January 09, 2023
Kenya: 20 Die in Bus Crash in Kenya
Officials say at least 20 people died and 49 were injured in a bus crash in Kenya. Read more »
Nigeria: Authorities in Southern Nigeria Search for Kidnapped Train Passengers
Nigerian security forces are searching for more than 30 train passengers who gunmen abducted over the weekend after attacking a train station in southern Edo state. Read more »
South Africa: CEO of South Africa's State-Owned Power Company Eskom Allegedly Poisoned
South African police are investigating allegations by the outgoing head of state-owned power company Eskom that he was poisoned. Read more »
January 07, 2023
Somalia: Somali Government, Al-Shabab Deny Peace Talks
The Somali government and the al-Shabab militant group have each denied having peace talks. Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's President Calls On Young Al-Shabab Fighters to Surrender
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on young al-Shabab fighters he says are "brainwashed" to surrender to the government amid ongoing military offensives against the… Read more »
January 06, 2023
South Sudan: Journalists Detained Over Viral Video of President Kiir
South Sudan's national security service has detained six journalists who work for the country's national broadcaster, SSBC, the country's press union said. Read more »
Kenya: Rights Groups Welcome Ruto's Promised Investigations Into Police Killings in Kenya
Rights groups are welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto's order for investigations into extra judicial killings carried out by police. Ruto told Kenyan media Wednesday one police… Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Found Dead
The body of a Kenyan gay rights activist was found in a metal box discarded along a road in Kenya's Uasin Gishu county, in the western region of the country. Read more »
January 03, 2023
Somalia: Mixed Reactions to President Hassan Mohamud's Security Declaration
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his New Year's Day speech Sunday, declared the country will eliminate al-Shabab Islamist militants this year. Read more »
Tanzania: Tanzania's Government Lifts Ban On Political Rallies
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a six-year-old ban on political rallies. Her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, banned public rallies in 2016, one year after… Read more »
December 30, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Hyperinflation Cools Holiday Season
Record inflation in Ghana, the highest in 21 years, is making the holiday season a struggle for many people. The high cost of living has forced many Ghanaians to cap their… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Namibia: Namibia Halts Russian Uranium Exploration Over Environmental Concerns
Namibia has halted Russia's state atomic energy agency's uranium exploration over concerns about potential contamination of underground water. Read more »
South Sudan: Thousands Displaced in South Sudan Ethnic Violence, UN Reports
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs, or UNOCHA, says an estimated 30,000 people from South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area have fled… Read more »
Africa: Major Losses Shift Islamic State, Al-Qaeda's Balance of Power
Across the United States and many other Western countries, the threat from Islamist terror groups has been increasingly overshadowed by the threats from other extremist groups,… Read more »
West Africa: Deaths, Instability Increase Across the Western Sahel in 2022
Countries in Africa's Western Sahel region -- including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger -- saw a 50% increase in deaths due to conflict in 2022. That's according to figures from the… Read more »
Tunisia: Many Leaving Tunisia As Democracy Unravels, Economy Flounders
The photo of 15-year-old Walid Zreidat stares out from a banner, a serious-looking youngster with bright brown eyes and a Levi's T-shirt. Flanking him are those of 17 other… Read more »
Ethiopia: African Union Monitoring Team Visits Ethiopia's Tigray to Oversee Cease-Fire
East African and African Union officials arrived in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to launch a joint monitoring and verification mechanism for a peace deal signed in November to end… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Offers Birth Certificates As Millions Denied an Education
Fourteen-year-old Ernestine Elimbi smiled and waved her birth certificate Thursday at the Endom district ceremonial ground in Cameroon's center region. Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Defector Rehabilitation Centers Face Financial Uncertainty
As Somalia security forces dislodge al-Shabab from new territories in the central regions, the United Nations agency running al-Shabab defector rehabilitation centers says it has… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Journalist Hopes Coverage On Ethiopia's Tigray Will Bring Justice
Lucy Kassa never expected to be a war correspondent. Working for a Norwegian magazine, the freelance journalist wrote about issues related to development and the economy in… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: South Sudan Sends 750 Troops to DRC
South Sudan is sending 750 troops to join the East Africa Force trying to bring peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite its own struggles to restore peace back… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Somalia: Civil Servants Mostly 'Ghost Staff' On Government Payroll - Somali President
Somalia's president over the weekend said the vast majority of paid civil servants were neither in the country nor working. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said 3,500 of 5,000 people on the… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Probe Officer Accused in Pregnant Lawyer Shooting
Nigerian police say they are investigating an officer who shot and killed an unarmed pregnant lawyer after she left a Christmas church service. A spokesman for the Lagos city… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines to Resume Daily Flights to Tigray
Ethiopia's flagship carrier Ethiopian Airlines has announced it will resume daily flights to Tigray region's capital Mekelle as an African Union-brokered peace deal moves forward. Read more »
Algeria: Press Freedom Group Calls for Release of Algerian Journalist
Reporters Without Borders has called on Algerian authorities to release journalist Ihsane El Kadi, director of the news outlets Radio M and Maghreb Emergent. Read more »