The UN has labelled the country as a whole a "level 3 emergency". This is its highest warning and puts it on par with the likes of Syria and Yemen, writes Thijs Van Laer of the International Refugee Rights Initiative
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Since Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term in early 2015, political instability across the country has tested the limits of global conflict prevention responses, writes Priyal Singh for ISS.
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Neither church-based activism nor brutal repression is rare in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scores of protesters have been killed in the past couple of years. But the events of New Year's Eve stand out for their gravity. This was the first time in the 57-year history of independent Congo that the government has attacked Christians while they prayed in church, writes Mvemba Phezo Dizolele for African Arguments.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame met Tanzania President John Magafuli on a one day state visit to the country where they agreed on a construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The 400 kilometre track aims to boost trade between the two countries.
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Nigerian security forces have arrested leaders of Ambazonia separatist movement, a Cameroonian group seeking independence from the Francophone country.
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A month after firing former President José Eduardo dos Santos's daughter as head of the state oil company Sonangol, President João Lourenço has dismissed all members of the Board of Directors of the Angola Sovereign Fund which was chaired by the former president's son José Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said at least 12,000 displaced Cameroonians are taking refuge in Nigeria. The refugees are mostly children, women and the elderly, with very few young men, the officials said.
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Was there really a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea recently, as reported by the government? Jan Philipp Wilhelm reports for Deutsche Welle.
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In countries like Kenya and Zimbabwe some have argued that their leaders should operate more like President Kagame. In other words, that job creation and poverty alleviation are more important than free and fair elections, writes Nic Cheeseman for The Conversation Africa.
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Security minister, Mahamat Zen Cherif, has made a televised statement saying that a group of mercenaries from Chad, Sudan and Central African Republic had tried to infiltrate Equatorial Guinea at the instigation of "certain radical opposition parties."
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