almost all actors” in… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Attack In Beni Region Leaves Trail of Death and Destruction

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) has said that suspected forces from the rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) launched an attack in Watalinga. Read more »

Angola: Angola Recovers Looted Assets Worth Over U.S.$11 Billion

Angola has recovered assets worth more than U.S.$11 billion that had been looted from state coffers and stashed in countries around the world, Justice Minister Francisco Queiroz… Read more »

Cameroon: Trump Administration Accused of Exposing Asylum-Seekers to Human Rights Abuses

The Trump administration exposed dozens of Cameroonians, who fled their country between 2019 and 2020, to human rights abuses, including rape and torture, by unfairly denying them… Read more »

Cameroon: 'How Can You Throw Us Back?' - Three Stories of Asylum-Seekers Expelled by the U.S.

An excerpt from a report issued by Human Rights Watch on the plight of Cameroonians who were denied asylum and deported from the United States by the Trump administration, to be… Read more »

Senegal/Egypt: Lions of Teranga Roar to Victory at AFCON Final

A dramatic penalty shootout that ended 4-2 in Senegal's favour has seen the Lions of Teranga make history by winning their first AFCON championship, beating Egypt in the grand… Read more »