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On Sunday, the Algerian president met with former Malian rebels who had signed a major peace deal in 2015 with the help of Algiers. They said that they wanted to end the

More than 40 people were killed in a new attack on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday night, according to local authorities. The ADF rebels, who are associated with

The United States has been accused by Ethiopia’s government of adopting a “partisan” strategy by asserting that both its forces and Eritrean troops committed war crimes during the two-year conflict in Tigray.

The opposition party announced on Thursday that Nelson Chamisa, a 45-year-old lawyer and pastor, will be Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official rival for the second time in a crucial election. The presidential and legislative

A small group of Congolese protested the arrival of the French President in the DRC on Wednesday, March 1. Protesters waved Russian flags as they chanted “Macron assassin” or “Macron get out”

The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that although there are currently about 5,000 migrants being held in official detention facilities in Libya, that number may only be the

The anti-homosexuality law passed by parliament on Tuesday night was deemed “appalling” by the UN and the NGO Amnesty International, who urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to reject it. In a contentious

The UN’s global health chief applauded the official opening of Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub on Thursday and hailed it as a historic step toward enabling underdeveloped nations to access life-saving vaccinations.

In a last-ditch effort to defend French interests in Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron set out on a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday. This is despite the fact that the majority

In defiance of criticism from human rights organizations, Ugandan lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation to parliament that calls for severe new penalties for same-sex relationships in a nation where homosexuality is already