Articles by Elsa Buchanan

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$Zimbabwe\'s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai$

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called to lead national fight against President Mugabe

Mugabe, who turned 93 last month, says he will remain Zimbabwe's leader 'until God says "come"'

Mar 1, 2017

Zimbabwe

Kenya agrees £4.2m compensation for Rwandan and Ugandan firms over post-election violence losses

Some 1,200 people died and more than 600,000 were displaced in Kenya's 2007-08 post-election violence.

Mar 1, 2017

Angola's government must investigate claims police beat peaceful protesters and set dogs on them

Demonstrators fear voter registration will be tampered with in forthcoming election.

Mar 1, 2017

Human rights

DRC security forces killed 40 protesters in two weeks as Kabila was due to stand-down, says UN

Damning new report reveals that at least 917 people were arrested between 15 and 31 December 2016.

Mar 1, 2017

Human rights DRC Joseph Kabila

UK select committee says DFID to ensure resources are available for successful DRC elections

House of Commons committee highlights need to tackle outbreaks of violence and political stalemate.

Feb 28, 2017

Joseph Kabila

Zimbabwe opposition parties fear 'bloody' election campaign in 2018

Fears come after President Mugabe urged for reintroduction of infamous National Youth Service programme.

Feb 28, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

Burundian government continues attacks on UN representative Jamal Benomar

Benomar is currently leading the UN response to the political crisis in Burundi.

Feb 28, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Opposition condemns controversial visit of Djibouti president to France

Rights organisations claim Djibouti state violates the rights of opposition politicians.

Feb 28, 2017

On the run from his own family: Young Burundian albino's escape to safety

IBTimes UK meets Evariste, who fled his family after his father tried to sell him to strangers for body parts when he was seven.

Feb 26, 2017

Burundi

Tanzania's 'ghost people': Putting an end to albino persecution

Grave digging for albino corpses and sale of body parts highlight that more needs to be done to tackle violence against persecuted minority.

Feb 25, 2017

Human rights

Kenya: Hundreds forced to flee homes over rising insecurity in Baringo county

Two rival tribes, the Pokot and Tugen, are fighting for water and pasture in drought-ravaged Kenya.

Feb 24, 2017

Kenya

Who is Hassan Ali Khaire, Somalia's new Prime Minister?

A newcomer to politics, Khaire has experience in both the humanitarian field and oil sector.

Feb 24, 2017

Somalia

Leader of Central African Republic rebel group UPC, Ali Darass, 'forced to leave' Bambari

Ex-Seleka militia leader forced out of his headquarters by UN force and rival FPRC faction.

Feb 24, 2017

EU hopes to save African wildlife with ban on raw ivory exports to stem illegal trade

2016 saw record seizures of ivory in the UK, Germany, France and Austria.

Feb 24, 2017

European Union

French Senator under fire for linking Macron-Bayrou political alliance to Hutu and Tutsi conflict

Hutu-Tutsi strife sparked the 1994 Rwanda genocide and decade-long civil war in Burundi.

Feb 23, 2017

Congo government makes U-turn and opens probe into footage of DRC 'massacre'

Authorities initially claimed shocking footage of army's summary executions of unarmed civilians was 'fake'.

Feb 23, 2017

DRC

'Dismay' as churches and Catholic schools attacked by unidentified men in DRC

Fears armed groups may be capitalising on political uncertainty to cause widespread instability.

Feb 23, 2017

DRC

'Revival' of Congo's M23 rebellion after fighters clash with army in neighbouring Uganda

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

Feb 23, 2017

Uganda

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Mohamed

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed gets support from Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti leaders

Presidents sat among delegates of 124 countries at newly-elected President Farmajo's inauguration.

Feb 22, 2017

Somalia

Guinea death toll rises to seven shot dead in deadly clashes over teachers' strike

Government investigating police crackdown on hundreds of students, mostly aged 15 and older.

Feb 22, 2017

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