Category: Rest of Africa

The theme of the summit is continental trade, a big deal since the creation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCTA) in 2018.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader claimed he had reported to the police of a certain individual “sent by the state to the Cape Town City Hall" on Thursday to assassinate him and that he informed South Africa’s deputy Minister for Police Cassel Mathale about...

At least 102 local vigilante group members and civilians have been killed by bandits that attacked some communities in Nigeria’s North West Katsina, the state where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from.

The state-funded NHRC does its best to press officials to act in the interest of citizens whose rights have been violated, eight sources with knowledge of the commission said. But they said the NHRC, whose inquiry was supported by the government amid an international outcry,...

At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day of heavy fighting in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors said, after local leaders declared their intention to re-join federal Somalia.

The crackdown in Obio/Akpor last month also saw two women aged 30 and 40 arrested and 19 pregnant women rescued.

More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court, the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for the actions of overseas subsidiaries.

Improved security in Ethiopia's Tigray region since a November 2022 ceasefire has allowed aid to reach some previously inaccessible areas, but humanitarian needs remain urgent, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.

"On the side-lines of the Somalia-Frontline States Summit, I met with Kenyan President William Ruto to discuss strengthened bilateral ties through infrastructure development, increasing trade and investment as well as regional issues," Abiy said in a tweet on Wednesday.

Twenty-eight people have died in new attacks by suspected insurgents in Burkina Faso, including 15 who had been abducted at the weekend, the authorities said Tuesday.