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French judges dropped a case against French peacekeepers deployed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide who were accused by survivors and human rights groups of being complicit in massacres, legal sources said on Wednesday. Survivors of the June 1994 slaughter in the hills of Bisesero in western Rwanda had...

Around 380 people were killed in tribal clashes in Sudan between January and August, most of them in the conflict-wrecked Darfur region, the UN said Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said more than 430 people were injured during the same period, which has...

Gunmen killed at least 42 people in Ethiopia's Oromiya region, two residents who buried the bodies in mass graves said on Friday, additionally saying the victims were all Oromos and describing the attackers as members of a volunteer militia known as Fano, mostly composed of ethnic Amharas. Both...

Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing all eight petitions seeking to annul the result of the August 9 election. The ruling ends a protracted election dispute that started after polls closed last month, leading to widespread uncertainty across...

Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, shattering a five-month truce and dealing a blow to peace efforts. Reports of fresh offensives were followed by Ethiopia's air force announcing it had downed a plane carrying weapons for the Tigray...

Delayed talks on Chad’s future that the ruling military says are a “decisive moment” opened despite some opposition groups boycotting the gathering. More than 1,400 delegates from the military, civil society, opposition parties, trade unions, and rebel groups gathered on Saturday in the capital, N...

William Ruto was declared the winner of Kenya’'s close-fought presidential poll on a day of high drama Monday, with violent protests in his defeated rival’'s strongholds, claims of rigging, and a split in the commission that oversaw the vote. As tensions ran high after his narrow victory in the...

At least two police officers and one civilian died after a day of anti-government protests in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, staff at the city’s main mortuary. Sierra Leone’s government previously said there had been deaths, but did not say how many, as protesters threw rocks and burned tires in...

Millions of Kenyans have been voting in an election that pits the longtime opposition politician Raila Odinga against the deputy president, William Ruto. Kenya is facing a cost-of-living crisis, fueled by the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has cut global food supply chains and affected...

South Sudan's transitional government will remain in power for another two years, its president said on Thursday, delaying elections that were scheduled for December this year, raising concerns among Western nations supporting its peace process. South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011...