Ethiopia/// — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses his deepest concern and strongly condemns the drone attack carried out against Kisangani Airport, in eastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and claimed by the armed movement AFC/M23.
Unidentified gunmen have killed dozens of people in a ferocious attack on two villages in Nigeria’s western state of Kwara, local lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed has told BBC Hausa.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been mentioned in the latest tranche of the Epstein files, after his name appeared in several emails from the late sex offender and others.
Amidst an apparent wave of enforced disappearances targeting government critics in Tanzania, BBC Africa Eye presents powerful testimonies from survivors of abduction and torture.
Mosques, as well as churches, in Nigeria are targets of insurgent groups. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation’s capital, Abuja.
Sudan// — Millions of children in Sudan have missed nearly 500 days of learning since the war started in April 2023 in what has become one of the world’s longest school closures, surpassing the worst shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, Save the Children said.
BBC World Service’s investigative unit, BBC Africa Eye, follows Sierra Leone’s anti-trafficking police unit as they target criminal gangs trafficking young people across West Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia// — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has commended the conduct of the elections in Uganda and congratulated H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on his re-election with 71.61% of the votes cast during the presidential elections held on 15 January 2026.
A Burundian official holds up a sack of rice from the final batches delivered by USAID before the agency’s closure. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images Sarah Stroup, Middlebury College and Jennifer Hadden, Brown University Since Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump has slashed U.S. foreign aid […]
/ — In response to the Uganda Communication Commission’s (UCC) decision to indefinitely suspend internet services and certain mobile phone services ahead of tomorrow’s high-stakes general election, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s East and Southern Africa Regional Director said:
