The rebel group which last week seized the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Uvira say they have begun withdrawing, promising to complete the pullout on Thursday, following pressure from the United States (US). The M23 group captured the…

Rebel forces have entered the last government-held city in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in an offensive that has forced thousands to flee across the border into Burundi, residents say. Heavy artillery and gunfire could be heard in Uvira,…

Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution backing its plan for the disputed Western Sahara region. Known as Unity Day, the holiday will celebrate Morocco’s…

The Tanzanian police have lifted a night-time curfew imposed since Wednesday last week in the main city, Dar es Salaam, following deadly election protests, as life slowly returns to normal across the country. Following the unrest, the internet was cut…

Protests have escalated in major cities across Tanzania as opposition supporters denounce Wednesday’s presidential and parliamentary elections as a sham. Hundreds of demonstrators also crossed into Kenyan territory, barricading roads, lighting bonfires and tearing down posters of President Samia Suluhu…

Fresh protests have broken out in Tanzania’s major cities, a day after elections marred by clashes between opposition supporters and the police. Gunfire was heard in the northern city of Mwanza, while clashes broke out in the capital, Dodoma, and…

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says the United States (US) revoked his visa and banned him from the country. The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, says the US consulate asked him to bring in…

A plane crash near Kenya’s coast has killed 10 European tourists and a local pilot, officials say. The aircraft was flying from the popular beach resort of Diani to an airstrip in the world-famous Maasai Mara game park when it…

Fears are mounting of mass killings in the key Sudanese city of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured it from government forces. In a address on Monday evening, Sudan’s military chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he…

Sudan’s military chief has confirmed the army’s withdrawal from its last western stronghold of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city. In a televised address, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the…