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2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic

Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are working together in West Africa to grab large swaths of territory

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Ethnic profiling of Tigrayans heightens tensions in Ethiopia

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France/Russia: Propaganda war on Facebook targets Mali & the CAR

US Africa Command stands up Joint Task Force-Quartz

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Russia, Rwanda deploy troops to CAR amid pre-election tensions

The Green 'gaslighting' of Africa

Survivors recount horrific details of Mai Kadra massacre

Mali: COVID-19 and conflict lead to rise in child trafficking

300 British troops deploy to Mali on UN Peacekeeping Mission

New Africa alliance aims to tackle deadly COVID ‘infodemic’

Ethiopian leaders rebuff foreign appeals for diplomatic solution in Tigray

Refugee resettlement numbers fall to lowest in two decades: UNHCR

Many challenges remain for Sahel Joint Force, warns Lacroix

Tigray leader says his forces fired rockets at Eritrea

Threats to democracy in Africa: The rise of the constitutional coup

COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat

COVID-19: Why are Africa’s low death rates low?

Clashes over Ethiopia's Tigray Region: Getting to a Ceasefire and National Dialogue

Youth protests for police reform in Nigeria: What lies ahead for #EndSARS

Hundreds dead in escalating Ethiopian conflict

Ethiopian MPs approve launch of military operation in Tigray

As the US Slumps Away, China Subsumes African Security Arrangements

Chatham House Prize: Malawi Judges Win for Election Work

DRC: A history of pillage, destination unknown

Steering Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis Away from Conflict

Why can’t the AU seem to deter coups?

Lake Chad region: The key to peace is water, not military action

Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan: Trust, linkage, and cooperation can end dam dispute

Report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter

Africa: Positive death penalty decision undermined by continued executions

Coronavirus: why Africa had such a low Covid-19 death rate

New fossil 'rewrites history of human evolution'

South Sudan slides backwards

Africa’s path toward energy security is away from fossil fuels

Burkina Faso ‘one step short of famine’, warns UN WFP

UN chief appeals for urgent action to reverse ‘downward spiral’ in Sahel

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UN envoy outlines cooperation progress in Africa’s Great Lakes region

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A Technical Retrospective of the Former South African Nuclear Weapon Programme

How pandemic economics and political reform will reshape Nigeria

An emergent ’politico-military’ group in Niger’s northern desert

Kenya: Ahead of the 2022 polls, what options does Kenyatta really have?

Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UNCTAD

Uganda ‘cleaning’ NGO list

Power wrangles in Mali

ECOWAS decides to adopt a new roadmap for the launch of the ECO

Global diamond industry unexpected victim of coronavirus

Ranking of African military powers in 2020

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Public anger seems to deter Somalia’s Al-Shabaab more than counter-terrorism efforts

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How Facebook spun its web across African internet

Somalia-Somaliland: A Halting Embrace of Dialogue

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Why the attack on civil liberties in Africa is a matter of life and death

Children in Nigeria and Lake Chad continue to endure ‘horrendous violations’

Water wars: Mekong River another front in US-China rivalry

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Isabel dos Santos loses to Angola in an $850 million dispute

Why Africa’s oil exporters should worry about the China-Iran mega-deal

West Africa’s Terrorist Challenge and the Dynamics of Regional Response

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

World’s poorest being pushed ‘closer to the abyss’ of famine, warns WFP chief

Antiterrorist Special Forces used to quell Mali’s protests under scrutiny

Mali facing political crisis as calls for IBK’s resignation mount

Defusing Ethiopia’s Latest Perilous Crisis

Violence in Nigeria’s North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem

DFC: Trump’s ‘weapon’ to thwart Chinese influence across Africa

Ahead of peace talks, a who’s who of Cameroon’s separatist movements

Egypt: Sisi’s power reinforced after passing of new law

Intercommunal violence, terrorist attacks inflame tensions in West Africa

A conflict without borders continues to play out in the Sahel

WFP to assist largest number of hungry people as covid-19 devastates poor nations

Water cooperation between States ‘key’ to Blue Nile dam project

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The Muslim and African Bans in the US

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Financing the Revival of Sudan’s Troubled Transition

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Mali: Fragmented territorial sovereignty and contested political space

Lina Attalah: ‘In Egypt, independent journalism is under threat’

Nile Dam Talks: A Short Window to Embrace Compromise

Islamist Militants in Mozambique Intensify Attacks in Cabo Delgado Province

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Absent state functions in Central Mali are the key challenge

ICRC: Most-neglected displacement/crisis countries in Africa

As Chad’s Problems Mount, What Role for Civil Society?

