Notorious human trafficker sentenced to life in prison in absentia in EthiopiaKidane Zekarias Habtemariam absconded from custody earlier this yearWed Jun 16 2021 - 18:17
Hundreds of thousands flee eastern DR Congo following volcano eruptionPopulation fear further eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo, Africa’s most active volcanoFri May 28 2021 - 23:39
Sally Hayden: We need a less West-centric view of the pandemicIn much of Africa, there are still greater concerns than coronavirusSat May 22 2021 - 01:00
Madagascar on the brink of famine due to climate crisis, say aid workersAs many as 1.1m people are facing starvation in the south of the island nationTue May 18 2021 - 19:08
Ugandan president sworn in for sixth term in officeYoweri Museveni says ruling party ‘designed the most elaborate democratic structure’Wed May 12 2021 - 19:05
Former Lord’s Resistance Army commander sentenced to 25 years by ICCOngwen a child-soldier who rose through the ranks in Ugandan rebel group led by Joseph KonyThu May 06 2021 - 20:55
Mass rape used as weapon six months into war in Ethiopia’s TigrayAccounts from Tigray say most perpetrators of rape are Ethiopian or Eritrean troopsTue May 04 2021 - 21:27
Irish wildlife activist killed in Burkina Faso with two journalistsRory Young was co-founder of an international anti-poaching organisationTue Apr 27 2021 - 22:46
As Sierra Leone turns 60, its army of bike riders call for end to police corruptionThousands protest in streets of Freetown sparking sometimes violent confrontationsMon Apr 26 2021 - 21:06
Denmark is wrong. Syria is anything but safe for returning refugeesReturnees have been disappeared or murdered shortly after arrivingSat Apr 24 2021 - 00:54
European and Libyan authorities accused after 130 migrants drown‘Events show death at sea not an accident,’ says group that takes calls from vessels in distressFri Apr 23 2021 - 21:15
Son of Chad’s autocratic president takes over after father’s deathIdriss Déby had been in power since 1990, after ousting the dictator Hissène HabréWed Apr 21 2021 - 18:34
Terrified locals in Sierra Leone brace for another Ebola outbreakWest African nation braced for spread of the deadly disease from neighbouring GuineaMon Apr 19 2021 - 01:00
UK Oxfam funding halted as DRC investigation continuesCharity ‘acutely aware’ of duty to survivors, ‘including in supporting them to speak out’Thu Apr 08 2021 - 18:54
Families still sleeping outside week after Freetown’s devastating fireBurning-down of slum in Sierra Leone leaves 7,000 homeless amid hopes of better rebuildTue Mar 30 2021 - 19:35
Letter from Dublin: The Sierra Leone island with an Irish name and a slave-trading pastThe tourist island near Freetown is lush and green but needs funds to preserve its heritageMon Mar 29 2021 - 20:00
Coastguard returns over 4,000 intercepted in Mediterranean Sea to LibyaDesperate refugees face uncertain future in poorly-run, unsafe detention centresFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:52
‘I have nothing’: Fire in Freetown slum displaces thousandsMore than 80 injured in capital amids calls for Sierra Leone government to interveneThu Mar 25 2021 - 21:03
Medical charity staff witness ‘horrific’ executions in TigrayCall for more protection of civilians after men dragged off bus and shot by soldiersThu Mar 25 2021 - 15:53
Outcry over election-related abductions in UgandaFamilies and friends tell of abductions from homes and roadsides by security forcesWed Mar 24 2021 - 21:15
African countries call for more vaccines as Covax scheme rolled outSierra Leone’s president urges leaders to persuade their citizens to get Covid-19 jabTue Mar 16 2021 - 18:29
Latest West Africa Ebola outbreak started by survivor, researchers sayGenetic analysis suggests transmission occurred through semenMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:41
People trafficking: ‘They were killers. They have raped many women’Suspected human smuggler’s pre-trial escape in Ethiopia distresses victimsSat Mar 13 2021 - 01:00
Tanzanian president believed to be seriously ill with Covid-19John Magufuli is a vaccine sceptic who has urged citizens to put their faith in GodThu Mar 11 2021 - 18:05
Violent protests continue in Senegal after opposition politician rape chargeAt least eight killed and hundreds injured in country’s worst protests in decadesTue Mar 09 2021 - 17:22
