S. Sudan Soldiers Sentenced for Crimes During ’16 Hotel Raid A South Sudan military court Thursday sentenced 10 soldiers to prison for raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local… 09/07/2018 Aimaf
Cameroon Reopens Schools Threatened by Boko Haram Children at the Government Primary School Limani dance with joy as they meet each other in class for the first… 09/06/2018 Aimaf
China Offers Debt Relief, But Most African Countries Borrow Elsewhere Chinese President Xi Jinping promised Monday to cancel debt for some of Africa’s least-developed countries. Erasing debt tied to interest-free… 09/06/2018 Aimaf
UN Agency Calls on S. Africa to Stem Xenophobic Violence The U.N. refugee agency is urging the South African authorities to get to grips with violence targeting foreigners before it… 09/06/2018 Aimaf
UN Envoy: Libya Lurching from One Emergency to Another The top U.N. envoy to Libya says the country has “lurched from one emergency to another” in recent weeks and… 09/06/2018 Aimaf
Philanthropy Aids Rwanda’s Push for More Preschools In her mother's eyes, Lucky truly is fortunate. The 5-year-old girl is learning social skills and her ABCs at a… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
FAO Warns Southern Africa to Prepare for Drought The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned Southern African officials meeting in Zimbabwe to better prepare… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
Straight Talk Africa | Special Edition Today #StraightTalkAfrica presents a town hall introducing members of the Mandela Washington Fellows for Young African Leaders Initiative. This year,… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
Ethiopia PM Makes First Visit to Eritrea Since Peace Deal Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed traveled to Eritrea on Wednesday, his first visit since the Horn of Africa neighbors ended… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
New Term, Same Old Foes for Mali’s Keita As he was sworn in to start a second term this week, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita promised to address… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
Xenophobic Violence Erupts in South Africa Violence between locals and foreigners is increasing in South Africa as tensions rise over unemployment. ... 09/05/2018 Aimaf
East Africa Gets Easy Money Transfer System An international money transfer company has launched an online service for East Africans to send and receive money more easily.… 09/05/2018 Aimaf
Ethiopia Opens Logistics Sector to Foreign Investment Ethiopia will open its logistics sector to foreign investors but cap their participation, the state investment body said on Tuesday… 09/04/2018 Aimaf
Mali President Keita Sworn In to Second 5-Year Term Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been sworn in to a new five-year term in the presence of former rebels… 09/04/2018 Aimaf
Banned Bemba Denounces DRC Vote as ‘Parody’ Former Democratic Republic of Congo warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba on Tuesday denounced a long-delayed December presidential election as a "parody" after… 09/04/2018 Aimaf
UN Court Hears Case Over Strategic Indian Ocean Islands Officials from the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius told United Nations judges Monday that former colonial power Britain strong-armed… 09/03/2018 Aimaf
UN Official Sees Over $1B in Fresh Aid for Lake Chad Region More than $1 billion in fresh aid will likely be pledged at a conference of donors to the drought-plagued region… 09/03/2018 Aimaf
Congo’s Top Court Excludes Opposition Leader Bemba From Presidential Election Democratic Republic of Congo's top court on Monday definitively excluded opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba from December's presidential election because of… 09/03/2018 Aimaf
Survey: No Safe Haven for Girls in Crisis-Hit Lake Chad Region Teenage girls living in Africa's insurgency-hit Lake Chad region have no safe haven from the violence, with beatings and abuse… 09/03/2018 Aimaf
Schools Fail to Open in Cameroon’s Restive English-speaking Regions September 3rd marks the first day of the school year across much of the world. But in the English-speaking regions… 09/03/2018 Aimaf