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This week has seen fast-moving political developments in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga lost a no confidence vote in parliament, and subsequently resigned on Friday. Analysts have said that the dismissal of Ilunga means that President Felix Tshisekedi has effectively cut any political links he had left with former leader Joseph Kabila’s Common… Read More

The young Senegalese Diary Sow, a student in France whose disappearance at the beginning of the year had put her country in turmoil, returned Friday to Senegal, local press reported. The 20-year-old student enrolled in a preparatory class at the prestigious Parisian high school, Louis-Le-Grand, was reported lost after she failed to show up for classes on January 4. Her… Read More

A stone’s throw from the Moungo, the river that in part marks the separation between the English and French-speaking regions of Cameroon, light armored vehicles and trucks full of soldiers have been on the lookout since the beginning of the African Championship of Nations (CHAN). This tournament, which brings together 16 African national teams without their stars playing outside the… Read More

15 members of former Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), appeared in court on Friday. The government said they are to face charges of treason, launching attacks against the army and engaging in an armed uprising. They were arrested following a bloody conflict in the Tigray region depicting armed TPLF members and the Ethiopian federal army. Among… Read More

Former Central African Republic rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court on Friday . Kani, 50, is suspected of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes including torture after the country spiralled into sectarian violence in 2013, following the ouster of former leader Francois Bozize. The violence pitted the Seleka, a mainly… Read More

Burundian president Évariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday ordered its media regulator to resolve differences with sanctioned news outlets. It’s a rare sign of outreach by the government of Burundi. The East African nation is ranked amongst the worst countries in the world for press freedom. Burundi has blacklisted several local and foreign news organizations. It has also coerced independent journalists into… Read More

Pastor Daniel Ngoy Mulunda was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in prison for undermining state security, a human rights organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Association of Access to Justice (ACAJ) has said. Mulunda is a relative of ex- Congolese leader Joseph Kabila. The former served as president of the electoral commission early 2010 under Kabila. His… Read More

Thousands of Central Africans are seeking refuge in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Ndu, the far North of the DRC, 30,000 refugees from Bangassou live in precarious conditions after rebel attacks. “I only fled with my children. I took my children and my little sisters. And I ran away, I got on the canoe and I came here”, Chancella… Read More

The legendary actress Cicely Tyson died Thursday night at age 96, according to her family. No details were immediately provided. Tyson is known for uplifting the stories of black women both on stage and the big screen. Oprah Winfrey took to twitter to honor Tyson’s legacy. ‘’She used her career to illuminate the humanity of Black people. The roles she… Read More

Mali’s transitional president, Bah N’Daw has met with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss bilateral cooperation. Mr N’daw was received on Wednesday 27 January by Emmanuel Macron for a working lunch and discussed the transition in Mali and the G5 summit in Ndjamena to be held on 15 and 16 February. Accompanied by three of his ministers this… Read More