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Ethnic clashes in Darfur could reignite Sudan’s old conflict

YoopyaFebruary 9, 2021June 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 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...

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Facebook removes French, Russian accounts active in Africa

YoopyaDecember 18, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 18, 2020June 14, 20230

Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic...

Africa News

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

YoopyaDecember 8, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 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...

Africa Health News

African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

YoopyaNovember 19, 2020July 1, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 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...

Africa News

2 guilty of supporting deadly Westgate mall attack in Kenya

YoopyaOctober 7, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 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...

Africa News World

Mali soldiers promise elections after coup condemned abroad

YoopyaAugust 19, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 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...

Africa News World

Mali president resigns after detention by military, deepening crisis

YoopyaAugust 19, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 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...

Africa News World

Congo justice minister resigns after judicial reform dispute

YoopyaJuly 11, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 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...

Africa News World

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

YoopyaJuly 11, 2020May 27, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 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...

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Ethiopia arrests suspects in the killing of popular singer

YoopyaJuly 11, 2020June 14, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 11, 2020June 14, 20230

Ethiopian authorities said on Friday they had arrested two suspects over the killing of a popular political singer, whose death last week sparked protests in...