Africa
21 Dec
Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.
21 Dec
National elections in Congo have been marred by delays and logistical problems, as well as fraud and violence. Opposition presidential candidates have rejected the extension, saying it violates the constitution.
20 Dec
Senegal says it is the first West African country to pilot electronic monitoring via ankle bracelets as it grapples with overcrowded prisons.
19 Dec
The former safe haven city of Wad Madani became the scene of fighting in a new front of Sudan's war. The paramilitary force's advance has forced hundreds of thousands to flee.
19 Dec
Germany's foreign minister says Berlin will do its utmost to support vaccine production in Africa as German pharmaceutical company BioNTech opens a vaccine factory in Rwanda.
19 Dec
As citizens prepare to head to the polls on December 20, civil servants and traders in conflict-ridden North Kivu province are hoping the next president will quash rampant insecurity.
18 Dec
Eight dead, 84 injured in Guinea fuel depot blast
17 Dec
Women who fled violence in Sudan's West Darfur have described being raped by armed fighters wearing RSF military uniforms, or robes and turbans commonly worn by Arab militiamen during ethnically targeted attacks on the city of El Geneina.
17 Dec
A Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court on Friday ordered the 'immediate and unconditional' release of ousted Niger President Mohammed Bazoum. The court ordered the reinstatement of Bazoum, who was overthrown July 26 by the military. "It is Mohammed Bazoum who represents the State of Niger.
16 Dec
Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region is now grappling with a deadly famine. While some have left the worst-hit areas to avoid starvation, many others are left behind.
16 Dec
Gunmen pulled out a patient from an MSF ambulance and shot him dead in the capital, Port-au-Prince. MSF announced the indefinite closure of an emergency clinic as the group conducts a security analysis.
16 Dec
A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country's "shocked" president to declare a state of emergency for much of the day.
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