Shocking levels of criminal gang violence are spreading to rural areas in Haiti, where along with rising casualty tolls and trauma they are also impacting food production, a recent UN report alerted. Speaking from Geneva, the UN top humanitarian official in Haiti gave a bleak update on the island nation on Friday (Dec.07). "In these first 11 ...

 A recent report from the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights the escalating food insecurity crisis in eastern Africa, exacerbated by a combination of drought and devastating floods linked to the El Niño phenomenon. The grim situation is particularly evident in Somalia, where levels of hunger are reported to be among the worst in a decade, a...

 The UK government has confirmed an additional £100 million in funding to facilitate the relocation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, following a prior payment of £140 million earlier this year. According to Sir Matthew Rycroft, the Home Office's top civil servant, an additional payment of £50 million is expected in the coming year. The relocation ...

 Burundi's Supreme Court sentenced former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni to life in prison on Friday (Dec. 08). He was convicted on charges including attempting to overthrow the government, illicit enrichment and destabilizing the economy, a judicial source said. The former general was named PM in July 2020 then dismissed in September ...

 Just two weeks ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in addition to the war in the nation's east obstacles hinder the electoral process. On Wednesday, many voters in Kinshasa rushed to replace illegible voter cards. Voters registered for the December 20 election between December last year and M...

 The former president of Sierra Leone has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks authorities termed as a failed coup, an official said Thursday (Dec. 07). Ernest Bai Koroma said that he would honour the police summons, and asked his supporters to be calm, according to a statement issued by his office. Dozens of gunmen lau...

 Just a few days before the 2023 CAF Awards on Monday, December 11th, the Confederation of African Football unveiled the top three nominees for all the categories. In the men's category, Victor Osimhen of Nigeria who just won the best player with the Italian football federation tops the list. Osimhen scored 31 goals last season and currently h...

 Sierra Leone on Wednesday buried 18 members of the security forces killed during what the government called a November 26 coup attempt, in a ceremony attended by President Julius Maada Bio, a journalist from Sierra Leone noted. Sixteen soldiers, a police officer and a prison guard were buried in a military cemetery in Freetown, according to I...

 57-year-old Ounissa Mazhoud lives in Tunisia's remote village of Ouled Omar, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Tunis. She wakes up every morning with one obsession: finding water. She walks to fetch water at the village's last spring. Today she went with her cousin Djamila. Both women lead a donkey, with two jerry cans tied to it, and c...

 The nations qualified for the Women's AFCON 2024 are known after the return legs of the second qualifying round on Tuesday December 5. Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia and Mali have all qualified. The DRC clinched their ticket on the wire against Equatorial Guinea. Senegal stay on course Senegal traveled to Egypt on Tuesday December 5 for the second l...

 More than 50 civilians were killed in attacks in Ethiopia in November, denounced the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Wednesday, two weeks after negotiations between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ended without agreement. Classified as a "terrorist organization" by Addis Ababa, the OLA has been fighting the Ethi...

 Uganda staunchly criticized Wednesday (Dec. 06) the United States' recent expansion of visa restrictions on its officials, interpreting this as an attempt by Washington to enforce an "LGBT agenda" in Africa. These new sanctions unveiled earlier this week target Ugandan individuals who were not formally identified. According to the U.S., they ...

 In a joint statement on Tuesday, the military regimes of Mali and Niger announced that they were denouncing their double taxation agreements with France, continuing the unraveling of ties with Paris and the tightening of their relations. In the statement, the governments of the two Sahelian countries cited "France's persistent hostile attitud...

 Mauritania and Chad have paved the way for a dissolution of the G5 Sahel alliance created in 2014 to tackle jihadism and other challenges in the sub-region, following the withdrawal of the other three members, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Mauritania and Chad "take note of and respect the sovereign decision" of Burkina Faso and Niger to withd...

 Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff visited Tuesday (Dec. 05) Tudun Biri village where an army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 civilians on Sunday (Dec. 03). "The military said troops were carrying out aerial patrols when they observed a group of people and wrongly analysed and misinterpreted their pattern of activities to be similar t...

 All is now set for the AFCON 2023 tournament to be hosted in Ivory coast in January, sporting authorities in the west African nation said Wednesday as they presented recently renovated stadiums to the press. "As you can see, COCAN's mission is first and foremost to organise and deliver the operations and infrastructure needed to ensure the su...

 In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his fellow Prophets and Messengers. Your Excellency, dear brother and honorable friend, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence Distinguished gathering! May All...

 Launched on November 25, Chad's referendum campaign is dividing the political class, as voters prepare to decide on a new constitution. Chad's eight million registered voters will be called to place their votes on December 17, after twenty days of campaigning by both sides. Most opposition parties are calling for a boycott of the vote, saying...

 Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum are part of Kenya's pre-selection for the Paris Olympics announced on Monday. Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and former world record holder Brigid Kosgei are also part of the team unveiled by the Athletics Kenya Federation (AK). Kipchoge won t...

 Three weeks after the rejection of a previous project, London and Kigali signed a new treaty in Rwanda on Tuesday, aimed at resurrecting a controversial agreement to deport migrants arriving illegally in the UK to the East African country. The British government is trying to salvage this flagship measure of its policy against illegal immigrat...