Ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly from the M23 militia insurgency, has led to severe deforestation in the Mount Nyiragongo area and the Virunga National Park, displacing over 1.7 million people.
Malawi has officially declared the end of the country's worst cholera outbreak, which began in March 2022 and claimed nearly 2,000 lives.
A bombardment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) killed two children and two teenagers, despite a humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and the M23 rebel group.
Gambia's parliament on Monday rejected a bill that sought to overturn the country's ban on female genital mutilation (FGM).
The U.S. is set to complete its withdrawal of forces and equipment from an air base in Niamey, Niger's capital, on Sunday, with a joint ceremony marking the occasion.
China confirmed on Thursday that at least 6 of its citizens have died and several others are missing following an attack by armed militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Twenty-five soldiers in the DRC have been sentenced to death for fleeing M23 rebels, following a swift military court trial.
An armed group attacked a wedding ceremony in central Mali, killing at least 21 people, local residents reported on Wednesday.
Unidentified armed men have killed approximately 40 people in an attack on the village of Djiguibombo in central Mali, local officials reported on Tuesday.
Eight years after 11 million secret financial documents were leaked, a court in Panama on Friday acquitted more than two dozen defendants implicated in the Panama Papers scandal. Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences for money laundering charges.
Mauritania is holding a presidential election amidst issues such as military coups, migration, jihadist attacks, and slavery.
The U.N. verified nearly 4,000 violations against children in the DRC last year, including the recruitment of over 1,800 children by armed groups and the deaths or maiming of more than 650 children.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has publicly disclosed an arrest warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly, a Malian accused of commanding an al-Qaida-linked extremist group responsible for severe atrocities in Timbuktu between 2012 and 2013.
This $1.1 billion initiative aims to enhance vaccine production capabilities within Africa, a continent that has historically relied on imported vaccines, often at great cost.
In a devastating overnight event, a large fire at Chad’s primary military ammunition depot in the Goudji area of the capital, N'Djamena, resulted in the deaths of at least nine people, with another 46 suffering injuries, some critically.
A Romanian "mercenary" and two Congolese soldiers were killed, and a U.N. peacekeeper was wounded in three separate incidents in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, several sources reported Sunday.
