Rwandan ex-prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta sentenced to 20 years in prison
More than 28 years after the extermination of the Tutsis in Rwanda, the former Rwandan prefect was sentenced on Tuesday 12 July by the Paris […]
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Sudan: anti-putsch activists lift half of their sit-in
The organizers of the sit-ins launched ten days ago in Khartoum to force the army to return power to civilians, announced Monday to have dismantled […]
Paul Kagame could still be a candidate in 2024
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has been in power for 22 years, has opened the door to a candidacy in the next presidential election in […]
Nigerian presidential election: Bola Tinubu chooses a northerner as his running mate
Bola Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, chose Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate […]
Four rhinos killed, poachers arrested in South African park
Poachers suspected of being responsible for the deaths of four rhinos have been arrested after an impressive hunt by sniffer dogs, helicopters and rangers in […]
M23 says DRC-Rwanda ceasefire not binding
The ceasefire announced Wednesday in Luanda after a summit between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame “does not commit the M23,” the […]
Hundreds of Nigerian prisoners escape after attack
The government said on Wednesday that several hundred inmates, including about 60 jihadists, escaped from a prison on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, […]
Kinshasa and Kigali reach agreement in Luanda
The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda agreed on Wednesday in Luanda to create an ad hoc mechanism to observe the […]
Mohammad Barkindo, head of OPEC, died in Abuja
The secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo of Nigeria, died on Tuesday, official sources said. He was 63 years […]
Civilians refuse to cooperate with the Sudanese army
Sudan’s main civilian bloc on Tuesday rejected a proposal by coup leader General Abdelfattah al-Burhane to make way for a civilian government, denouncing a “tactical […]