Benin counts ballots after calm parliamentary vote
Cotonou – Benin’s electoral officials were tallying ballots Tuesday from a parliamentary vote seen as a key test of... Read more
11 Jan, 2023
Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in Finland
Turku – Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared on Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia’s... Read more
11 Jan, 2023
Gabon president appoints new prime minister
Libreville – Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Monday appointed Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze as the new prime minister, tasking him... Read more
11 Jan, 2023
Morocco raises migrants’ jail time over Melilla tragedy: lawyer
Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court has increased the sentences of 13 migrants to three years over a deadly... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
Suspected militants kill 24 civilians in east DRC
Bunia – Suspected CODECO militants killed at least 24 civilians over the weekend in several villages of eastern Democratic... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
Amnesty condemns Algeria mass death sentences
Tunis – Amnesty International urged Algeria on Monday to annul death penalties against dozens of people over the lynching... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
South Africa says probe opened over video of troops burning bodies
Johannesburg – A regional force fighting jihadists in Mozambique has opened an investigation over a video purportedly showing some... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
Morocco retrieves two migrant bodies after shipwreck
Rabat – Two new bodies were found off the southern coast of Morocco, bringing the toll from a December... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
Rwanda says it can take no more refugees from DRC
Kigali – Rwanda can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
‘We’re confident other victims will be rescued soon,’ Nigerian official says after gunmen abduct 30+ in train station attack
Lagos – Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria, kidnapping about 30 people and wounding others, before police... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
