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'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 03, 2017
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 03, 2017
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 03, 2017
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 03, 2017
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 02, 2017
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 02, 2017
'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 02, 2017
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 02, 2017
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 02, 2017
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 01, 2017
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 01, 2017
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 01, 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 01, 2017
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 01, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
'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
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
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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