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Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from allegations he plotted to remove the country’s long-time leader by force. Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the east African country, sat in a wheelchair as he faced the...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political parties. The junta leader expressed his support for the plan. The National Conference, made up of 700...

Ivory Coast officially took control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa. Some 80 French servicemen will continue to stay in the country to advise and train the Ivorian military, according to the French...

The Netherlands agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with their colonial-era holdings. The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk accused Rwanda-backed rebels, who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid. Turk said in a statement that his office “confirmed cases...

Attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed hundreds of civilians, including infants, in White Nile state, Sudanese officials and rights groups. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the paramilitary group targeted civilians in the past few days in villages in...

Nearly two years of conflict have fueled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 million people in Sudan and across borders. Fighting continues to kill and injure civilians and destroy hospitals, markets, and other essential infrastructure. Nearly two-thirds of the population...

Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have promised to “restore security” in Bukavu, the second major city in the country’s east to fall under the control of the M23 since late last month. Residents of the capital of South Kivu province were tentatively walking the...

A prominent opposition figure jailed in Uganda for allegedly threatening state security is unwell and in need of urgent medical care. Four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who has been in detention since his abduction from Kenya on Nov. 16, is infirm and experiences episodes of...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) called for a ceasefire in Sudan during the coming holy month of Ramadan, a UAE official said. The call was rejected by the Sudanese army, as the country's civil war approaches the two-year mark. The army considers the UAE to be an aggressor of the war, accusing it of...