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May 10, 2023
Pro-Democracy Protesters in Guinea Clash with Police

Protesters in Guinea on Wednesday clashed with police on the first of several days of planned pro-democracy protests. The protest degenerated into a hail of stone throwing and clouds of tear gas in cities across the West African nation, as protesters demanded a return to civilian rule. They erected makeshift barricades across major streets in the capital Conakry, setting tires on fire as they threw stones and other objects at the police. Security forces responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds.
May 10, 2023
Nuland: US Sudan Negotiators 'Cautiously Optimistic'

WASHINGTON - U.S. negotiators taking part in talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at extending a ceasefire between rival armed forces in Sudan are "cautiously optimistic," U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday, as some senators criticized the administration's handling of Sudan.
May 10, 2023
Biden Plans Border Restrictions as COVID Rule Ends

WASHINGTON - The U.S. will roll out a new regulation Wednesday that would deny asylum to most migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a key part of President Joe Biden's enforcement plan as COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 end this week.
May 10, 2023
No Bail for Kenya Death Cult Leader

MOMBASSA, KENYA - A Kenyan court on Wednesday extended by 30 days the detention of cult leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who authorities accuse of ordering followers to starve their children and themselves to death.
May 10, 2023
Khartoum Hit by Looting, Air Strikes

KHARTOUM - Loud explosions again rocked greater Khartoum on Wednesday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals showed no let-up despite talks in Saudi Arabia.
May 09, 2023
IOM: Over 700,000 Sudanese Displaced

More than 700,000 people have fled their homes in Sudan to escape from fighting between rival military factions, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if they were heading to Sudan's seven international borders, over which at least 150,000 people have crossed, per the U.N. refugee agency's data.
May 09, 2023
MSF: Sex Crimes Victims in DRC Camps

KINSHASA - More than 670 women, or 48 new victims per day, have been treated for sexual violence in displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two weeks, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday.
May 09, 2023
Kenya Starvation Cult Termed 'Organized Crime,' More Bodies Found

SHAKAHOLA FOREST, KENYA - Kenyan investigators exhumed 21 more bodies on Tuesday as they resumed a search for followers of a doomsday cult, who the interior minister described as victims of a "highly organized crime."
May 09, 2023
Over 5,500 Unaccounted For in DRC Floods

KALEHE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - More than 5,500 people are still unaccounted for in an area in eastern Democratic of Congo, where floods killed more than 400 people last week, a local official said on Tuesday, as shaken survivors waited for food aid.
May 09, 2023
Sonko Presidential Bid May Be in Doubt

UPDATED TO INCLUDE OPPOSITION REACTION: DAKAR - Senegal's opposition coalition said Tuesday it would stage rallies over a threat to bar one of its leaders, Ousmane Sonko, from presidential elections after he was convicted in a defamation case.
May 08, 2023
Kyiv: Russia Has Stopped Grain Deal

KYIV - Russia has effectively stopped the Black sea grain deal by refusing to register incoming vessels, Ukraine's reconstruction ministry said on Monday.
May 08, 2023
South Sudan Refugees in Sudan Repatriate

RENK, SOUTH SUDAN - Up to last month, more than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees lived in Sudan. But since the fighting erupted in Khartoum, the UNHCR has registered more than 30,000 people crossing into South Sudan, more than 90% of them South Sudanese.
May 08, 2023
Cameroon Journalist Gunned Down

YAOUNDE - Gunmen shot dead a journalist late on Sunday in Bamenda, a city in Cameroon's troubled northwest region, the local journalists' union said, in at least the third killing of a media worker in the country this year.
May 08, 2023
DRC Flood Death Toll Above 400

UPDATED WITH MORE INFO, ANECDOTAL STATEMENTS: PARIS - The death toll from floods that devastated two villages in east Democratic Republic of Congo last week has more than doubled to 401, the provincial governor said on Monday, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country's recent history.
May 07, 2023
US Considers Ban on Data Mining Minors

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has accused Meta's Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors' data.
May 07, 2023
Nigerian Teen Boosts Autism Acceptance Through Art

Christine Nnaji never starts painting without putting on some Michael Jackson. For the teenager, who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder when she was 5 years old, the art covering the walls of her studio in Lagos has been a game-changer.
May 06, 2023
US Nuclear Company Unveils Small Reactor

WASHINGTON, - U.S. company Westinghouse has unveiled plans for a small modular reactor to generate virtually emissions-free electricity that could replace coal plants or power water desalinization and other industries.
May 06, 2023
Nigeria Tribunal Hears Election Challenge Monday

ABUJA - Nigeria's election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu's victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court records showed on Friday.
May 05, 2023
DRC Floods Cause Many Deaths

BUSHUSHU, Democratic Republic of Congo - At least 176 people have died in flash floods in eastern DRC, a regional governor said on Friday, as heavy rain destroyed buildings and forced aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles.
May 05, 2023
IMF Zambia Funding 'Soon'

NAIROBI - The International Monetary Fund expects to disburse the next tranche of its $1.3 billion financing program with Zambia "soon", the managing director of the fund said.

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