Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election, extending his four decades in power by another five years. He gained 72% of the vote, the election commission has announced, against 25% for his closest challenger Bobi…

The police in Uganda have denied allegations that presidential candidate Bobi Wine was abducted on Friday evening as vote counting continues in the East African nation amid an internet blackout. Wine’s party said a helicopter landed in the grounds of…

US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. Trump did not say which killings he was referring to, but claims of…

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia reportedly killed hundreds of civilians at the main hospital in el-Fasher, days after it captured the Sudanese city, the head of the United Nation’s health agency says. Tedros Ghebreyesus says the United Nations (UN)…