Tanzania’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is already taking the country in a different direction from the previous administration under the rule of John Magufuli.
Police confirmed on Tuesday that 45 people died during a stampede last week’s memorial for late president John Magufuli.
A new report published by French historians says France was “blind” to the 1994 Rwandan genocide but finds no evidence of complicity.
Rights group Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of Burundian human rights activist Germain Rukuki.
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged that reports indicate atrocities have been committed in the country’s Tigray conflict.
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warns that armed attacks against civilians in northeastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo are on the rise.
Tanzania President John Magufuli has died aged 61, two weeks after his last public appearance, amid rumours he had contracted Covid-19
Speculation is growing over the whereabouts of Tanzania President John Magufil amid reports he is in hospital with Covid-19.
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi has called upon citizens to take to the streets in protest over January’s presidential election result, which his party claims was rigged in favour of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Eritrean armed forces killed scores of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray regions, including children as young as 13, in November 2020.