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DR Congo government blamed for persistent violence

Several leaders of the Kasai provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have pointed accusing fingers at the government for the persistent conflict in...

DR Congo unable to afford $1.8bn for 2017 polls

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cannot afford the cost of holding elections this year. According to Minister of State in charge of Budget,...

Burundi government not to attend peace talks

The government of Burundi has said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to resume in Tanzania on Thursday, although the main opposition alliance...

Congo declares end to worst yellow fever epidemic in decades

Democratic Republic of Congo's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has ended two months after Angola declared its epidemic to be over, following a...

African states wary of potential repeal of “conflict minerals” rule

A possible plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend a rule on "conflict minerals" could help fund armed groups and contribute to a...

Congo police open fire on sect supporters in capital Kinshasa

Police in Democratic Republic of Congo launched an assault on the residence of the leader of a separatist religious sect in Kinshasa early on...

Cameroon police kill two in protests in English-speaking northwest

Cameroon police killed two protestors and wounded 10 others on Friday in the latest bout of violence in the English-speaking northwest of the mostly...

U.N. air strikes in Central African Republic kill several

A top militant and three others were killed in Central African Republic when a U.N. helicopter fired on fighters advancing towards the town of...

Meet Cameroon’s young coding champion whose hometown was cut off from the internet

The first African winner in Google's annual coding competition is 370km (230 miles) from home, sitting outside his cousins' house in the Cameroonian capital,...

Congo police kill at least eight in clashes with sect

Police in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating tensions...

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