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Thousands protest in Algeria, hoping to rekindle mass demos

YoopyaFeb 16, 2021June 30, 20230

Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in the Algerian town of Kherrata to voice support for the Hirak protest movement that ousted Algeria’s veteran president

Ethnic clashes in Darfur could reignite Sudan’s old conflict

YoopyaFeb 9, 2021June 30, 20230

Sayid Ismael Baraka, a Sudanese-American visiting from Atlanta, was playing with his three children, and his wife was making tea, when the gunmen stormed into

Ethiopia gives UN green light to deploy 25 staff to Tigray

YoopyaFeb 9, 2021July 2, 20230

U.N. agencies received approval from Ethiopia’s government Monday to send 25 more staff members to embattled Tigray, a region where the United Nations says hunger

Ethiopia’s forces shoot at, detain UN staffers in Tigray

YoopyaDec 8, 2020June 14, 20230

Ethiopia’s security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region, a senior official said

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

YoopyaNov 19, 2020July 1, 20230

Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent’s top public health official warned Thursday that we are inevitably edging toward a second

2 guilty of supporting deadly Westgate mall attack in Kenya

YoopyaOct 7, 2020June 14, 20230

A Kenyan court on Wednesday found two men guilty for supporting the 2013 attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall that left 67 people dead. Chief

Mali soldiers promise elections after coup condemned abroad

YoopyaAug 19, 2020June 14, 20230

Soldiers who ousted Mali’s president and government in a military coup that drew condemnation abroad promised on Wednesday to restore stability and oversee a transition

Mali president resigns after detention by military, deepening crisis

YoopyaAug 19, 2020June 14, 20230

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a

Congo justice minister resigns after judicial reform dispute

YoopyaJul 11, 2020June 14, 20230

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda tendered his resignation on Saturday in the wake of a dispute with the president over proposed

Ivory Coast ruling party may ask president to stand again after PM dies

YoopyaJul 11, 2020May 27, 20230

Ivory Coast’s ruling party may ask President Alassane Ouattara to rethink his decision not to stand for a third term, after the sudden death of