SIX soldiers have gone on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with the killing of more than…
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THE United States has targeted a top Sudanese paramilitary official in the highest-profile use of sanctions since the current conflict…
GABON’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad…
THE leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said his troops “have a strong presence in the capital” and…
IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday lauded African countries for resisting “colonialism” during a visit by Burkina Faso’s foreign minister.…
GENERAL Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon’s 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of…
NIGER’s military-appointed prime minister on Monday said he saw hopes of a deal with the West African bloc ECOWAS, which…
AN army air strike on the Sudanese capital has killed at least 20 people, including two children, activists say. Many…
THOUSANDS rallied Saturday in Niger’s capital Niamey to demand that former colonial ruler France withdraw its troops as sought by…
GABON’s army said on Saturday that it would reopen the country’s borders, closed in the wake of the military coup…
DETAINED Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, an aspiring presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, on Saturday,…
POLICE killed eighteen people in a shootout in South Africa’s northeast on Friday, saying they had targeted suspects who were…
GABON’s new military leader has pledged to return the country to democracy, but has refused to provide a timelines for…
A SUDANESE hacking group called Anonymous Sudan took X, formerly known as Twitter, offline in more than a dozen countries…
NORWAY on Thursday announced it was closing its embassy in Mali, citing the “security situation” that developed after the ruling…
PERHAPS stung by the ongoing military coup d’états’ in parts of West and Central Africa, President Paul Kagame has announced…
THE leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named Republican Guard chief General Brice Oligui Nguema transitional president, according…
THE United States is closely watching the situation in Gabon following a military coup, the latest in a series of…
THE UN and a host of humanitarian agencies are calling on the West African regional bloc, Ecowas, to grant exemptions…
ONE of the sons of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been arrested for “treason”. The ousted president has also…