Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army

This follows the ‘jailbreak’ of dictator Moussa Dadis Camara who said he was ‘kidnapped’

South Africa and Sudan are already seen as frontrunners in applying and using GM technology to accelerate crop production

Wakuthi Kamau doesn’t fit the mould of a mortician, which is helping her dispel portrayals of the grey and melancholy male funeral home owner

More than 10 000 people died in the 1952 Mau Mau uprising against colonial settlers

The death of about 70 children in 2022 led to a national outcry

Digital transformation in Africa requires a strong public sector and foundation for a digital future. Anticipatory digital governance holds the key.

In their working paper, Digital pervasiveness and divisiveness: The role of African governments in enabling healthy digital futures Iman Bashir and Fisayo Oyewale use stories created by 22 young Africans to narrate their visions for effective data governance on the continent.

Police blamed the attack on the IS-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces said to have killed thousands of civilians in neighbouring DRC

Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels

It says the international community has failed to recognise and stem the persecution of Rwandan refugees and critics of the Kagame regime

It seems they will be allowed to return home, but not everyone believes this will happen

The Las Anod conflict complicates the mission for true independence from Somalia

Thousands of indigent and homeless people have been picked up by authorities on the streets of the country’s capital Addis Ababa and taken to a camp where they are kept in appalling conditions

Bad luck, corruption or incompetence – the jury is out on what derailed Ghana’s economy under its current president

Amid the trials the country faces in rebuilding after the long struggle for its independence, its success in basketball is hopeful

Nearly 1.8-million Ghanaian workers were unemployed by the third quarter of 2022

In eSwatini, half a million registered voters choose 59 MPs, who advise the king while he retains veto rights

A new investigation says the military is involved in the disappearance of thousands of citizens

As the world fails to contain greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, climate catastrophes will increase, exacerbated by poor governance

Footage filmed in Debre Markos appears to show Ethiopian troops executing two unarmed individuals