Earlier this month, Human Rights Watch said some 32,450 people had been intercepted by Libyan forces last year and "hauled back to arbitrary detention and abuse" in the war-ravaged country as European countries turned a blind eye.
A former prime minister under Algeria's late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been detained, according to media reports, making him the third ex-premier to face jail on corruption charges.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor expressed frustration Tuesday over the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the Darfur conflict, telling the UN Security Council that survivors in Sudan need "action, not words."
Togo's armed forces said Tuesday they had repelled a "terrorist" attack that injured "several" soldiers in the far northern village of Blamonga on the border with Burkina Faso.
Chad reintroduced rules making it obligatory to wear face masks in public spaces and observe social-distancing as the number of coronavirus cases rises again in one of the world's least-developed countries, the health ministry said.
Jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso have inflamed accusations against the Fulani community, sparking warnings the troubled country may spiral into ethnic conflict -- even civil war.
Germany has registered almost a million refugees from Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor in February, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
In Sudan, heavy rains usually fall between May and October, and the country faces severe flooding every year, wrecking property, infrastructure and crops. This year, floods have killed at least 79 people and left thousands homeless, according to official figures.
It was once a jewel of West Africa -- the "Pearl of Lagoons," people liked to call it. Today, the vast Ebrie lagoon which abuts Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan is a sick and sorry sight, choked by plastic pollution and ravaged by sand extraction and unbridled development.
The number of people crossing the Channel to the UK from northern France in small boats has hit a new high, the government in London said on Tuesday.
South Africa's unemployment rate fell for a second consecutive quarter despite widespread power cuts and devastating floods, StatsSA said Tuesday.
A senior military officer who turned on his political patron upon seizing power, Angolan President Joao Lourenco has struggled to live up to the promise of his first term.
South African prosecutors said on Monday they would examine findings of a police probe into sexual assault allegations against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to decide whether to press charges.
The Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has reached an agreement with former Wydad Casablanca coach Walid Regragui to take over the World Cup-bound national team, local media reported Monday.
More than 75 people have been killed, over 12,000 homes destroyed, and over 20,000 damaged by Sudan's seasonal downpours and floods, a senior official said on Sunday.
The United Nations has warned Guinea's ruling junta about respect for human rights after it cracked down on protesters and dissolved an opposition coalition.
Millions of Angolans will vote on Wednesday in polls expected to be the most competitive since the country's first multiparty vote in 1992 but with electoral fraud a concern among voters.
Somalia's prime minister pledged that the government will be held accountable over the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabab jihadists whom he branded "children of hell".
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