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.
Fears as Ebola returns in Sierra Leone
A carer for a woman who died of Ebola in Sierra Leone has now been infected with the virus, heightening fears of a fresh flare-up just days after West Africa was declared officially free of the disease.
1,175 rhinos killed in S Africa last year
Nearly 1,200 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa last year, officials said yesterday, a slight decrease on 2014, but another year of carnage fuelled by
Earliest 'massacre' site unearthed in Kenya
Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of human warfare to be scientifically dated, at a site in northern Kenya. The 10,000-year-old
Shabab storm Somali army base
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya yesterday, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government during the assault.
New Ebola case emerges in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone officials confirm a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the latest West Africa outbreak over.
Mosque blast kills 12 in Cameroon
A suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers at a mosque in northern Cameroon yesterday, security officials said, in an area regularly targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists.
Al-Shabab uses Trump in propaganda film
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab releases a propaganda video featuring footage of the US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump
Boko Haram 'technically defeated': Nigeria leader
Nigeria has "technically won the war" against Islamist Boko Haram militants, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. He told the BBC that the militant group could no longer mount "conventional attacks" against security forces or population centres.
Boko Haram forces 1m out of school
The Boko Haram insurgency has kept more than one million children out of school, the UN children's agency reported yesterday, highlighting fears that a lack of education will fuel further radicalism in and around Nigeria.
Mali hunts suspects after hotel siege
Investigators in Mali were yesterday hunting at least three people suspected of links to the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel in the capital that left at least 19 people dead.