Rising cases of extreme infant hunger and malaria are overwhelming humanitarian facilities in southwestern Ethiopia as aid cuts force other nutrition and disease prevention programmes to shutter, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Wednesday.
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Ethiopia asked citizens to "avoid irregular routes," two days after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, killing at least 76 and leaving dozens missing.
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Nearly 60,000 people have fled jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique in two weeks, a UN agency said Tuesday.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reached an outline economic cooperation accord during their first talks since signing a peace deal, the United States said late Friday.
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Conflict between the Ethiopian army and rebels in the country's most populated region is having "devastating consequences" on civilians, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Thursday.
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Clashes between South Sudanese and Ugandan forces near the countries' shared border this week killed at least six security force members, mostly from South Sudan, officials said Wednesday.
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday he will seek a fourth term in Ivory Coast's October 25 election, as tensions rise over the exclusion of many heavyweight opposition candidates.
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Islamist militants took control of the strategic town of Maxaas in central Somalia on Sunday after heavy fighting with the army and local militias, military sources said.
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A recent ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, set to take effect this week, ranks as a tentative step towards peace in the country's conflict-wracked east.
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The International Criminal Court Thursday convicted a former top Central African Republic football official and a militiaman nicknamed Rambo for multiple war crimes committed during the country's civil war in 2013 and 2014.
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Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has warned neighbour Ethiopia against launching a new war between the bitter foes, with tensions high in the Horn of Africa region.
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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are expected to agree to an immediate ceasefire with the Democratic Republic of Congo government in Qatar later on Saturday, an official with knowledge of the negotiations said.
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France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent camps in either west or central Africa.
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Sudanese farmers and activists said Monday that Ethiopian militias had conducted cross-border raids on agricultural villages, disrupting the sowing season in a country already at war and suffering a dire hunger crisis.
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Cameroon's 92-year-old president announced Monday he will seek his eighth term in the upcoming October elections. The announcement comes after months of speculation that the aging leader would not run, setting the stage for an electoral showdown.
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Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari -- who led his country first as a junta strongman and later as an elected democrat -- died Sunday at the age of 82, an aide said.
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Mali's junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a law made public Thursday.
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The World Food Programme said Monday it had airdropped food aid to help tens of thousands of people in remote parts of South Sudan where surging conflict has pushed some communities "to the brink of famine".
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In the Sahel, a region plagued by jihadist violence, there are roads people steer clear of and others they travel on with their heart in their mouth.
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Police blocked major roads leading into Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and most businesses remained closed ahead of planned anti-government protests.
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