Rwanda Hosts Showcase Commonwealth Summit, Dimmed by Rights Concerns Rwanda is preparing to welcome leaders of 54 nations for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Friday in the capital,… June 22, 2022 Aimaf
Malawi President Strips VP’s Power After Corruption Allegations Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended the powers of Vice President Saulos Chilima after the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) accused… June 22, 2022 Aimaf
Zimbabwe Teachers, Health Workers on Strike to Demand Payment in US Dollars Zimbabwe's teachers' unions have joined the country's health workers in a strike to demand they be paid in US dollars… June 22, 2022 Aimaf
UN: Education Disrupted for 222 Million Children A United Nations study finds 222 million children and adolescents worldwide have had their education disrupted by multiple crises. Education… June 22, 2022 Aimaf
Libya’s Bashagha Says he Supports Removal of Foreign Fighters Libya's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Wednesday his government supported removing all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya,… June 22, 2022 Aimaf
Ethiopia’s Drought Forces Afar Residents to Use Dirty Water As Ethiopia reels from the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in decades, residents of the northern Afar region… June 21, 2022 Aimaf
Ethiopia’s Drought Forcing Afar Region Residents to Use Dirty Water A dirty stream stems from Ethiopia’s Awash River, a lifeline for locals and their main water source for bathing, washing,… June 21, 2022 Aimaf
Zambian Authorities Arrest Chinese Child Exploiter Who Fled Malawi Authorities in Zambia said they have arrested a Chinese citizen accused of selling exploitative videos of Malawian children. Malawian authorities… June 21, 2022 Aimaf
Tunisian Journalist Freed After Detention Over ‘State Security’ The editor of a Tunisian news website close to the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was released after being detained in relation… June 21, 2022 Aimaf
Suspected Islamist Militants Kill 132 Civilians in Central Mali Mali's military government says Islamist militants have massacred 132 civilians in the central Mopti region, in one of the deadliest… June 21, 2022 Aimaf
Nigerian Refugees in Niger Thrive in ‘Opportunity Villages’ The west African country of Niger hosts more than 303,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most fleeing violence from neighboring Nigeria. In… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
West Africa’s First Underwater Museum Highlights Environmental Issues Waves lap up against the beach outside Oceanium, a scuba diving center and environmental organization in Dakar’s southern Plateau neighborhood.… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
Women Refugees in Cameroon Struggle to Survive Cameroon hosts about 460,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most of them women and children who escaped violence in the Central African… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
China Says Willing to Help End Conflict in Horn of Africa China's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, has said Beijing is ready to help the region's countries… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
East African Bloc Discusses Troop Deployment to Congo Kenya on Monday hosted leaders from the East African Community bloc for discussions on how to stop renewed fighting in… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
Drought Forces Ethiopian Herders to Eat Cattle Feed A record drought in the Horn of Africa has wiped out crops and millions of cattle and left millions of… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
IMF Delegation Visits Crisis-hit Sri Lanka With Time Running Out An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team arrives in Sri Lanka on Monday for talks on a bailout program, but time… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
Armed Men Kill at Least 20 Civilians in Mali Raiders in Mali killed at least 20 civilians in attacks on villages near the northern town of Gao over the… June 20, 2022 Aimaf
Russia-West Tensions Inflame UN Debate on Mali Peacekeepers Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations' biggest and… June 19, 2022 Aimaf
Witnesses Say More Than 200 Killed in Ethiopia Ethnic Attack Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, had been killed in an attack in… June 19, 2022 Aimaf