KAMPALA—Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two "Ugandan Martyrs" who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church official said Sunday.
NAIROBI—Kenya Airways said Monday that it would resume flights to Kinshasa after military authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo released two of its employees who were detained last month.
WASHINGTON—The United States called Monday on Rwanda to punish forces behind an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, not backing down from charges Kigali is meddling in its neighbor's affairs.
NIAMEY— Several gold mines in northern Niger managed by a Chinese company were ordered to temporarily close after dozens of animals died from drinking wastewater, local authorities told AFP on Sunday.
LOME —Togo's opposition says it needs to "reinvent" itself after winning just five seats in legislative elections it has dismissed as an "electoral masquerade."
MAPUTO—Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party has chosen regional governor Daniel Chapo as its new leader, making him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year's elections, Nyusi said late on Sunday.
DAR ES SALAAM —Tanzania said a cyclone that made landfall on Saturday has lost its strength and was no longer a threat to the country.
EL HENCHA, TUNISIA— Migrant deaths and attempted emigration to Europe increases despair in El Hencha, situated just 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the Italian island of Lampedusa.
N'DJAMENA—In Chad, one of the world's poorest and youngest countries, a new generation of first-time voters will elect a president on Monday with a mixture of hope, worry and disillusionment.
KAGATAOU, CHAD— For decades, cotton has sustained the region of southern Chad. But the prized crop is now under threat.
NIAMEY, Niger—New Russian military advisors and military equipment have arrived in Niger, according to state television in the African country that wants US forces to leave.
NAIROBI— Kenya said Sunday that the death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 and warned that there was no sign of a let-up in the crisis.
KANO— Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 25 people when they raided four villages in northwestern Nigeria in reprisals over military offensives on their hideouts, a local security official said Friday.
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES — The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as "absurd" by Kigali on Saturday.
PARIS, FRANCE — Media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders warned of declining government support for press freedom as it unveiled its annual world rankings on Friday, listing African nations among those where the situation has deteriorated.
NAIROBI, KENYA — The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the East African nation’s interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barreled towards the Tanzanian coast.
NAIROBI—Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa, killing more than 350 people and forcing tens of thousands from their homes.
NAIROBI—African climate-tech startups are increasingly raising money from private sources, but while those funds for climate solutions are growing, a huge gap remains in meeting the actual financial needs for climate action in Africa.
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday announced that Charles Muriu Kahariri would be the nation’s new defense chief, replacing Francis Omondi Ogolla, who died in a helicopter crash.
BRAZZAVILLE—Denis Sassou Nguesso's 40-year rule of Congo-Brazzaville has sparked debate over the appropriate age for a president, with the African 'dinosaur' already widely expected to win the next election that is not due until 2026.
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