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Soldiers in Togo used tear gas and batons on Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked main roads in the capital. The protests have been going on since Wednesday, to denounce a power grab by longtime leader Faure Gnassingbé and demand hi…
Congolese and Rwandan officials are expected to sign a peace deal in Washington on Friday following a diplomatic push by US President Donald Trump’s administration to end years of conflict that have their roots in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
The African Union’s human rights court has rejected petitions by former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and former prime minister Guillaume Soro to overturn bans on their running in the country’s upcoming presidential election.
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo saw an appeal rejected by the African Union’s human rights court on Thursday, as he seeks to repeal crime convictions stemming from the country’s civil war to stand in his country’s upcoming presidential ele…
Cameroonian minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary announced on Thursday he will run in this year’s presidential election after resigning earlier this week, challenging current leader Paul Biya’s 43-year regime, which Bakary says has “shown its limits.”
The United Nations said Thursday it was “deeply concerned” by violence during protests in Kenya, which killed at least 16 and left thousands of businesses ruined. The demonstrations, marking on Wednesday the anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-tax …
Sixteen people were killed and more than 400 injured in Kenya on Wednesday as police cracked down on anti-government protests. Most of the victims were shot, rights groups said, in the worst day of unrest since last year’s deadly demonstrations over t…
Police clashed with people marching in Nairobi and other areas to honour those killed in protests last yearAt least 16 people have been killed and 400 injured in Kenya as a nationwide demonstration to honour those killed during last year’s anti-governm…
At least eight people died Wednesday in a fresh wave of anti-government protests that have swept across Kenya in the wake of the unexplained death of a popular blogger in police custody, the national rights watchdog said. The demonstrations also coinc…
One year after major protests against corruption, Kenyans are holding remembrance marches for victims of police violence. Renewed demonstrations follow the death of a teacher in custody. RFI spoke to a policy analyst on whether youth protests can driv…