March 25, 2024 Charges pursued against South African parliamentary speaker allegedly bribed with $135K, wig South African prosecutors announced Monday their intent to charge embattled Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula with corruption.
March 25, 2024 More than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity 137 Nigerian students, many of whom are younger than 10 years old, were rescued Sunday by the military after being abducted by motorcycle-riding gunmen more than two weeks ago.
March 25, 2024 Former Senegal prime minister concedes presidential election to opposition candidate Amadou Ba, a former Senegalese prime minister, conceded defeat in the presidential election to opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye on Monday.
March 22, 2024 A Moroccan town protests water management plans Leaders met with residents in eastern Morocco this week to discuss a water management plan set to take effect this year; residents have protested for months in fear of the policy changes.
March 22, 2024 Burkina Faso's security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village's massacre Burkina Faso has had an increase in the killings of civilians by security forces, with 'horrifying' accounts of dead women with babies as well as slain children.
March 22, 2024 Humanitarian crisis looms in Chad as refugee camps face funding shortfall The United Nations has warned that overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are facing imminent financial depletion caused by the deadly conflict in Sudan.
March 22, 2024 Kenyan doctors stage mass protest in the streets as national strike enters second week Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protested for better pay on Friday during a nationwide strike in its second week. They said the strike will continue until needs are met.
March 21, 2024 Uganda's president appoints son as top commander of the army, raising succession concerns Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni appointed his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the 'top commander of the military' on Thursday; many believe Museveni is preparing his child for succession.
March 21, 2024 Blinken huddles on Gaza with Arab diplomats in Cairo as US-Israel relations sour U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Arab diplomats gathered in Cairo Thursday to discuss post-conflict plans for Gaza, as U.S. relations with Israel have soured over Israel's war against Hamas.
March 21, 2024 US pledges over $47M in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan The U.S. has announced over $47 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan, Chad and South Sudan amid a civil war that has killed thousands and displaced millions.