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Mali lawyer demands release of "around 200" Fula civilians labelled jihadists by security forces

Twenty-four men were arrested after raid on Dialoubé village in an antiterror crackdown.

Feb 16, 2017

Mali

[HOLD FOR STORY] DRC people pour into the streets chanting for President Kabila to set down

DRC government $1.8bn cost fears leave crucial 2017 elections hanging in the balance

Negotiation deal may be strained after Kabila government says it can not mobilise £1.5bn for polls.

Feb 16, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

$Tanzania\'s former president Benjamin Mkapa$

Burundi: New round of talks resume under difficult circumstances but facilitator hopeful

Inter-Burundi Dialogue looking to find solution to Burundi's 20-month deadly political violence.

Feb 16, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Dozens executed amid intensified fighting between rival militia groups in Central African Republic

Gruesome details have emerged of serious international crimes committed by rival ex-Seleka militias.

Feb 16, 2017

Human rights

Who are the Bundu Dia Kongo sect that wants to establish the Kingdom of Kongo?

Dormant for years, the secessionist sect from Kongo-Central region has taken up arms again.

Feb 16, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

CAR: Rights groups welcome appointment of Special Crimes Court prosecutor

Special Court to pave the way to justice for victims of crimes committed by warlords in Central African Republic.

Feb 15, 2017

$Burundi\'s army$

Ethnicity, power-sharing and democracy: Five questions to understand Burundi's conflict

IBTimes UK speaks to Dr Stef Vandeginste about the potential fall of power-sharing in Burundi.

Feb 15, 2017

Burundi Rwanda Pierre Nkurunziza

Breakaway Somaliland requests exemption from Donald Trump's travel ban

Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire says the republic is a stable nation and is free of terrorism.

Feb 15, 2017

Donald Trump Somalia

Malawi votes for historical amendment to irrevocably outlaw child marriage

One in two girls marry before the age of 18 in Malawi and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence.

Feb 15, 2017

Malawi Human rights

Burundi: Minister visits Uganda to convince refugees to return home

33,793 Burundian refugees are currently in Uganda after fleeing current crisis that killed thousands.

Feb 15, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

DRC: UN demands 'independent' inquiry after 100 killed in clashes between army and militia

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

Feb 14, 2017

DRC Human rights United Nations

Mali security forces accused of abusing Peulh community in anti-terror operation

Government anti-terrorist operation targeted at jihadists in Mali's Mopti region.

Feb 14, 2017

Mali

#ThisFlag leader Pastor Evan Mawarire urges Zimbabweans to mobilise 'beyond our fear'

Mawarire returned to Zimbabwe despite threats on his life and clear indications he would be arrested.

Feb 14, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

DRC: Glencore's $960m buyout of mines from controversial Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler

A magnet for controversy, Gertler began operating as a diamond merchant in the DRC in 1990s.

Feb 14, 2017

DRC: Clashes between security and members of Bundu dia Kongo sect leave several dead

Secessionist group is banned by the Congolese authorities.

Feb 14, 2017

DRC

Tanzania: Girls forced out of school by rampant sexual abuse and discrimination

Tanzanian girls face endemic issues of corporal punishment and sexual harassment by teachers say campaigners.

Feb 14, 2017

Burundi: State-funded media watchdog refuses to support re-opening of private radio RPA

Country's media among the first casualties of violence that has rocked the country since 2015.

Feb 13, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

Mali: Security forces arrest 20 suspected jihadists and leave one dead in sweep operation

Move took place in Dialoubé, a jihadist base in the Mopti region in the centre of the country.

Feb 13, 2017

Mali

Kenyan doctors jailed as strike over pay and conditions enters 71st day

Kenyan doctors in public hospitals have been on strike since 5 December.

Feb 13, 2017

Kenya

Angola: Who are the FLEC rebels calling for election boycott in oil-rich Cabinda?

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda have resumed their armed struggle in region.

Feb 13, 2017

OPEC

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