At least 55 people were killed overnight in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday, in potentially the worst night of violence the area has seen in at least four years.
The army and...
Chairman, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana Sunday reiterated the continuous commitment of the regional bloc to the peaceful resolution on the crisis in Mali.
Thus, he has urged heads of state of government in the region to remain...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi arrived in Cairo on Sunday to discuss with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry the establishment of a “permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas, the group that governs the besieged Gaza Strip.
Ashkenazi tweeted in Arabic,...
A total of 10 members of Economic Community of West Afrcan States (ECOWAS) are converging in Accra tomorrow Sunday 30th May, 2021. The purpose among others, is to deliberate on raging crisis in Mali and take consequential decision on...
Mali's constitutional court has named the leader of the country's military coup, Colonel Assimi Goïta, as its transitional president.
Col Goïta had already declared himself interim president on Wednesday, two days after seizing power in Mali's second coup in nine...
A quarter of schools in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have been damaged during a months-long conflict, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which accused all fighting sides of looting and occupying educational facilities.
In a report released on Friday, the HRW...
Germany has officially acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial-era occupation of Namibia, and announced a financial support gesture.
German colonisers killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people in then German South West Africa in the early...
Thousands of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma on Thursday, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava, after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time.
According to military governor of North Kivu...
French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, has said France recognised its “responsibility” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking for forgiveness for his country’s role but without offering an official apology.
His comments on Thursday came during a...
COVID-19 has hit sex workers very hard in Dema Growth Point, a community in the Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, to the extent of accepting buckets of maize and cups of beans as payment from their cash-strapped male clients.
The sex...