Articles by Elsa Buchanan

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Flood of 20,000 Congolese refugees puts strain on Angola

Refugees fleeing neighbouring DRC amid fighting between Congolese army and local tribes.

May 10, 2017

DRC

How Kenya's Jubilee party is using UK 'big data' firm linked to Trump and Brexit victories

Cambridge Analytica influenced millions of voters with targeted messages based on online activity.

May 10, 2017

Kenya Donald Trump Brexit

Court says Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi should have mental health examination

Controversial activist Nyanzi was back in court after calling president Yoweri Museveni a 'pair of buttocks'.

May 10, 2017

Uganda Yoweri Museveni

UN Secretary General warns attack on Minusca convoy in CAR 'may constitute a war crime'

Suspected anti-Balaka rebel attack against Minusca convoy killed at least four peacekeepers.

May 10, 2017

West Africa to become first region in the world to end statelessness by 2024

ECOWAS ministers hope plan of action will help 1 million stateless people in West Africa.

May 10, 2017

Human rights

DRC: President Joseph Kabila 'has not respected accord' with new government

Commentators claim Kabila has violated power-sharing deal with appointment of new government.

May 10, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

Kenya ready to take action after US freezes aid to health ministry over corruption

Suspension covers funding for salaries and wages, operations, domestic and international travel.

May 9, 2017

Kenya

Victims 'summarily executed by the army' claim witnesses in DRC's Kasai provinces

IBTimes UK hears of massacres carried out in Kananga, Kasai-Central.

May 9, 2017

DRC

UNHCR and NGOs to reinstate returnees in danger of statelessness in Chad

16,718 Chadians living in CAR fled war to Chad without documentation.

May 9, 2017

Mozambique's rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama announces 'beginning of end of war'

Low-level violence has left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.

May 4, 2017

Mozambique Renamo Frelimo

President Robert Mugabe rejects claims Zimbabwe is a fragile state despite crisis

Mugabe told a WEF panel Zimbabwe is most highly-developed African country after South Africa.

May 4, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

Somalia president vows to ensure justice is served after minister shot dead by security forces

Mistaken for an Islamist militant Abas Siraji was shot dead by bodyguards of a government official

May 4, 2017

Somalia

EU ministers urged to apply fresh round of sanctions on DRC president's inner circle

President Joseph Kabila's officials are accused of a political blockade and violence against civilians.

May 4, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

ICC must probe murders of UN experts in DRC's Kasai says rights group

Kabila regime used fake militia men to commit crimes and blamed armed group, APRODEC tells IBTimes UK.

May 3, 2017

DRC Joseph Kabila

Girls and young women targeted by Kenyan government roll-out of new HIV prevention drug

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce the risk of HIV transmission by at least 90%.

May 3, 2017

Kenya

UN and partners forced to build new site for Central African refugees as thousands pour into Chad

Central African Republic families flee after their villages were the target of brutal attacks.

May 3, 2017

Zimbabwe: Citizens hope for 'revival' of protest movements ahead of 2018 elections

IBTimes UK hears how leaders of social movements have come together to rejuvenate grass-roots movements.

May 2, 2017

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

President Yoweri Museveni says he must be a wonderful dictator – elected five times

Interview has sent social media into overdrive as Ugandan president talks of his legacy.

May 2, 2017

Yoweri Museveni Uganda

Unicef revises upwards number of children in Somalia suffering from famine

Number of children suffering from acute malnutrition "shot up" by 50% to 1.4m, UN agency warns.

May 2, 2017

Somalia

‘Impregnate the rivals’: Burundi men sing song inciting rape

Burundi crisis rape victims testify of trauma amid continuing violence

SOS-Torture Burundi compiled harrowing testimonies of rape used a weapon of repression.

May 2, 2017

Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza

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