August 18, 2022
Guinea: Clashes Erupt in Conakry After Opposition Call for Anti-Junta Protests
Dozens of young men clashed with security forces in Guinea's capital, Conakry, on Wednesday after an opposition alliance called for protests against the ruling military junta. Read more »
August 15, 2022
Mali: Court Charges 49 Ivorian Soldiers of Being Mercenaries
Soldiers from Cote d'Ivoire who were reportedly delpoyed as reinforcements to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, had been held in custody for over a month,… Read more »
August 11, 2022
Rwanda: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Arrives in Rwanda to Discuss Tensions With DRC, Human Rights
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to hold talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame amid calls from campaigners to pressure Kigali over its human rights record and alleged… Read more »
August 04, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Expels MONUSCO Spokesman Over Deadly Anti-UN Protests in Eastern Kivu Provinces
Kinahsa has asked the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusco, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks" he made in the wake of deadly mass… Read more »
Kenya: Presidential Candidate Ruto Claims Government Is Attempting to 'Sabotage' His Rallies
Kenyan deputy president and presidential candidate William Ruto described the obstacles placed in his way to holding final political rallies as "sabotage". Speaking at a press… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Kenya: Human Rights Activists Warn of Police Violence During Elections
Kenya's failure to hold police accountable for allegedly killing dozens of people after the 2017 elections heightens the risk of officers again abusing their power, a leading human… Read more »
July 30, 2022
Gabon: France Charges Five More Members of Gabon Ruling Dynasty in 85 Million Euro Fraud Case
France has charged five more children of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo in a long-running inquiry into the financing of the late president's real estate empire, said to be… Read more »
July 29, 2022
West Africa: ECOWAS Says Progress Made Towards Return to Civilian Rule
The chair of the West African regional bloc Ecowas said the military junta in Guinea has agreed to reduce its transition to civilian rule from three to two years.This as violent… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Benin: Benin Marks Macron Visit By Releasing 30 Jailed Opposition Politicians
This week's visit to Benin by French President Emmanuel Macron was marked by the release of 30 opposition figures, imprisoned during the April 2021 election campaign. Macron's… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Burkina Faso: Compaore Apologises to Family of Murdered Sankara
Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the… Read more »
July 26, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: At Least Five Killed As Anti-UN Protesters Overrun Base in Eastern DRC
At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Ethiopia: Amnesty Urges Probe Into Ethnic Massacre of 450 in Oromia
Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into the massacre of more than 400 Amhara civilians in Ethiopia's Oromia region last month, citing eyewitnesses who… Read more »
July 14, 2022
Gambia: Court Sentences Five Former Spies to Death for Jammeh-Era Murder
A Gambian court has sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Mali: Mali Detains Ivorian Soldiers, Accuses Them of Being Mercenaries
Malian authorities have arrested 49 soldiers from Cote d'Ivoire, describing them as mercenaries who were planning to stop the protection and reform of the country. Read more »
July 10, 2022
South Africa: South African Police Investigate Two Deadly Bar Shootings
Police in South Africa are investigating two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in the country's east at the weekend. At least 19 people were killed… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Will France Fund Wildlife Park Where Alleged Batwa Atrocities Were Committed?
RFI has received testimony suggesting the government-funded French Development Agency is preparing to take over funding of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kahuzi-Biega Park from… Read more »
July 05, 2022
Algeria: Colonial Past Still Haunts 60 Years After Independence
Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on 5 July, but competing narratives over atrocities committed during more than a century of colonial rule still trigger bitter… Read more »
July 02, 2022
Central African Republic: France Opens War Crimes Probe in Connection With French Drinks Company Groupe Castel in CAR
French anti-terrorism prosecutors in Paris are investigating allegations connected to Groupe Castel for possible complicity in war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR),… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Tunisia: Draft Constitution Gives President Lion's Share of Power
Tunisia's President has published details of a reformed constitution that would vastly expand his powers and limit the role of parliament. Read more »
Sudan: Nine People Killed in Mass Protests Against Army Rule
At least nine Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces confronted mass rallies in and around the capital Khartoum. The protestors are keeping up demands for… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Senegal: Court Hands Down Prison Sentence to Opposition MP Over Protests
A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections in July. Another… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Malawi: Protestors Take to Streets Over Racist Video Ridiculing Children
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Malawi's capital Lilongwe this week after a video surfaced with what appears to be the exploitation of children by a Chinese… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Mali: Nation in Mourning After Civilian Massacres in Sahel
Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region. Mali's junta leader Colonel… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Gambia: Officials Accused of Crimes Under Jammeh to Be Suspended
The Gambian government has announced this week that it would order suspensions for state employees accused of crimes under the former Yahya Jammeh regime, one of the… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: UN Deal Sees Ivorian Refugees Given Passports to Return Home
The Côte d'Ivoire government, host countries, and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed a repatriation agreement to offer passports to Ivorian refugees… Read more »