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Court sketch showing former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana, AKA Philippe Manier, tried for his role in the massacre of Tutsi civilians at a courthouse in Paris. The trial of former Rwandan policeman, Philippe Hategekimana,…

Senegal: Media Freedom Threatened By Government Crackdown Recent riots in Senegal have caused the government to crack down on the country's media, with journalists left struggling in the face of violence and threats. Walf TV has been…

Paris has requested to attend a Brics summit scheduled to take place in South Africa in August, France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Monday. "We are thinking aloud - but this is obviously a decision that only the countries…

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 people suspected of collaborating with Islamist militants believed to have attacked a school last Friday. The head teacher and school's director are among the detained. Forty-two people -…

The United States regrets the transition government of Mali’s decision to revoke its consent for MINUSMA. We are concerned about the effects this decision will have on the security and humanitarian crises impacting the Malian people. We…

Tens of thousands of Malians participated on Friday in rallies in the capital, Bamako, ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum. The military government led by Assimi Goita supports a Yes vote on the new secular constitution.…

40 people, mostly pupils, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group (IS). A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.…

Sixty-five members of a Kenyan doomsday cult, who were rescued from the Shakahola Forest, are appearing in court to face charges of attempted suicide. In Kenya, attempted suicide is illegal. Likewise, aiding suicide, failing to take…

More than 150,000 people in India and Pakistan have been evacuated from the path of a fierce cyclone a day before its expected landfall. Forecasters have warned that Cyclone Biparjoy - which means "disaster" in Bengali- could destroy…

Officials in Sudan say the governor of the West Darfur region has been killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Only hours earlier, Khamis Abbakar had accused both the RSF and allied militias of committing genocide against…