Together, African Countries Have Enough to Fight COVID-19

SIPRI paper on climate-related security risks and the African Union

The impact of the Malian crisis on the Group of Five Sahel countries

Sahel: Bandits on motorbikes sow terror in Niger’s Tillaberi region

France to Lead Joint Effort in War on Terrorism in Sahel Region

Importing the Malian conflict to the Group of Five Sahel countries: The case of the Ayorou refugee camp in Niger

COVID-19 in Somalia: A Public Health Emergency in an Electoral Minefield

Al-Shabaab Threatens COVID-19 Interventions in Somalia

Coronavirus is triggering deep digital change in African fintech

Coronavirus: WHO warns of 190,000 deaths in Africa

Initial AFRICOM civilian casualty assessment quarterly report

The coming of age of the Africa Centers for Disease Control

Southern Africa: Millions face hunger under COVID-19 lockdown regimes

300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: UN agency

Number of hungry people spikes in Central Sahel as COVID-19 looms

Why Sub-Saharan Africa needs a unique response to COVID-19

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Islamic State, Al-Qaida 'On the March' in Africa

Somalia clashes stoke regional tensions

US creates new envoy position to counter rising terrorism in Sahel

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger

Malawi court annuls President Mutharika's 2019 election victory

US-brokered Nile dam deal still deadlocked

US officials: Some troops to stay in Africa amid moves by Russia, China

5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF

Angola may ask Portugal to seize dos Santos' assets: prosecutor

Ethiopia's electoral board sets tentative August date for elections

Killings and violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo

Sudan: Facing up to crisis in Kassala

West Africa renames CFA franc Eco but keeps it pegged to euro

Lesotho: Tens of thousands ‘one step away from famine’

West Africa ‘shaken by unprecedented violence’, UN envoy

Unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Mali revealed in new report

Zimbabwe facing man-made starvation, UN expert

Sudan dissolves former president al-Bashir's party, confiscates party's funds

Political consensus critical ahead of Somalia election: UN

Serious concerns over Sahel, require ‘urgent action’: UN Africa official

‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, WFP

Reconciliation helps ‘repair fractures’, enable lasting peace, UNSC

Africa: Urgent action needed to mobilise domestic resources

Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court

Sudan needs up to $5 billion in budget support to prevent collapse

UN peacekeepers warn of increasing global challenges

UN-African Union security partnership growing, Security Council hears

Military contractor deaths raise questions about Russia's security presence in Africa

Unity, international support needed for Horn of Africa to develop sustainably

two million Cameroonians face humanitarian emergency: UNICEF

CAR considers hosting Russian military base: RIA

Hundreds gathered outside house of Ethiopian activist after deadly day of protests

Russia lands nuclear bombers in Africa as Putin hosts continent's leaders

Africa: States frustrate continental rights bodies’ efforts to uphold human rights

Putin steps up push for influence in Africa with broadside against West

Botswana faces first close election contest since independence

Gambia to file case on genocide against Myanmar at the ICJ

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South Sudan Peace Talks With Rebels Begin in Juba

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Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against three epidemics

Kipchoge makes history finishing marathon under 2 hours in Vienna

UN: Escalating Violence in Burkina Faso Displaces 500,000

South-South Cooperation ‘accelerates’ us toward 2030 goals, UN Chief

3.9 million people in Mali need humanitarian help – OCHA

Six African nations sign up to post-Brexit UK trade deal

ICJ sets closure date for hearings in Kenya-Somalia maritime dispute

22,000 Nigerians registered as missing after a decade of war, ICRC

Cameroon sends military to troubled CAR

Pope heads to Mozambique to help consolidate peace

Somalia: worst harvest since 2011, with over 2 million expected to go hungry

Insecurity and violence turn Nigeria into a ‘pressure cooker’, UN rights expert

DR Congo government announced 8 months after Tshisekedi was elected

New Zealand lawmakers urged to drop restrictions on Africa, ME refugees

Forces deployed in Zimbabwe's Bulawayo as opposition appeals protest ban

Chad declares emergency in east after dozens killed in ethnic violence

IGAD sets 21 August for Kiir, Machar meeting

French troops in Mali anti-jihadist campaign mired in mud and mistrust

Unctad to conduct survey on regional trade, tariff barriers

UN warns of spike in grave violations against children in Mali

Breakthrough in new drug treatments to fight Ebola in DR Congo

Malians fleeing violence should be given international protection, UN

Ethiopia to hold national election next year

Push to stop UN listing of Al-Shabaab

28,000 people face starvation in South Sudan: minister

Over 600 foreigners arrested in South Africa

Help African farmers cope with climate change threats, FAO

Zimbabwean opposition plans demonstrations over economy next week

Sudanese factions agree plan to pave way for transitional govt

Mozambique govt, opposition Renamo sign historic peace pact

Corruption trial of Sudan's Bashir to begin August 17

Ten years on, crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’, UN Coordinator

