Son of Chad’s autocratic president takes over after father’s deathIdriss Déby had been in power since 1990, after ousting the dictator Hissène HabréWed Apr 21 2021 - 18:34
Terrified locals in Sierra Leone brace for another Ebola outbreakWest African nation braced for spread of the deadly disease from neighbouring GuineaMon Apr 19 2021 - 01:00
UK Oxfam funding halted as DRC investigation continuesCharity ‘acutely aware’ of duty to survivors, ‘including in supporting them to speak out’Thu Apr 08 2021 - 18:54
Families still sleeping outside week after Freetown’s devastating fireBurning-down of slum in Sierra Leone leaves 7,000 homeless amid hopes of better rebuildTue Mar 30 2021 - 19:35
Letter from Dublin: The Sierra Leone island with an Irish name and a slave-trading pastThe tourist island near Freetown is lush and green but needs funds to preserve its heritageMon Mar 29 2021 - 20:00
Coastguard returns over 4,000 intercepted in Mediterranean Sea to LibyaDesperate refugees face uncertain future in poorly-run, unsafe detention centresFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:52
‘I have nothing’: Fire in Freetown slum displaces thousandsMore than 80 injured in capital amids calls for Sierra Leone government to interveneThu Mar 25 2021 - 21:03
Medical charity staff witness ‘horrific’ executions in TigrayCall for more protection of civilians after men dragged off bus and shot by soldiersThu Mar 25 2021 - 15:53
Outcry over election-related abductions in UgandaFamilies and friends tell of abductions from homes and roadsides by security forcesWed Mar 24 2021 - 21:15
African countries call for more vaccines as Covax scheme rolled outSierra Leone’s president urges leaders to persuade their citizens to get Covid-19 jabTue Mar 16 2021 - 18:29
Latest West Africa Ebola outbreak started by survivor, researchers sayGenetic analysis suggests transmission occurred through semenMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:41
People trafficking: ‘They were killers. They have raped many women’Suspected human smuggler’s pre-trial escape in Ethiopia distresses victimsSat Mar 13 2021 - 01:00
Tanzanian president believed to be seriously ill with Covid-19John Magufuli is a vaccine sceptic who has urged citizens to put their faith in GodThu Mar 11 2021 - 18:05
Violent protests continue in Senegal after opposition politician rape chargeAt least eight killed and hundreds injured in country’s worst protests in decadesTue Mar 09 2021 - 17:22
Gunmen abduct hundreds of schoolgirls in NigeriaIncident in Zamfara state is latest in long series of mass child abductions across regionFri Feb 26 2021 - 17:53
Massacre in sacred city in northern Ethiopia left hundreds dead, says AmnestyReport details killing of unarmed civilians by Eritrean troops in Axum last NovemberFri Feb 26 2021 - 00:01
Both main presidential candidates claim victory in NigerMahamane Ousmane alleges widespread fraud in election marred by violenceWed Feb 24 2021 - 23:26
Italy’s ambassador to DR Congo killed in attack on UN convoyUnnamed driver and Italian military policeman also die in ambush in east of African countryMon Feb 22 2021 - 17:28
Hotel Rwanda hero goes on trial on terrorism chargesPaul Rusesabagina disappeared in Dubai in August before resurfacing in KigaliWed Feb 17 2021 - 18:48
Uganda partially restores social media a month after electionsShutdown was necessary for ‘security of our country’, says communications ministerWed Feb 10 2021 - 17:20
New Ebola death in DRC eight months after outbreak declared overWHO says it is not unusual for sporadic cases to occur following a major outbreakMon Feb 08 2021 - 17:33
Lukodi massacre: ‘They should pay us because we lost so many people’Ugandan child soldier turned rebel leader Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 war crimesFri Feb 05 2021 - 20:04
In Dominic Ongwen’s home village, many see a victim more than a perpetratorFormer LRA commander convicted at the ICC in a trial many Ugandans think should not have happenedThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:53
Agencies criticised for failure to deliver aid to northern Ethiopian regionFormer UN undersecretary-general condemns response to Tigray’s desperate peopleMon Feb 01 2021 - 19:19
Conflict in Tigray: ‘What we don’t know could be even more disturbing’Aid agencies concerned about a building humanitarian crisis in the Ethiopian regionFri Jan 29 2021 - 18:36
Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine be released from house arrestOpposition leader and his wife have been held in their home since presidential electionMon Jan 25 2021 - 20:26
Museveni takes victory lap after winning Uganda’s presidential raceRival Bobi Wine remains under house arrest and says election result is ‘daylight robbery’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 21:04
Uganda’s internet-less election may be the most surveilled everKampala Letter: We ‘may never know the true result’ of the electionTue Jan 19 2021 - 16:24
Ugandan election: Museveni wins sixth term as opposition leader put under ‘house arrest’Police and special forces outside home of Bobi Wine, who claims vote was riggedSun Jan 17 2021 - 19:36
Ugandans choose between pop singer and longtime leader in tense electionUganda's incumbent president, 76-year-old Museveni, has been in power since 1986Thu Jan 14 2021 - 19:39
Uganda blocks internet access ahead of landmark electionPolls open on Thursday as pop star Bobi Wine takes on longstanding president MuseveniWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:25
Coronavirus used as political tool in Uganda as healthcare needs neglectedAs election looms, lack of funding from government at heart of state’s inability to tackle Covid-19Tue Jan 12 2021 - 19:00
Rival accuses Uganda’s president of crimes against humanityMusician Bobi Wine says Yoweri Museveni has committed more crimes than Joseph KonyFri Jan 08 2021 - 18:43
Libya: coronavirus has deadly impact on life-saving evacuationsPandemic has reduced international attention paid to humanitarian crisisFri Jan 01 2021 - 15:20
‘We’re very proud’: Locals in Ugandan slum rally round their ‘ghetto president’Supporters of pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine wary of upcoming votesWed Dec 30 2020 - 01:00
Uganda mired in violence against opposition supporters ahead of electionRepression on the rise as opposition presidential candidate aims to ‘remove dictator’Tue Dec 29 2020 - 16:21
Ethiopian war criminals expected to leave Italian embassy after 29 yearsTwo officials have sentences commuted, ending what may be world’s longest diplomatic asylum sagaTue Dec 29 2020 - 01:00
Aid workers fear South Sudan already experiencing famineReview finds 24,000 people are at a ‘catastrophic’ level of food insecuritySun Dec 20 2020 - 19:20
Migrants face torture at Saudi facility, says HRW reportDetainees said to be beaten with rods, which allegedly led to three deaths between October and NovemberTue Dec 15 2020 - 19:59
Hundreds of boys missing after attack on school in northern NigeriaIncident echoes previous kidnapping in April 2014 when 276 schoolgirls were abductedMon Dec 14 2020 - 18:37
UN says Central African Republic is most vulnerable country during pandemicSome 2.3m people likely to need food aid due to inflation, disruption to local production and Covid making imports difficultSun Dec 13 2020 - 16:46
Ghanaians go to polls in presidential, parliamentary electionsCountry on west African coast widely perceived as one of continent’s most democraticMon Dec 07 2020 - 18:22
Kony’s children: The former child soldiers of UgandaDominic Ongwen faces a war-crimes verdict in January. For some Ugandans his story isn’t simpleSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Ethiopians suffer after tensions spill into warfareCountry in crisis over government refusal to sanction regional electionTue Nov 24 2020 - 20:00
Thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims flocking to religious sitesRural monasteries and churches have become accessible again following months under a state of emergency due to coronavirusSun Nov 22 2020 - 16:42
UN peacekeepers withdraw from South Sudan civilian protection sitesSites sheltered hundreds of thousands who fled brutal violence during country’s warThu Oct 29 2020 - 01:00
Tanzania goes to the polls amid reports of police violence and repressionStrongman leader John Magufuli looks likely to be elected president for a second termTue Oct 27 2020 - 18:00
Nigeria accused of turning protest against police violence into ‘shooting spree’Call for army to withdraw from streets of Lagos and prosecution of officersWed Oct 21 2020 - 19:09
Sudan to be removed from US terror blacklist after paying $335mTrump welcomes ‘justice’ for victims of 1998 terrorist attacks on embassies by al-QaedaTue Oct 20 2020 - 17:11
