Central Africa

More than 40 people are reported to have been killed in ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Burundi's ruling party has bestowed the title of "eternal supreme guide" on President Pierre Nkurunziza, a party official confirmed Sunday, as critics claimed he wants to lock in power for life.

A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an official said.

Militia fighters attacked, kidnapped and raped en masse a large group of women in an isolated area of Central African Republic last month, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will soon sign into law a new mining code, the government and the country’s mining companies said on Wednesday. The code has been vigorously opposed by the miners.

The government of Rwanda has accused rights group, the Human Rights Watch of violating agreements with the country and publishing "reports that tarnish the image of the country".

The Police in Rwanda have arrested six church leaders for attempting to defy a government order that requires churches to comply with building regulations and noise pollution.

Drivers in one of Cameroon's restive English-speaking provinces have been banned from driving at night for a month, as tensions run high between government forces and separatists.

More than 40 people are reported dead in ethnic clashes in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province.

Twenty-three people have been killed in renewed clashes between ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, according to an official toll on Wednesday.