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March 27, 2024

Rewritten Togo constitution bucked by citizens, stokes dictatorial fears

Opposition leaders and disenfranchised citizens called Wednesday for protests against a new constitution that would prolong the tenure of authoritarian President Faure Gnassingbé.

March 27, 2024

4 sentenced to death for 2013 assassination of Tunisian politician

A Tunisian court has delivered verdicts in the case of the murder of politician Chokri Belaid, who was assassinated in 2013. Four people have been sentenced to death.

March 26, 2024

Tunisian journalist to stand trial for allegedly insulting public official online

Prominent Tunisian journalist Mohamed Boughalleb is set to stand trial next month for allegedly insulting a public official on social media.

March 26, 2024

South Sudan to reopen schools after 2-week, extreme heat-induced closure

The South Sudanese government on Tuesday announced that the country's schools will reopen next week after being shuttered by triple-digit temperatures.

March 26, 2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye emerges as Senegal's next president after contentious election cycle

Opposition-backed political newcomer Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, has been elected president of Senegal, set to succeed incumbent Macky Sall.

March 26, 2024

Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult

Kenya's government began returning to relatives the exhumed bodies of more than 400 members of a doomsday cult; leader of the cult is accused of asking followers to starve themselves.

March 26, 2024

Top Ethiopian bank recoups 80% of losses after 'glitch' let customers withdraw money they didn't have

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia — the East African country's largest — claims to have recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during an apparent system glitch.

March 26, 2024

Nigeria sentences Chinese national to death for girlfriend's murder

A Nigerian court sentenced Frank Geng-Quangrong to death on Tuesday after convicting him of killing his girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, in 2022.

March 26, 2024

7 soldiers in Chad killed in explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists

An explosive device detonated during a patrol in Chad, killing seven soldiers. The government suspects Boko Haram extremists from Nigeria, officials say.

March 25, 2024

An explosion near a police station in northern Kenya has killed 4 people, including 3 officers

Four people were killed, and several others were wounded, by an 'improvised explosive device' planted at a hotel in Mandera, Kenya on Monday.