October 25, 2022
Africa: Security Forum Focuses On Stability Challenges in Africa
Policymakers from around the world met Monday and Tuesday in Senegal to discuss Africa's most pressing security challenges. This year, attendees of an annual conference focused on… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Tries to Rally Support Against Western Sanctions
Hundreds of Zimbabweans turned out Tuesday for rallies against Western sanctions that the government has long blamed for the country's economic troubles. Read more »
October 24, 2022
Kenya: Officers in Disbanded Unit Tried for Murder, Abuse, Conspiracy
The trial of four former Kenyan police officers charged with murdering two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver began Monday in Nairobi. Read more »
October 23, 2022
Somalia: Govt Forces End Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege
Somali security forces say they have ended a seven-hourlong siege on a popular hotel in the coastal town of Kismayo. Read more »
October 22, 2022
South Africa: Former President Zuma Calls Courts Unjust After Completing Jail Term
South Africa's scandal-embroiled former president, Jacob Zuma, addressed the media Saturday for the first time after completing a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, alleging… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Uganda: Ugandan Wildlife Trafficker Gets Life in Prison
A court in Uganda has given a lifetime prison sentence to a man convicted of illegally trafficking wildlife products, but the verdict leaves wildlife officials and human rights… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Africa: Malawi Police Exhume 25 Bodies of Ethiopians in Mass Grave
Police in northern Malawi are investigating the deaths of 25 male foreigners, believed to be Ethiopians, found buried in a mass grave in a forest in the Mzimba district. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Activists Say Police Brutality Lingers Two Years After Massive Protests
Activists in Nigeria say despite widespread protests two years ago against the police's controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), police brutality in the country is far from… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Somalia: Media Advocate Arrested Two Days After Bail Is Granted
Two days after a court freed Abdalle Ahmed Mumin on bail, the Somali Journalists Syndicate secretary general is back in custody. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Namibia: Chinese Rhino Horn Smuggler Escapes From Namibian Prison
Authorities in Namibia say a Chinese man jailed for smuggling rhinoceros horns has escaped from prison. Read more »
October 17, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities Defend Decision To Burn Vessel Carrying Allegedly Stolen Oil
Nigeria's defense chief defended the destruction of a seized ship that was smuggling stolen oil, saying no investigation was needed. Critics say the military's burning of the ship… Read more »
October 16, 2022
Somalia: Somali Journalists Chief Out On Bail After Appearance Before Mogadishu Court
Somali veteran journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is out on bail after being arrested last week on security-related charges. Read more »
October 14, 2022
West Africa: Western Sahel Conflict Sees Dramatic Rise in Year-Over-Year Deaths
Backers of Burkina Faso's latest coup cited the military's failure to stem a deadly Islamist insurgency that is spreading across the Sahel and has displaced millions of people. A… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Appeals Court Drops Charges Against Separatist Nnamdi Kanu
An appeals court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has annulled charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu and declared his arrest, detention and trial unlawful. For months, Kanu… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Discovers Huge Pipeline Used for Oil Theft
The head of Nigeria's petroleum company told a legislative committee this week that a 4-kilometer pipeline from the Forcados export terminal has been used to steal oil for nine… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Somalia: At Least 20 Killed in Central Somalia Blasts
At least 20 people were killed and 36 others wounded in the central Somali town of Beledweyne Monday in the explosions of three car bombs, witnesses said. Read more »
September 30, 2022
Burkina Faso: Heavy Gunfire in Burkina Faso Capital, Soldiers On Streets
Troops in Burkina Faso have blocked streets in the capital, and state TV has stopped broadcasting after reports of heavy gunfire near the military camp where the country's junta… Read more »
Africa: UN Report Targets Racism Against People of African Descent
A report by the U.N. human rights office finds systemic racism against people of African descent is deep-rooted and says urgent measures are needed to dismantle discriminatory… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Army Announces Overthrow of Military Government
Burkina Faso's army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday evening that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a… Read more »
Somalia: Mogadishu Police Chief Killed in Blast
A top Somali police official and several of his guards were killed Friday in a roadside bomb blast near the southern town of Balad, according to Somali authorities. Read more »
September 29, 2022
Guinea: 'I Just Wanted to Die'
Oumy Diallo recalls the day she wanted to die. She was attending a pro-democracy protest in 2009 at a stadium in Conakry, Guinea, when a group of government security officials… Read more »
Ethiopia: Security Forces Accused of Killing Civilian
Ethiopia's government-funded human rights commission says security forces killed dozens of civilians following clashes with rebels in the country's Gambella region in June. Read more »
September 27, 2022
Cameroon: Anglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Senegal: Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Senegal Fish Meal Factory #AfricaClimateCrisis
A Senegalese fisherman's collective is suing the owners of a fish meal factory, which they say has polluted their village and destroyed their livelihoods. The lawsuit is the first… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Says Separatists Are Keeping 8 Abducted Clergy and Christians On Nigerian Border
Cameroonian authorities have accused armed separatists of abducting five Catholic priests, a nun, and two worshippers from a church on its western border with Nigeria. The Catholic… Read more »