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CAR armed forces can only sustain 30 minutes of combat warns minister

European Union launched its military training mission of CAR's army in July 2016.

Mar 7, 2017

United Nations

EU threatens sanctions on DRC leaders and police over human rights violations

Crisis in DRC can only be resolved by the rapid implementation of 31 December power-sharing deal, EU says.

Mar 7, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

Eight dead and 28 injured in stampede for free church food in Zambia

Victims among 35,000 attending a prayer event in the capital Lusaka.

Mar 6, 2017

Number of Congolese armed forces convicted of sexual violence stands at 454 for 2016

Out of a total 519 registered victims, 399 were reported as minors.

Mar 6, 2017

DRC

DRC's opposition coalition Rassemblement divided over new leadership

Felix Tshisekedi and former minister Pierre Lumbi have taken up presidency posts in main coalition.

Mar 6, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

Family unable to retrieve body of ex-British army officer Tristan Voorspuy shot dead in Kenya

Gunman shoot at family's search team as police halt operation saying Laikipia county is too dangerous.

Mar 6, 2017

Kenya

Tensions running high in CAR's Bambari as rebels vow to take control

For weeks now, ex-Seleka faction FRPC has tried to dislodge rival UPC from Bambari.

Mar 6, 2017

Ex-British army officer shot dead in Kenya by traditional herdsmen

Tristan Voorspuy was the founder of luxury safari company Offbeat Safaris, in Laikipia county.

Mar 6, 2017

Kenya

At least 11 dead in terror attack on army post in Mali

Attack is attributed to a jihadist group led by a Burkinabe radical preacher Ibrahim Malam Dicko.

Mar 6, 2017

Mali

DRC security forces launch assault on Bundu Dia Kongo separatist leader's residence

Né Mwanda Nsémi is accused of ordering his followers to bring down the government.

Mar 3, 2017

DRC

'Devil' poacher 'hunted' by Leonardo DiCaprio get 12 years for thousands of elephant deaths

Notorious Boniface Matthew Mariango sentenced in Tanzania on #WorldWildlifeDay in 'major breakthrough'.

Mar 3, 2017

Leonardo DiCaprio

Glencore paid $75m mining royalties destined to DRC's state company to Israeli billionaire instead

Following a Global Witness investigation, Glencore admitted to having paid Dan Gertler's subsidiary.

Mar 3, 2017

DRC LON:GLEN

Hundreds of Zimbabweans dead in floods declared a 'national disaster' by President Robert Mugabe

Mugabe, who is in Singapore for a medical check-up, appealed to foreign donors for $100m in flood aid.

Mar 3, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

DRC's opposition coalition Rassemblement names successors to late leader Etienne Tshisekedi

Son Felix Tshisekedi and former minister Pierre Lumbi take up presidency posts in main coalition.

Mar 3, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

Gunmen kidnap two teachers from Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp

Security forces hunt armed men feared to belong to Somalia-based al-Shabaab terror group.

Mar 2, 2017

Kenya Somalia

Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping calls for EU sanctions on President Ali Bongo

Ping says stiff penalties could resolve political stalemate after Gabon's disputed polls.

Mar 2, 2017

European Union

'We are ready for war' – Burundi's rebel groups and how they plan to topple President Nkurunziza

IBTimes UK speaks to a leading figure within the armed rebellion active inside the country.

Mar 2, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza DRC Rwanda

22 dead in clashes between army and M23 rebels in DRC since January says official

Group was accused of being responsible for a series of murders, rapes and forced recruitment of children.

Mar 2, 2017

DRC Uganda Rwanda

International court is not targeting Africans its leader tells Ugandan President Museveni

Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi met Museveni at the end of her visit to Uganda.

Mar 2, 2017

Uganda Yoweri Museveni

Zimbabwe's state nurses join striking doctors over unpaid bonuses and working conditions

Authorities forced to bring in army doctors to manage a potential health crisis.

Mar 1, 2017

Zimbabwe

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