Africa
A Tunisian court sentenced prominent opposition figure Abir Moussi to 12 years in prison, her lawyer said on Friday, in what rights groups say is another step towards entrenching President Kais Saied's one-man rule. "The ruling is unjust and is not a judicial decision but a politically motivated order," Moussi's lawyer Nafaa Laribi told Reuters. ...
The alleged leader of a failed coup in Benin has sought refuge in neighbouring Togo, two Beninese government officials told Reuters on Wednesday, demanding his immediate extradition. A ...
Burkina Faso has reiterated its firm and consistent support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara, while welcoming the United Nations Security ...
Ethiopia ‘s prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the threat ...
Nigerian fighter jets carried out airstrikes to thwart a coup bid in Benin in which mutinying soldiers tried to seize President Patrice Talon, according to an account provided ...
About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state's police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and ...
A group of soldiers appeared on Benin ’s state TV Sunday to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa. The ...
Western embassies in Tanzania, including the UK and France, have called on the authorities to release to the families all bodies of those killed in October's electoral violence. ...
The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal aimed at ending the long-running conflict in the region at a summit hosted by US President Donald Trump in Washington. Ahead of the summit, there was an escalation in fighting in resource-rich eastern DR Congo between government forces and rebels ...
The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal aimed at ending the long-running conflict in the region at a ...
