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A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy in a landmark case addressing the nation's colonial…

Haitian government declared a state of emergency and night-time curfew late, in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons. The…

Ethiopia's parliament has extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region of Amhara that has resulted in hundreds of deaths and drawn accusations of widespread human rights…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to visit four African countries as the Biden administration tries to keep its eyes on all corners of the world while being consumed by crises in Ukraine, the Mideast and the Red Sea. The State…

A state of humanitarian emergency has been announced in the Republic of Congo, following flooding caused by heavy rains that's been pouring for over a month. The government also announced the release of an emergency fund estimated at 4…

Zimbabwe has declared 17th November a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some 1.5 million people has been badly hit by an outbreak of the disease that has affected all provinces of…

Thousands of people, some dressed in traditional warrior clothes, attended the funeral of South Africa's divisive Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who was implicated in a wave of deadly violence that marked the country's emergence from…

Ethiopian Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify between regional forces and the military. The prime minister’s office announced the…

Residents of South Darfur capital, Nyala, have denounced the killing of West Darfur state's governor on Wednesday. Governor Khamis Abdullah Abakar was killed hours after he made critical remarks of the paramilitaries in a telephone…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in an attempt to stem the deep electricity crisis that is undermining the daily life and economy of the continent's leading industrial power. For months, …