Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi on Monday as they marked the 35th anniversary of pro-democracy rallies. Activists rally every year on July 7 to mark the date in 1990 when opponents of then-president Daniel Arap Moi launched a bid to trans
South Africa is not anti-American and still wants to negotiate a trade deal with the United States, a trade ministry spokesman said, after US President Donald Trump threatened an extra 10 per cent tariff on countries aligned with the BRICS grouping. Trump accused the BRICS group of developing nati
At least 21 people died and three others were injured on Sunday after a truck and a bus collided head-on and went up in flames in Nigeria's northern state of Kano. The accident, which occurred along the Zaria-Kano highway in the Kasuwar Dogo area, was caused by the bus driver's route violation, sa
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday he was unsure whether a US-brokered peace deal would hold with Democratic Republic of Congo and warned he would respond to any "tricks" from his neighbour. The agreement signed last week calls for Rwandan troops to withdraw within 90 days from eastern C
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that a national dialogue aimed at uniting the country after last year's election would continue without his party's main coalition partner. The Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-biggest party in the coalition government after Ramaphosa's Af
Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence and access to mineral-rich territory, according to a confidential report by a group of United Nations experts. The report obtained by Reuters details training which the exper
Cameroon's Tourism Minister Bello Bouba Maigari has accepted his party's nomination to seek the presidency in an expected October election, with long-serving President Paul Biya yet to announce whether he plans to run for reelection. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT A former prime minister, Maigari, 78, has be
With Sudan in the grips of war and millions struggling to find enough to eat, many are turning to weeds and wild plants to quiet their pangs of hunger. They boil the plants in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the lifeline it offered, a 60-year-old retired school
Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a US-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more so far this year. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the two countries' foreign ministers at the Dep
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that Libya should cooperate with Greece and Europe to help halt a surge in migration flows from the north African state. Seaborne arrivals of migrants in Europe from the north of Africa, including war-torn Sudan, and the Middle East in rece
West African nations want to strike deals with the US over energy and rare earth minerals, but the Trump administration's looming expansion of travel bans risks derailing those efforts, Nigeria's foreign minister said on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump this month implemented full or partial t
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed legislation that allows military tribunals to try civilians, parliament said on Monday, a move opposition leaders said violates a Supreme Court ruling. Rights campaigners have long alleged that the government has used military courts to persecute politi
At least 100 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen on a village in Nigeria's central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday. The attack took place from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday in the village of Yelewata, the group said in a post on social media platf
