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Burundi: The name does not immediately evoke centuries-old forests sheltering elusive chimpanzees, or sandy beaches lined with palm trees that stretch along one of the largest lakes in the world. Instead, the small, landlocked nation located in the heart of Africa’s Great Lakes region has often been synonymous with poverty, ethnic violence and most recently, a political crisis that prompted… Read More

A passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday, May 11, the country’s transport ministry said. Part of the ministry’s statement reads, that air traffic services “lost radio contact with the aircraft” and the plane was then “located in the forest” near Nanga Eboko, some 150km northeast of Yaounde. “It crashed on the ground… Read More

In Guinea, the National Council of the Rally for Development, CNRD, has announced a transition period to civilian rule of three years or 36 months. The decision, announced on Wednesday, places the country at odds with regional partners and the UN who have both called for a much shorter transition period. The head of the military junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya,… Read More

The Supreme Military Court in RDC has sentenced police colonel Christian Kenga Kenga to death for the killing of two human rights activists, Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana. The court named Colonel Kenga Kenga, commander of the Simba batallion,as the coordinator of the operation that took place on the 1st of June 2010. According to the verdict in the appeal… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago She carefully forms the small face, using her thumbs to make holes for the eyes and mouth, and then slowly forms the nose. Once she is done, she places the head carefully next to the others, a pile of screaming clay children on the floor. She started making the heads already when she was in… Read More

The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) organised a rally in the capital city, Tunis demanding justice for Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera Palestinian-American correspondent shot and killed in the West Bank on Wednesday, May 11. The 51 year-old veteran journalist was reporting on armed clashes in the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied territory. “There is… Read More

The Global coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) vowed to pursue their fight against jihadist groups in Africa and in the Middle East. The meeting brought together over 60 partners and was held in Marrakesh on Wednesday, May 11. “Our shared assessment of the dangerous rise of terrorist threat in Africa has led to the… Read More

**A Malian judge has summoned French Foreign Minister Jean Yves le Drian, as part of an investigation into an “attack on public property and other offences”.**According to a malian judicial source, the investigation follows a complaint from several civil groups gathered under the organisation, Maliko. It concerns a “contract award for the manufacture of Malian passports to a French company”… Read More

Eight soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in an attack in northern Togo on Wednesday, the government has announced. This marks potentially the first deadly raid on its territory by Islamist militants who have claimed thousands of lives in neighbouring countries. According to reports, the attack by heavily armed gunmen took place before dawn at an army post in… Read More

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has asked his ministers to resign if they are willing to stand in next year’s general elections, according to the Information minister, Lai Mohammed. Buhari is said to be giving members of the government until May 16 to do so. Nigerians will head to the polls in February next year to choose a new president, state governors,… Read More