Kenya court rules IEBC must allow another candidate in poll re-run
A Kenyan High Court has ruled that the election board should include another candidate in presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme...
South Africa Zuma: Violence at State of Nation address
Punches have been thrown in South Africa's parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President...
Ivory Coast govt announces deal to end standoff with rebel troops
Ivory Coast announced a deal Friday night to end a standoff with soldiers who staged a mutiny last week, though the terms were not...
Riots erupt in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution
Hundreds of protesters demanding jobs clashed with police in several Tunisian towns on Saturday, blocking the route of visiting President...
Gambia: Jammeh files injunction against inauguration
The party of Gambia’s outgoing president, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has filed an injunction to stop the...
UN calls for Eritrea leaders to be tried for crimes against humanity
UN human rights investigators accused Eritrean leaders on Wednesday of crimes against humanity including torture, rape, murder and...
U.N. experts find bid to smuggle Congo arms via Rwanda to Burundi rebels
A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council found there have been attempts to smuggle weapons from Democratic Republic...
South Sudan’s rebel leader: ‘I am a hero. I am a victim.’
Despite overseeing the near-total destruction of Africa’s newest country, South Sudan’s liberation hero-turned-rebel leader Riek Machar...
Burundi: 900 deaths estimated as conflict between Nkurunziza and opposition rages on
The death toll in Burundi may have been greatly underestimated, with latest numbers almost double that of the United Nation's December...
Women Say They Are Being Raped as Part of the President of Burundi’s Fight to Keep Power
Tension in the country is at its highest since the 1994 Rwanda genocide Douce, 22, was standing with 4 other women when the men – dressed...