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A court in Benin on Saturday convicted one of President Patrice Talon's main opponents for complicity in acts of terrorism. Reckya Madougou was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a trial her lawyers denounced as a political…

Libya's election commission said on Saturday it would not publish a list of presidential candidates until after it settles some legal issues, leaving almost no time to hold the vote as planned on Dec. 24. While most Libyan and…

The International Monetary Fund approved a three-year extended credit facility worth $570 million for Chad, the Fund said it is capping a process that required Chad to restructure all its official and commercial debt. The…

Palestinians held municipal elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday in a rare democratic exercise and amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he cancelled planned legislative and presidential votes…

Ten African countries account for 46% of Omicron cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. It says the majority of these countries are within southern Africa, where scientists are being extra-vigilant for other…

Fighting between government-allied groups and the opposition in South Sudan has led to "unimaginable violence" in recent months that could potentially amount to war crimes, according to a new report by Amnesty International.…

The number of Malians facing hunger has tripled since last year, and hunger is now at its highest level since Mali's security crisis began in 2012. A coalition of 22 humanitarian organisations said. Rising insecurity, droughts,…

Kenyan police have condemned the actions of a group of newly graduated officers who recorded a video threatening civilians once they were deployed. The young graduates can be heard in the widely shared video boasting that they…

The military court in Uganda has convicted two soldiers for the killing of three people during protests last year. The demonstration broke out following the arrest of then-presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as…

US President Joe Biden has nominated Meg Whitman as the ambassador to Kenya. The businesswoman and politician is quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that "she looks forward to working with the Kenyan government if…