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British bank may finance Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's cash-strapped government
Standard Chartered is looking into ways to fund a $262m package to bail out President Mugabe.
Dec 06, 2016
I've suffered too says Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen as he pleads 'not guilty' at ICC trial
Former child soldier Ongwen is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Dec 06, 2016
UN probe identifies 41 peacekeeping troops suspected of sexual abuse in CAR
Investigation report follows disturbing history of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel.
Dec 06, 2016
'The clock is ticking for the DRC and the world is watching'
There is just a fortnight left to prevent more violence, deaths and conflict, British diplomat warns.
Dec 06, 2016
Nearly all Congolese identify with Lucha youth movement as political crisis looms
DRC faces a fateful moment later this month when President Kabila is due to stand down.
Dec 06, 2016
DRC: Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler probed by UK Serious Fraud Office over mining deals
Mining magnate Gertler is a close friend of Congolese president Joseph Kabila.
Dec 05, 2016
Kenyan police fire tear gas at doctors and nurses protesting for better work conditions
Heathcare workers have started a nationwide strike over a pay deal they say has not been honoured.
Dec 05, 2016
Central African Republic: UN peacekeepers should use force to stop civilian deaths says HRW
Human Rights Watch slams UN's failure to protect civilians in Bria.
Dec 05, 2016
Burundian residents living in terror after crosses painted on their homes overnight
Government claims that crosses are not targeted at any group in particular do not allay concerns.
Dec 05, 2016
War crimes trial of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen seeks justice for LRA atrocities
Ongwen is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Dec 05, 2016
US sends emergency warning of terror attacks in Burundi on Western targets
Burundi's 18-month social and political crisis has left an estimated 1,000 dead.
Dec 05, 2016
DRC nears 'a bloody dictatorship' as Joseph Kabila's political opponents come under siege
IBTimes UK can reveal exclusive first-hand accounts of a campaign of fear and intimidation against the opposition.
Dec 02, 2016
3,000 children raped in Burundi as specialised centres for victims face critical lack of funding
Burundi's 18-month social and political crisis has directly impacted funding for centres for rape victims.
Dec 02, 2016
Calais: Unaccompanied minors 'distressed' after UK Home Office failures to accept them
Lone children refugees in accommodation centres in France driven out after poor government response.
Dec 01, 2016
How jeeps and phones help scale-up HIV care and treatment for the poorest families in rural Lesotho
IBTimes UK looks at the remote communities who owe their lives to mobile technologies.
Dec 01, 2016
Do not sign new media law restricting freedom of expression HRW urges Angolan president
Human Rights Watch's plea to President José dos Santos over media law which 'violates international law'.
Nov 30, 2016
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe mourns fellow revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro
President Mugabe paid tribute to Fidel Castro saying the Cuban was also the leader of African people.
Nov 30, 2016
US has the power to stop the DRC from 'being the next Burundi and South Sudan'
Read Congolese activist Fred Bauma's testimony to the United States Congress in full.
Nov 29, 2016
Rights groups urge authorities in Mali to ensure military coup leader faces "fair and just trial"
Amadou Haya Sanogo in court along with 17 co-defendants for arbitrarily executing dozens of soldiers.
Nov 29, 2016
Public outcry over Burundian top aid Willy Nyamitwe's assassination attempt as Rwanda blamed
Using #JeSuisWilly, Burundian show their support after assassination attempt is blamed on Rwanda.
Nov 29, 2016
Who is Amadou Haya Sanogo, leader of March 2012 military coup in Mali, going on trial?
Captain Haya Sanogo on trial for role in 21 'disappeared Bérets Rouges' soldiers executed in 2012.
Nov 29, 2016
Fatal clashes between royal guards and Ugandan security forces must be investigated says HRW
Dozens killed and hundreds arrested in Kasese town, Rwenzori region, after raid on regional king's palace.
Nov 29, 2016
How presidential candidate MacDella Cooper wants to turn around Liberia's future
'I am fearless and able to step into any arena as long as it is to serve my country,' Cooper tells IBTimes UK.
Nov 28, 2016
'We are scared they could come and recapture us,' says survivor of ADF rebels attack in DRC
IBTimes UK exclusively speaks to the survivor of an attack by Ugandan rebels at his home in Mavivi.
Nov 28, 2016
Arrest of KTN journalist Joy Doreen Biira in Uganda's Rwenzururu kingdom sparks outrage
Biira allegedly arrested during offensive against Rwenzururu king, Charles Wesley Mumbere, in Kasese.
Nov 28, 2016
Meet MacDella Cooper, the former refugee running to be Liberia's next female president
Cooper exclusively speaks to IBTimes UK about her fight to survive one of Africa's bloodiest wars.
Nov 26, 2016
Burkina Faso confers citizenship on missing Australian doctor abducted by al-Qaeda militants
Surgeon Kenneth Elliott and wife Jocelyn were taken hostage by AQIM in January 2016.
Nov 25, 2016
Burundi opposition urges UN to take over talks and send troops 'to protect civilians'
East African Community-led talks have failed to end crisis that has left 1,000 dead and 20,000 missing.
Nov 25, 2016
Drop first homosexuality trial against teenage girls in Morocco say rights groups
Sanaa, 16, and Hajar, 17, appear in court today after they were allegedly caught kissing and hugging.
Nov 25, 2016
31 babies die at main hospital as Ugandan university closure leads to shortage of medical students
President Museveni ordered the closure of Makerere University on 1 November on 'security' grounds.
Nov 24, 2016
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