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US imposes fresh sanctions on M23 and FDLR leaders/in /by
The United States has imposed new sanctions on senior figures from the M23 rebel movement and the FDLR militia, escalating pressure on armed groups fueling conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Benin’s new president rebuilding ties with Sahel states/in /by
President Romuald Wadagni travelled to both Niger and Burkina Faso on Tuesday after visiting Nigeria on Monday.
Macron and Kagame inaugurate Paris memorial to Rwanda genocide victims/in /by
The French president said it placed the 1994 killing of an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus "at the heart ​of our capital and our history".
Final preparations for French World Cup team before heading to US/in /by
President Emmanuel Macron and his wife visiting Les Bleus at their Clairefontaine base on Tuesday to wish the team well as they look win their second title.
UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather/in /by
There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.
Teachers protest schoolchildren kidnappings in Nigeria/in /by
Teachers in major Nigerian cities Tuesday protested a string of kidnappings and attacks targeting schools by armed groups.
Nine girls arraigned in court over ‘suspected arson attack’ at Kenyan girls’ school/in /by
Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya appeared in court in Naivasha on Tuesday.
DR Congo airport reopens in Ebola-hit area as suspected cases drop/in /by
The sole airport providing humanitarian organisations access to the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reopened on Tuesday, when the reported number of suspected cases declined
Kenya faces backlash over proposed U.S.-funded Ebola facility/in /by
Protests against a planned U.S.-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya have intensified, leaving one person reportedly dead and prompting legal challenges.
Born on the road: Aid cuts leave refugee mothers with nowhere to turn/in /by
When labour pains struck Sudanese refugee Maude Ahmad Fadala, there was no clinic nearby, no transport and no money to reach a hospital. Hours later, weakened by illness and stranded on a dirt road in northern Central African Republic, she gave birth with only her sister by her side.