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Lawmakers in Bangui, Central African Republic voted to abolish the death penalty, for the legislation to become law, President Faustin Archange Touadéra still has to issue it. The law was passed by acclamation as the speaker of the…

South African governing party, the African National Congress, has drafted a new policy document which calls for an end to exclusive broadcasting access to national sports events. Should the new policy be approved, national sporting…

Kenya has announced that it will host a meeting between rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the government in Kinshasa. The announcement was made after a meeting of leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has urged the Malian transitional government to stop cooperating with Russian forces. This was after a meeting with the transitional president of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta in Bamako. The…

A UN expert has urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in a crackdown that has killed more than 80 people. Demonstrations have continued in the northeast African country since army chief…

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prestigious Peace Prize, has cautioned their 2019 winner, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, over the current war and humanitarian crisis in his country's Tigray region. A statement reads…

Congolese officials announced an end to an Ebola outbreak that had killed at least six people since October in the latest health challenge confronting the country's restive east. The most recent outbreak erupted in North Kivu province,…

Ethiopia is seeking more collaboration with other African countries to help its struggle with the ongoing internal conflicts. The Ethiopian Deputy president Sahle Zwede met with President Alassane Ouattara in Ivory Coast and. Sahle…

The Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande revealed that universities are owed more than 700 million US dollars in fees due between 2010 and 2020 with historically disadvantaged institutions bearing the brunt of the costs.…

Céline Jackson is one of the Congolese people who have paid a heavy price for the violence that the Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced in recent years. She has lived through the main episodes of these dark pages, for which…