Africa

Tidjane Thiam, leader of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party, has been removed from the electoral list ahead of the October 25 presidential election. On Tuesday, April 22, the court ruled …

The World Food Programme is forced to suspend aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia from May, due to lack of funding, the United Nations agency said on Tuesday. …

Thousands of displaced Sudanese are continuing to arrive in Tawila after fleeing last weeks paramilitary offensive on Zamzam camp that the UN say killed hundreds, including children and aid workers. …

Congolese authorities said Saturday they had suspended the party of former President Joseph Kabila. An Interior ministry statement justifying the ban on the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) …

Residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa reacted to comments made by US President Donald Trump about foreign migrants last week. During a meeting with Italy’s Prime …

Tunisia on Friday handed opponents of President Kais Saied lengthy jail terms after convicting them of plotting against state security. Issam Chebbi and Jawhar Ben Mbarek of the opposition National …

A significant step by South Africa’s legal system in confronting the atrocities of the country’s dark political past.  A judge this week approved the trial of two apartheid-era police officers …

Former Congoleseb president Joseph Kabila made a quiet entry into Goma Friday from self-imposed exile. The choice of Goma, held by M23 rebels since January has elicited differing thoughts from …

At least 143 people died and dozens more went missing after a boat carrying fuel caught fire and capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Friday. Hundreds …

The South African government is still embroiled in a tax row between the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA).  The DA party has taken the …