Middle Africa

New president of the DRC pardons about 700 political prisoners

New Congo President has pardoned about 700 political prisoners who were jailed under his predecessor Joseph Kabila Kabange.

UN says killings in DR Congo ethnic clashes may be crimes against humanity

The UN human rights office said that intercommunal violence that left at least 535 people dead in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo may amount to crimes against humanity.

Turkey sets up meteorological station in Antarctica

A team of Turkish researchers established the observation station in Antarctica, which will provide meteorological data such as wind speed, pressure and global solar radiation for two years.

Western powers warn of violence in South Sudan

Thousands of civilians in the Yei area have fled the renewed fighting and crossed the border to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

CAR govt inks peace deal with 14 armed groups

Central African Republic signs agreement following two weeks of talks in Sudanese capital Khartoum. But peace is fragile as similar deals in 2014, 2015 and 2017 all fell apart.

Central African Republic reaches peace deal with armed groups - UN

The agreement represents rare hope for the impoverished, landlocked nation where inter-religious and inter-communal fighting has continued since 2013.

DRC’s contested election: Constitutional coup or baby step to democracy?

Congo's elections were neither free or fair - that they even happened was a small success.

Workers of state-run plantations in Cameroon attacked by separatists

Some workers of plantations run by Cameroon Development Corporation had their hands chopped off by separatists.

Fifty mass graves discovered in western DRC - UN rights group

A senior official of the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in DRC says graves have been discovered in Yumbi in western Mai-Ndombe province.

The thorns in the new DRC president’s side

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s new president will have his hands full with nearly 13 million Congolese going hungry, numerous active militias in the eastern region and the world’s second deadliest Ebola outbreak.

Protesters dead as rallies rock Sudan

Since mid-December, the country has been rocked by popular protests where demonstrators seek President al Bashir’s resignation over his apparent failure to remedy the country’s chronic economic woes.

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi sworn in as DRC president

New DRC President Felix Tshisekedi's speech has appealed for peace and tolerance in the long-turbulent country after the disputed December 30 election.