UNICEF budget must triple to fight DRC Ebola outbreak

South African corruption fighter seen amplifying ANC battles

Military chief of UN’s mission in Mali, confident progress can be made

Rwanda, Uganda sued in regional court over trade spat

ECOWAS adopts 'ECO' as name for planned common currency

Africa wants end to US veto on WTO court jobs

Mauritania ruling party candidate wins presidential election

Don’t take African generosity towards refugees for granted, UN refugee chief

Sudanese protesters accept Ethiopian initiative to end political crisis

Porous borders, insecurity impede eastern Africa Ebola effort

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300,000 flee flare-up of ethnic violence in north-eastern DR Congo

South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN

Documents suggest Russian contractor key figure for Kremlin in Africa

Mali peace process in a ‘critical phase’, says head of UN Mission

Sudan protesters, military to resume talks on Transitional Council

Africa will stay loyal to China's Huawei—regardless of Trump

Accountability in Sudan ‘crucial’ to avoid ‘further bloodshed’, UN

Sudanese protesters spurn general's call for talks

How clean energy is kickstarting sustainable development in East Africa

UN issues a new stamp paying tribute to Kofi Annan

More Somali refugees opt to return from war-torn Yemen

Sudan: UN chief deplores excessive force against pro-democracy protesters

Nigerian UNGA President pledges focus on ‘peace and prosperity’

‘Regional security and integration’ in Central Africa under threat, UNSC

Sudan opposition rejects military's transition plan after violence

Sudanese forces storm protest camp, nine people dead

UN renews South Sudan arms embargo

Energy of African youth ‘propelling’ new development era, UN Chief

50 killed in armed group attack on villages in CAR: UN

ANC coasting to victory in South African election

Sudan's activists struggle to loosen military's grip

ANC seen winning election but support sliding

South Africa signs oil search deal with South Sudan

WFP halts distribution of super cereal while test continue

South Sudan rivals meet in bid to salvage stalled peace deal

Clashes over possible Guinea president third term

Zimbabwe begins exhuming victims of Mugabe-era massacre

Anger at corruption dents faith in Ramaphosa, ANC before poll

AU tells Sudan military council to hand power to civilians within 60 days

Kenya inks $2.23bn projects deal with China

Sudan protesters call for 'million march' for civilian rule

Eight people admitted to Nairobi hospital over cholera

Sudan protesters move to protect Khartoum sit-in

Protesters keep up pressure on Sudan's military for civilian rule

Machar believes S. Sudan unity government won't be ready by May 12

Head of Sudan's military council steps down, a day after Bashir toppled

US Visa ban: A blow or unlikely win for the ICC?

Demanding civilian government, thousands defy military curfew in Sudan

Pope kisses feet of South Sudan leaders, urging them to keep the peace

Did Russia meddle in Magadascar's election?

Vatican to host S.Sudan warring rivals in peace bid

Zuma breaks silence on Gaddafi billions

Sudan army on alert as protests against Bashir mount

Zimbabwe to start paying white farmers compensation after April

Sudanese army blocks attempt to disperse protesters

Rwanda honors those killed in genocide 25 years ago

France seeks to shine light on Rwanda genocide

Rwanda remembers, quarter of a century after genocide

AFRICOM civilian casualties reporting must be amended

Ove 113 million people suffer 'acute hunger': UN

DR Congo President moves to secure trade with EAC

EU accused of funding Eritrea scheme using 'forced labour'

Rwanda defies global politics of genocide

Cholera cases jump to 138 in Mozambique's Beira after cyclone

Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 746, hundreds of thousands displaced

Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America, activists cry foul

Gunbattle near military camp kills several in Comoros

About 1.85m people affected by cyclone in Mozambique: UN

Kagame on row with Uganda: It’s all politics

Hunger, displacement and disease: 4.3m people desperate for aid in Chad

Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains

Humanitarian crisis in DR Congo can be 'beaten back' if donors step up

France’s Macron pledges security, environment cooperation with Kenya

France, Kenya in infrastructure deals worth $3.3bn

Sudanese protesters defy emergency measures to rally in Khartoum

Zuma used intel services to target Ramaphosa

Uganda calls for coordinated action against militants

Peace deal holds in S. Sudan but humanitarian funding 'unsustainable,' UN

Defis de l'Union Africaine en 2019

China to host second Belt and Road forum

Kenya, Somalia to 'work towards peace' in maritime border spat

Trump extends U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year

Rwanda accuses Uganda of supporting rebels

South Sudan's president calls for no revenge attacks

Nigeria to attract $48bn oil investment

Uganda accuses Rwanda of breaking EAC laws in border closure

Sudan's Bashir hands over gov't to newly appointed deputy

Uganda, Rwanda feud restricts free movement

Dutch prosecutors target Shell over Nigeria oil deal

US general warns of Russian, Chinese inroads in Africa

Tanzania's mining reforms, boon for small miners

Over a dozen killed in Nigeria election violence

Burundi in threat to quit Somalia mission

Nigeria hits oil majors with billions in back taxes

DR Congo leaders pledge allegiance to Kabila

Senegal: Election must be free from violence and intimidation

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Water crisis hits Uganda refugee camps

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