On September 30, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the transitional government and suspending the constitution. The 34-year-old Traore said on Friday evening that a group…

Rights groups say Rwanda has one of the worst human rights records in sub-Saharan Africa and accuse the government of using authoritarian means to stifle dissent.A Rwandan court has acquitted three journalists who had been detained for four years on charges of spreading false information…

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, 48, is outspoken on social media, often trading barbs with opposition and talking foreign policy.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has apologised to Kenya after his son, a general, tweeted threats to invade the neighbouring country and capture its capital in two weeks. “I ask…

The WHO also issued a medical product alert asking regulators to remove Maiden Pharma goods from the market.The deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the…

The African Union invited the rival parties to negotiations in South Africa aimed at ending a two-year conflict.Ethiopia’s government and rebels from the country’s Tigray region say they have accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks in South Africa. The…

WHO chief earlier said UN agency is investigating deaths in the African country.India is investigating the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia that the World Health Organization (WHO) said may be linked to a cough syrup made in the South Asian nation, two…