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WATCH | Kenya's president orders police to shoot violent protesters in leg
Kenya's President William Ruto said on Wednesday that police should shoot protesters who vandalise businesses in the leg to incapacitate them, two days after 31 people were ...
DRC, Rwanda leaders to sign peace deal in US in coming weeks: ...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda will travel to the US to sign a peace ...
WATCH | Kenya protest death toll rises to 31, rights group says
The death toll from anti-government protests that rocked Kenya on Monday has risen to 31, while the number of injured exceeded 100, a ...
Angola hikes diesel price again to bolster public ...
WATCH | Rwanda's Kagame unsure whether peace deal ...
Kenya looks to privatise state assets to draw private-sector investments: Ruto
Kenya is planning to privatise some state assets via initial public offerings in order to bring in more private sector ...
IMF welcomes Senegal's commitment to transparency on data discrepancies
The International Monetary Fund is working closely with Senegal's authorities to design corrective measures and actions ...
AU chopper that crashed at Mogadishu airport belongs to Ugandan military
A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu ...
WATCH | Seven killed during Togo protests, say civil society groups
Seven people were killed during anti-government protests in Togo last week, said human rights activists, who accused ...
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote aims to end Africa's fertiliser imports
Africa will be self-sufficient in fertiliser within 40 months, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Friday, on ...
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, 80, confirms he will seek reelection
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he intends to contest in next year's presidential election, potentially ...
WATCH | Kenyan minister accuses protesters of coup attempt after deadly demonstrations
Kenya's interior minister Kipchumba Murkomen accused protesters on Thursday of attempting to overthrow the government ...
DRC drops demand for immediate Rwandan troop pullout, say sources
Congolese negotiators have dropped a demand that Rwandan troops immediately leave eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
WATCH | Togo soldiers break up protests against longtime leader Gnassingbe
Soldiers in Togo used tear gas and batons on Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked main roads in the ...
Lungu's death 'should not be used in a PR stunt by the Zambian government'
Makebi Zulu, the spokesperson for the family of the late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, has accused the Zambian ...
Funding crisis stalls UN probe into possible war crimes in DRC
A UN-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo ...
New UK care worker rules shatter dreams in Zimbabwe, Nigeria
Many care workers were charged illegal recruitment fees by their sponsors, some arrived in Britain to find no work, ...
Heineken loses operational control of facilities in DRC's war-hit east
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern ...
Rwanda arrests opposition leader Victoire Ingabire: investigative body
Rwanda has arrested prominent opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who is being held at a detention facility in the ...
Nigeria to introduce real-time tracking for oil export shipments
Nigeria's oil regulator is set to bring in a new rule that requires oil producers to obtain an export permit, vessel ...
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