Gunmen abduct hundreds of schoolgirls in NigeriaIncident in Zamfara state is latest in long series of mass child abductions across regionFri Feb 26 2021 - 17:53
Massacre in sacred city in northern Ethiopia left hundreds dead, says AmnestyReport details killing of unarmed civilians by Eritrean troops in Axum last NovemberFri Feb 26 2021 - 00:01
Both main presidential candidates claim victory in NigerMahamane Ousmane alleges widespread fraud in election marred by violenceWed Feb 24 2021 - 23:26
Italy’s ambassador to DR Congo killed in attack on UN convoyUnnamed driver and Italian military policeman also die in ambush in east of African countryMon Feb 22 2021 - 17:28
Hotel Rwanda hero goes on trial on terrorism chargesPaul Rusesabagina disappeared in Dubai in August before resurfacing in KigaliWed Feb 17 2021 - 18:48
Uganda partially restores social media a month after electionsShutdown was necessary for ‘security of our country’, says communications ministerWed Feb 10 2021 - 17:20
New Ebola death in DRC eight months after outbreak declared overWHO says it is not unusual for sporadic cases to occur following a major outbreakMon Feb 08 2021 - 17:33
Lukodi massacre: ‘They should pay us because we lost so many people’Ugandan child soldier turned rebel leader Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 war crimesFri Feb 05 2021 - 20:04
In Dominic Ongwen’s home village, many see a victim more than a perpetratorFormer LRA commander convicted at the ICC in a trial many Ugandans think should not have happenedThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:53
Agencies criticised for failure to deliver aid to northern Ethiopian regionFormer UN undersecretary-general condemns response to Tigray’s desperate peopleMon Feb 01 2021 - 19:19
Conflict in Tigray: ‘What we don’t know could be even more disturbing’Aid agencies concerned about a building humanitarian crisis in the Ethiopian regionFri Jan 29 2021 - 18:36
Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine be released from house arrestOpposition leader and his wife have been held in their home since presidential electionMon Jan 25 2021 - 20:26
Museveni takes victory lap after winning Uganda’s presidential raceRival Bobi Wine remains under house arrest and says election result is ‘daylight robbery’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 21:04
Uganda’s internet-less election may be the most surveilled everKampala Letter: We ‘may never know the true result’ of the electionTue Jan 19 2021 - 16:24
Ugandan election: Museveni wins sixth term as opposition leader put under ‘house arrest’Police and special forces outside home of Bobi Wine, who claims vote was riggedSun Jan 17 2021 - 19:36
Ugandans choose between pop singer and longtime leader in tense electionUganda's incumbent president, 76-year-old Museveni, has been in power since 1986Thu Jan 14 2021 - 19:39
Uganda blocks internet access ahead of landmark electionPolls open on Thursday as pop star Bobi Wine takes on longstanding president MuseveniWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:25
Coronavirus used as political tool in Uganda as healthcare needs neglectedAs election looms, lack of funding from government at heart of state’s inability to tackle Covid-19Tue Jan 12 2021 - 19:00
Rival accuses Uganda’s president of crimes against humanityMusician Bobi Wine says Yoweri Museveni has committed more crimes than Joseph KonyFri Jan 08 2021 - 18:43
Libya: coronavirus has deadly impact on life-saving evacuationsPandemic has reduced international attention paid to humanitarian crisisFri Jan 01 2021 - 15:20
‘We’re very proud’: Locals in Ugandan slum rally round their ‘ghetto president’Supporters of pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine wary of upcoming votesWed Dec 30 2020 - 01:00
Uganda mired in violence against opposition supporters ahead of electionRepression on the rise as opposition presidential candidate aims to ‘remove dictator’Tue Dec 29 2020 - 16:21
Ethiopian war criminals expected to leave Italian embassy after 29 yearsTwo officials have sentences commuted, ending what may be world’s longest diplomatic asylum sagaTue Dec 29 2020 - 01:00
Aid workers fear South Sudan already experiencing famineReview finds 24,000 people are at a ‘catastrophic’ level of food insecuritySun Dec 20 2020 - 19:20
