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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Rising tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are putting renewed pressure on the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement, raising fears that one of Africa’s most devastating recent conflicts could once again descend into
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BANJUL, The Gambia — The Gambia is facing a growing electricity and political crisis after prolonged power cuts triggered street protests in and around the capital, with demonstrators demanding that President Adama Barrow resign. The
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MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Equatorial Guinea is facing growing scrutiny over the treatment of migrants deported from the United States after police allegedly pointed firearms at detainees during an altercation at a hotel in Malabo.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s crackdown on foreign nationals operating small-scale retail businesses and hawking has triggered a wider debate over jobs, migrant rights, regional trade and the limits of economic protectionism. President William Ruto initially
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after more than two years in Nigeria, following the government’s decision to discontinue treason proceedings against him over an alleged 2023
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MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique’s opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane is set to face trial before the country’s Supreme Court over his alleged role in protests that followed the disputed 2024 presidential election, reopening questions about political
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Tanzania is mourning the death of Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who died on Monday while receiving treatment for a heart condition in Zanzibar. Vice
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NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed an African-led campaign to change how the world is represented on maps, backing the use of projections that more accurately reflect the true size of
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NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has ordered Tata Chemicals to end its operations in Kenya, escalating a dispute over the Indian company’s century-old soda ash business at Lake Magadi in Kajiado County. Ruto announced
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SHARPEVILLE, South Africa — More than six decades after apartheid police opened fire on an unarmed crowd in one of the defining moments of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, survivors and relatives of those killed are
