Guinea's former dictator pardoned over the 2009 stadium massacre
Guinea’s ruling junta has pardoned the country’s former dictator, Moussa “Dadis” Camara, who was serving a 20-prison sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre by the military
Guinea’s ruling junta has pardoned the country’s former dictator, Moussa “Dadis” Camara, who was serving a 20-prison sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre by the military
Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding
Local officials in Central African Republic say that nine people have been killed and more than 700 houses burned down
A new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years
Congo says over 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in its mineral-rich eastern region
Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations describe a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government say the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.”
The government of Ivory Coast has announced a ban on all student union associations following the death of two students and the arrest of 17 suspects
Local officials and residents say an overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing
Three Chinese citizens have been sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in fines for illegally exploiting mineral resources in Congo, according to court filings
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency after reporting its second case of mpox in less than four days
A Nigerian official says at least 40 farmers were killed by militants in a weekend attack in northeastern Borno state
The United States will return $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates
Benin's military says that militants inflicted heavy losses on the country's armed forces during an attack this week on a fortified military post in the north
Officials say 38 people are confirmed dead, and over 100 missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry — full of people returning home for Christmas — capsized
The U.N.'s food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa
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