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Millions of Kenyans have been voting in an election that pits the longtime opposition politician Raila Odinga against the deputy president, William Ruto. Kenya is facing a cost-of-living crisis, fueled by the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has cut global food supply chains and affected...

South Sudan's transitional government will remain in power for another two years, its president said on Thursday, delaying elections that were scheduled for December this year, raising concerns among Western nations supporting its peace process. South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011...

Somalia's prime minister has named former al Shabaab group co-founder and spokesperson Mukhtar Robow as a minister in the country's new cabinet, a move that could either help strengthen the fight against the insurgency or provoke clan clashes. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said in televised...

The chair of the West African regional bloc has said Guinea will cut the timeline of its planned transition to civilian rule from three to two years. Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron at a media briefing in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is chair of the...

Senegal's main opposition leader has issued what he called an "ultimatum" to President Macky Sall, urging him to release those arrested during a day of clashes that reportedly left three people dead. Violence broke out between youths and police in the capital Dakar on Friday, as officers blocked off...

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Benin some eight months after France returned 26 works of art seized by colonial soldiers in Benin in 1892. Thousands of other looted artworks remain in France, and traditional leaders and government authorities in Benin are hopeful that the return of the 26...

Amnesty International is calling for an investigation into the massacre of more than 400 Amhara civilians in Ethiopia's Oromia region in June 2022, citing eyewitnesses who blamed a local rebel group for the killings. The Amnesty statement follows a call by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

A Gambian court has sentenced former intelligence chief Yankuba Badji and four other members of the intelligence service to death for the killing of a political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng during the rule of former strongman Yahya Jammeh. The country has observed a moratorium on the death penalty...

Mali will from Thursday suspend all new rotations of the United Nations’ MINUSMA peacekeeping mission, including those already scheduled, for “national security” reasons, the foreign ministry said. The suspension will last until a meeting is held to “facilitate the coordination and regulation” of...

Malian authorities arrested nearly 50 soldiers from Ivory Coast who came to Mali to work for a contracting company of the United Nations mission in Mali. The government made the announcement Monday calling the Ivorian soldiers “mercenaries,” in a move that could raise tensions between the two West...