Congo-Kinshasa: Shortages Force Slashing of Food Rations in Kasai

Food shortages have forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to slash food rations in the conflict-ridden DR Congo province of Kasai, where more than three-quarters of a million… Read more »

South Sudan: Govt Declares State of Emergency

President Salva Kiir has declared a 3-month state of emergency in the Lakes region. This comes after fighting between rival cattle herders left 170 dead and nearly 200 wounded,… Read more »

South Africa: Presidency Drafts New State of Emergency Regulations - Report

Regulations to the State of Emergency Act of 1997 have been drafted by an inter-departmental task team, according to the Rapport newspaper. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Next Up - Running Credible, Trusted Elections

As Zimbabweans begin to look ahead to next year's elections, a survey of public opinion shows that only half the country has confidence in the country's electoral commission. Read more »

Ethiopia: More Than 20 People Killed in Ethiopia Clashes

The Ethiopian government says the fatalities last week are part of "ethnic tensions between Oromo and Somalis" over a longstanding border dispute. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Axed From Ruling Party

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has axed President Robert Mugabe as leader and first secretary of the party, reports NewsDay from Harare. Read more »

Zimbabwe: What Led to Situation in Zimbabwe?

Here are the most recent events leading to the tense political situation in Zimbabwe: Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf's Legacy and the New President's Challenge

In the second round of historical presidential elections, Liberians must ask themselves what they have to gain and what they stand to lose if they do not get this right. Here… Read more »

Kenya: As the Nation Prepares to Vote...

It is the eve of the much-anticipated October 26 poll and hopes of a successful, peace and credible poll are slim. Read more »

Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Suspects Deserve Fair Trials

As I waited at Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, watching bags of various colors and shapes tumble onto the carousel, I cast a glance around the airport. It always feels… Read more »

Cameroon: How Yaounde is Stifling Freedom

The regime in Yaounde has a simple way of making sure citizens toe the line. Rights provided for in the constitution is simply for reading pleasure. It is meant to please the… Read more »

Togo: Four Killed During Protests Against Gnassingbé

Four people were killed on Wednesday, October 18, in Lomé and Sokodé, the two largest cities in Togo. For the past two months, the opposition has organized marches… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyatta vs Odinga - Who's Been More Presidential?

On 11 August, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the highly contested August 8 presidential… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 10 Times Grace Mugabe Came Out Guns Blazing Against VP Mnangagwa

First Lady Grace Mugabe's entry into the political fray has created a mixture of excitement, anxiety and consternation within Zimbabwean politics. She has become a powerful… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Fires Critical Communist Leader From Cabinet

President Jacob Zuma has fired his tertiary education minister, South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Blade Nzimande, from his Cabinet. Read more »

Nigeria: More U.S. Backing 'Forthcoming' for Buhari's Drives Against Corruption & Boko Haram – New Ambassador

The Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC - arguably one of the country's key diplomatic outposts - has an ambassador at the helm for the first time since Professor Adebowale Adefuye… Read more »

Cameroon: The Ambazonia Declaration - How the Govt Can Avoid Bloodshed

On September 22, while President Paul Biya was attending the UN conference in Washington, massive protests across Cameroon's Anglophone regions brought thousands of people to the… Read more »

Africa: Trump Adds Chad to U.S. Travel Ban, Lifts Restrictions on Sudan

President Donald Trump has included Chad in a new list of countries whose citizens are prohibited from entering the United States. But the ban placed on Sudanese travellers earlier… Read more »

Togo: Govt Slows Internet Ahead of Opposition Demonstration

The Internet is slowed down in Togo as the opposition announced a demonstration for this Wednesday and Thursday. Citizens had trouble communicating on the Internet this morning,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Transitional Govt When Mugabe Goes?

Zimbabwe's Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa envisages forming a transitional government with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai when President Robert Mugabe steps down or dies,… Read more »

Lesotho: Another Army Commander Assassinated - Report

Lesotho Defence Force commander Khoantle Motsomotso has been shot dead by his subordinates this morning, according an Al Jazeera report. Read more »

Africa: Immigration Bill Targets Africans Who Benefit United States

African immigrants to the United States account for less than five percent of the total, but they are better educated than most and their earnings are among the highest. African… Read more »

South Sudan: Is Peace Possible Without Rebel Leader Machar?

Four years into the South Sudan crisis, a solution is yet to be found. Gruesome crimes continue, with millions displaced and hundreds of thousands facing famine, according to… Read more »

Nigeria: How #Bokoharam Uses Women & Children as 'Human Bombs'

Women now make account for the majority of suicide bombings carried out by the Nigerian-based extremist group Boko Haram. Read more »

Ethiopia: Dozens Arrested After City Bomb Blast - Police

Bahir Dar city police say dozens of people are being held after a bomb exploded there yesterday, according to Addis Standard. No casualties were reported. Read more »