Nine South African and three Malawian peacekeeping soldiers have been killed by M23 rebels, authorities say.
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Local authorities say Major General Peter Cirimwami dies after being wounded on the front lines.
Families of the murdered activists are among two dozen suing government for failure to deliver justice for past crimes.
Leaders in Davos should focus on taking tangible steps to accelerate Africa’s inclusive growth agenda.
Interim leader Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a military coup in August 2023, is expected to run for president.
In Cameroon’s southwest and Nigeria’s southeast, violence has disrupted the education of hundreds of thousands.
Sudan plunged into conflict in April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between RSF and the army broke out.
The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023, between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army (SAF).
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Illegal and small-scale mining known as galamsey is contaminating the country’s rivers and soil, activists say.
Authorities say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a trade hub for the eastern provincial capital of Goma.
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Imtiaz Sooliman, driving force behind prominent African aid agency Gift of the Givers, says his work is not political.
52 others suffered severe burns in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy, amid rising fuel cost.
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A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.
The UN says the forced displacement is one of ‘the most alarming’ humanitarian crises in the world.
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