UN Study Finds Government Action a Main Factor of Extremism in Africa Many African leaders used their speeches at the U.N. General Assembly this week to express concerns about the growing threat… 09/22/2017 Aimaf
New African Art Museum Aims to Provoke, Question The new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is, in a word, ambitious. The museum opens its doors Friday, Sept.… 09/22/2017 Aimaf
Ugandan Police Fire Tear Gas at ‘Life Presidency’ Protesters Ugandan police on Thursday fired tear gas to disperse protesters opposed to plans to introduce legislation that could allow the… 09/21/2017 Aimaf
UN Mission in Congo Forces Reckoning Over Sex Abuse Scandal The Congolese orphan girl haunts the U.N.’s top human rights official, even though more than a decade has passed since… 09/21/2017 Aimaf
Governments Paying Terror Kidnap Ransoms Put All Citizens At Risk, Warns Report The lack of a unified approach by world governments to paying kidnap ransoms is putting the lives of citizens of… 09/21/2017 Aimaf
Report: Governments Paying Terror Kidnap Ransoms ‘Put All Citizens at Risk’ The lack of a unified approach by world governments to paying kidnap ransoms is putting the lives of citizens of… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
UN: Attacks Against Albinos for Body Parts, Profit Must Stop "When I was sleeping in my house, four people came and started attacking me with machetes," said Mariama Staford, an… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
Report: Cameroon Using Anti-terror Law to ‘Silence Critics’ Cameroon has been using its 2014 anti-terror law to "silence critics and suppress dissent," according to a report released Wednesday… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
More Than 100 ‘Chibok Girls’ Restart Education in Nigeria More than 100 "Chibok girls" released by Boko Haram militants have begun a new phase of their lives, taking classes… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
Torrential Rains, Flooding Kill at Least 12 in Eastern Congo A Congo official says that flooding caused by torrential rains overnight have killed at least 12 people and left 92… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
AP Interview: Morocco to Expand Counterterror Efforts Abroad A top Moroccan security official says his government is working on a new strategy to track Moroccans who become radicalized… 09/20/2017 Aimaf
Congo Leader Opens Peace Conference in Bloody Kasai Region Congo President Joseph Kabila declared Tuesday that "justice must be done" as he opened a peace conference in the bloody… 09/19/2017 Aimaf
Togolese to Vote on Presidential Term Limits; Opposition Angry Togo will hold a referendum in the coming days on limiting presidential terms, after parliament failed Tuesday to put such… 09/19/2017 Aimaf
Report: 40.3M People, Mostly Women, Trapped in Slavery More than 40 million people were trapped as slaves last year in forced labor and forced marriages, most of them… 09/19/2017 Aimaf
HRW Urges Ethiopian Government to Exercise Restraint at Irreecha Festival As Ethiopia's ethnic Oromo community prepares to celebrate the annual cultural festival known as Irreecha, questions linger about whether officials… 09/19/2017 Aimaf
Disputes, Logistics, Throw New Kenyan Poll Date Into Doubt Kenya’s election drama continues. The country is scheduled to hold its new presidential poll on October 17, but there is… 09/19/2017 Aimaf
Botswana Seeks Option to Buy Unusually Big Diamonds From Its Mines Botswana is amending its law to give the government the first option to buy diamonds that are unusually large or… 09/18/2017 Aimaf
Activists in Dakar Demand End to Colonial-Era Currency Protesters gathered in several West African capitals Saturday to demand their countries abandon the CFA franc in favor of a… 09/18/2017 Aimaf
Lesotho Opposition: Political Violence Unleashes ‘Reign of Terror’ The June 2017 elections were supposed to soothe the troubled politics of Lesotho, a tiny enclave surrounded on all sides… 09/18/2017 Aimaf
Ethiopia: 55,000 People Displaced Amid Ethnic Clashes More than 55,000 ethnic Oromos have been displaced from Ethiopia's Somali region after a week of clashes with Somalis in… 09/18/2017 Aimaf