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A court in Finland has sentenced the controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related charges. It ruled that Simon…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has summoned a significant number of senior military officials for questioning following a series of battlefield defeats against M23 rebels in the volatile eastern…
Authorities in Chad have arrested Muslim Mohammed Yusuf, the 18-year-old son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf, alongside five alleged accomplices linked to the terrorist group Islamic State West Africa…
The disease arrived in refugee camps hosting Sudanese civilians fleeing the conflict in their country in July. 938 cases are so far suspected in Ouaddai province in eastern Chad. Experts…
Progress has been made in terms of improving sanitation and hygiene worldwide, but 2.1 billion people globally still lack access to safe drinking water. 1.7 billion people still lack basic…
The international police organisation, Interpol, coordinated a major cybercrime crackdown named ‘Operation Serengeti 2.0’ that led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa and the recovery of nearly $97.4…
Almost two years after he led a coup to end more than five decades of Bongo dynasty rule, Gabon’s military leader Brice Oligui Nguema has announced he will run in…
Nigeria's president has set a target of 7% annual economic growth, aiming to lift the country out of its financial struggles. In the first quarter, Nigeria's economy grew by 3.13%,…
Just a handful of ancient teeth uncovered in Ethiopia is rewriting what we know about human origins. The fossils, dated between 2.6 and 2.8 million years old, were found at…
Sudan is in the grip of a worsening health emergency. The Ministry of Health has reported 1,575 new cholera infections and 22 deaths in just the past week. That brings…