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The Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court on January 9 confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi's landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the poor but mineral-rich massive central African country. DR Congo held a presidential, legislative, regional, and local election...

A former Gambian minister under ousted dictator Yahya Jammeh went on trial in Switzerland on January 8 for crimes against humanity in a milestone case where a serial rape victim will testify after a multi-decade wait for justice. Former interior minister Ousman Sonko becomes the highest-ranking...

The Rwandan government on January 11 said Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye in late December accused Rwanda of hosting and training the Red Tabara...

Congo's election commission said it has cancelled votes cast for 82 of the 101,000 legislative candidates in the disputed December general election over alleged fraud and other issues, amid fresh opposition calls for a re-run of the vote. Those disqualified include contenders for national...

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Friday vowed to continue a nine-month war between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rejecting the latest peace efforts. RSF head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo agreed earlier this week to a ceasefire proposed by civilian groups...

Chad’s transitional government has appointed former opposition leader Succes Masra, who recently returned to the country following exile, as prime minister. Masra will serve through the transition to civilian rule, Mahamat Ahmad Alhabo, Chad’s new secretary-general of the presidency, said on Monday...

Chadians have voted in favor of a new constitution that critics say could help cement the power of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby. The referendum held earlier this month was approved by 86 percent of voters, the government commission that organized it said on Sunday. Voter turnout was about 64...

South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 21,500 people and caused widespread destruction in the besieged...

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham.” Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared...

A Rwandan doctor was sentenced by a Paris court on Wednesday to 24 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. After a deliberation lasting nearly 15 hours, Sosthene Munyemana, 68, was found guilty of charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and participation in a...