October 25, 2022
Uganda: 11 Children Killed in Fire At Ugandan School for Blind
Police in Uganda are investigating the cause of a fire at a boarding school for visually impaired students that killed 11 girls, ages four to 13. Read more »
Africa: Africa Tourism Leaders Seek to Revive Sector After Covid-19
Africa's leading tourism operators are meeting in Botswana for talks on reviving the industry after the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Intra-African travel is at the top… Read more »
South Africa: Ethiopia-Tigray Peace Talks Underway in South Africa
South Africa's presidential spokesman said Tuesday that the first round of peace talks on Ethiopia's Tigray region have begun. Few other details have been released, and so far… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Marks Digital Currency Anniversary, Still Struggling for Its Adoption
The Central Bank of Nigeria is marking one year since launching Africa's first digital currency, the e-Naira, which leaders hoped would boost the economy and fight inflation. But… Read more »
Somalia: U.S. Targets Al-Shabaab in Somalia Airstrike, Killing 2
A U.S. military airstrike has targeted al-Shabab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces, killing two, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Police Under Scrutiny Over Shooting Death of Pakistani Journalist
The shooting death of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has once again raised concern about the behavior of the East African country's police. Sharif was killed at a… Read more »
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
Cameroon: Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people… Read more »
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 »
Nigeria: Nigerian Authorities On Alert After U.S. Embassy Issues Security Warning
Nigerian authorities have called for calm and vigilance after the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Abuja, issued a security alert warning of an elevated risk of terror attacks,… Read more »
October 23, 2022
South Sudan: UN Agencies Say Rains Have Flooded Two-Thirds of South Sudan
The United Nations refugee agency says that South Sudanese flood victims are in desperate need of international support. Read more »
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 »
Somalia: UN Food Agency Warns Somalia Near Full-Blown Famine
The World Food Program warned Friday it is only a matter of time before Somalia is hit with a full-blown famine and people start dying in droves. Read more »
October 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: Election Coverage Met With Violence
Godwin Mangudya was punched, slapped and burned with cigarettes. Assailants beat and kicked Toneo Rutsito so hard he lost a tooth. Their crime? Journalism. Read more »
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 »
Chad: UN Rights Chief Urges End to Deadly Crackdown On Chad Protesters
The U.N.'s chief human rights official, Volker Tuerk, is calling for an end to the use of lethal force by Chadian security forces who reportedly killed and wounded dozens of… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia On Brink of Unprecedented Crisis As Famine Looms - WHO
The World Health Organization says hundreds of thousands of people in drought-stricken Somalia may die unless the international community acts urgently to prevent the country from… Read more »
Chad: Chad Imposes Curfew After 50 Killed in Crackdown On Protests
The government of Chad says at least 50 people were killed and more than 300 injured after security forces opened fire on protesters demanding an end to military rule. The… Read more »
Ethiopia: African Union Peace and Security Council Meets On Tigray War
The African Union's Peace and Security Council is meeting Friday to discuss the escalating war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. 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 »
Zimbabwe: U.S. Official Blames Economic Decline On Corruption, Not Sanctions
Poor governance and corruption in Zimbabwe are responsible for the country's economic decline, not U.S. and other Western sanctions imposed after reports of election rigging and… 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 »
Cameroon: Military Arrests Soldiers for Human Rights Violations
Cameroon's military said several soldiers have been arrested for torturing a suspected separatist general and fighters, following deadly fighting in the northwestern village of… Read more »