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Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast on Thursday, a decade after his refusal to concede defeat in a presidential election sparked months of violence that left more than 3,000 people dead. Gbagbo was extradited to the International Criminal Court at The Hague in 2011 and spent eight years awaiting trial on war crimes charges. A judge acquitted… Read More

Zambia’s former president, Kenneth Kaunda, the father of the country’s independence who ruled for 27 years has died. He died at the age of 97 on Thursday. Kaunda had been admitted to the Maina Soko Medical Center, a military hospital in Lusaka, on Monday where authorities disclosed he was being treated for Pneumonia. But a Facebook post by his son… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Supporters of Ethiopian opposition party Ezema hold a last event in Addis Ababa as campaigning ends ahead of general elections on Monday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appears before thousands of supporters at a last campaign event ahead of general elections on 21 June, in the southern city of Jimma. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed outlined… Read More

The United States plan to increase funding to Egypt in order to help the North African Country shift from fossil fuels and embrace solar energy. Making the trip to Cairo, U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry met with Egyptian officials. “Egypt is blessed to be the number one country in the world for the opportunity of solar renewable energy.… Read More

Dozens of skateboarders took to the streets of Vilakazi in Soweto, South Africa on Wednesday in celebration of the nation’s 45th anniversary of Youth Day — the public holiday declared by freedom fighting icon Nelson Mandela. The Soweto Skateboard Society organised the event, known as “bombing” in the sports jargon, meaning high-speed downhill on city streets. The day honours the… Read More

Eight gold miners were killed Sunday in northern Chad when their vehicle jumped on a mine, hidden during conflicts involving Chad and Libya, the governor of Tibesti province told AFP on Tuesday. “A vehicle carrying 10 gold miners strayed into a minefield in Tanoua and hit a mine, killing eight and burning two. The two burned gold miners were taken… Read More

Ethiopia goes to polls next Monday despite growing concern over the credibility of the vote as well as a famine in war-torn Tigray. This is the first electoral test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since he took office on a pledge to end repression, although there are already concerns about the integrity of the poll. Abiy’s reputation as a reformist… Read More

Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo bought t-shirts and painted the headquarters of his Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) movement, one day before he returns to the country for the first time since 2011. “When he left, nobody wanted it. But they say he is coming. He is coming. It’s written in his destiny, not by anyone but God”… Read More

As the world is marking the desertification drought day on Thursday, more than 1,000 animals died on a Northern Cape game farm over the last few months as South Africa’s entire Kalahari region is being crippled by one of the worst droughts locals have ever seen. Several African countries are struggling to tackle extreme water shortages. The situation is more… Read More

Laurent Gbagbo heads back to Ivory Coast after a decade away in a homecoming made possible after the International Criminal Court confirmed their “Not Guilty” verdict in the case related to the 2011 post-electoral violence. He had been on trial since 2011 for the post-electoral violence in his country. Now, with his return, a lot is at stake. Africanews journalist… Read More