Africa Unused
UN rights chief deplores abuse reports in Ethiopia's Tigray
The U.N. rights chief said on Monday she was "deeply disturbed" by reports of continued violations including executions in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and added that a long-awaited joint investigation should be ready by August.
Ghana plants 5 million trees in single day to combat deforestation
Ghana aimed to plant at least 5 million trees in a single day on Friday to help regrow the country's lost forests and curb the impacts of climate change, the president said.
‘This IS INSANE’: Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine
In the global race to vaccinate people against COVID-19, Africa is tragically at the back of the pack.
Nigeria suspended Twitter days after president's post removed
Nigeria said on Friday it had indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities, two days after the social media giant removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists.
African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions
The African Union has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning
Mali's ousted interim president and prime minister have been freed after they were detained by the military and later resigned, an aide to the vice president said on Thursday.
Suspected ADF militants kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants killed at least 22 civilians with knives and machetes in an overnight raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Wednesday.
Mali's president and prime minister resign following military takeover
Mali's interim president and prime minister resigned on Wednesday, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said.
Clashes kill 55 in Uganda; king held
Ugandan police stormed the palace of a tribal king and arrested him yesterday after fierce clashes between security
Castro and end of apartheid
Southern African leaders paid glowing tributes to the late revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, but if one country will forever be heavily indebted to his leadership of Cuba, it is Angola.
Zika no longer a world health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday announced that the Zika virus outbreak no longer poses a world public health
Probe launched after 56 killed
Authorities in Mozambique were yesterday investigating whether locals were taking petrol from a tanker that
Gunman kills 9 football fans in South Sudan
At least nine people are killed and 11 wounded in South Sudan's capital, Juba, when an unidentified gunman open fire on people watching a football match on television at the weekend.
Zuma faces pressure to resign
South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday faced increasing calls to resign after a damaging probe unearthed further evidence
Report finds 'criminal activity'
South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog Wednesday called for prosecutors to investigate alleged criminal activity as it released
Clashes kill 25 in Central Africa: UN
Twenty-five people were killed, six of them gendarmes, in two days of violence around the town of Bambari in the troubled Central
Gambia joins African queue to leave ICC
The Gambia has become the latest African nation to announce its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court,
Islamist attacks kills dozens in Kenya
A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people yesterday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants