October 20, 2023 In Niger, lawyers call for deposed president's release after junta claims it thwarted house arrest escape Lawyers for deposed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum have called for his release from house arrest after learning the country's military junta claimed it prevented an escape attempt.
October 20, 2023 Education for Rwanda’s refugee children under threat due to reduced UN funding A United Nations agency has announced massive funding cuts that would jeopardize the education, food, and health care for tens of thousands of refugees in Rwanda.
October 18, 2023 Pakistani journalist's widow files wrongful death suit against elite Kenyan policing unit Javeria Siddique, the widow of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kenya's General Service Unit.
October 18, 2023 Major South African coal plant fires back up as officials aim to ease mass power outages South African officials are banking on the gradual recovery of the coal-fired Kusile power station, one of the nation's largest, to assist in reducing the severity of ongoing blackouts.
October 17, 2023 Foreign tourists, local guide killed in attack at Ugandan national park Two foreign tourists and a local guide at Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park were reportedly killed by rebels based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
October 17, 2023 UN peacekeepers withdraw from northern Mali as violence risk escalates U.N. peacekeepers started vacating two bases in northern Mali on Monday, part of a forced withdrawal from the increasingly unstable nation.
October 16, 2023 27 dead in northwest Congo after boat capsizes At least 27 people have died when a locally made boat travelling along the Congo River capsized as it was headed to the town of Bolomba. Another 70 passengers remain missing.
October 16, 2023 Uganda president declares ban on used clothing imports from the West, says items are coming from dead people The president of Uganda is seeking to ban imports of secondhand clothing from the West including America, citing that the clothes were donated when the previous owner died.
October 16, 2023 9,000 killed in Sudan within 6 months of war, UN aid chief says Thousands of people have been killed in Sudan within the last six months after tensions between the country’s military and paramilitary group erupted into open warfare.
October 13, 2023 Congo's president plans gradual easing of military rule in conflict-stricken east President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo has announced plans to gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-plagued eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri.