After Mugabe, How Free and Fair Will Zimbabwe’s Vote Be? It will be a first for Zimbabwe's voters: The name of Robert Mugabe won't be on the ballot when elections… 07/04/2018 Aimaf
Africa & World Cup, Uganda & Social Media Tax, South Sudan – Shaka: Extra Time In this episode of “ShakaExtraTime, a show only on Facebook based on questions from social media, Shaka talks about the… 07/03/2018 Aimaf
South Sudan Wants to Extend President’s Term Until 2021 South Sudan's government has proposed extending President Salva Kiir's term in office for another three years, which the armed opposition… 07/03/2018 Aimaf
UN: All Sides Guilty of War Crimes in DRC’s Kasai A U.N. investigation finds all armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai province are guilty of mass atrocities,… 07/03/2018 Aimaf
Zimbabwe’s Government Dismisses HRW Report on Child Labor Zimbabwe's government is denying a report from Human Rights Watch that documented extensive child labor on the country's tobacco farms.… 07/03/2018 Aimaf
Ivory Coast Eyes Biomass Power Generation From Cocoa Waste The world's top cocoa producer Ivory Coast plans to build a 60 to 70 megawatt (MW) capacity biomass power generation… 07/02/2018 Aimaf
Malian ‘Spider-Man’ Joins Paris Fire Department The immigrant from Mali, dubbed "Spider-Man" after he scaled a Paris apartment building to save a young boy dangling from… 07/02/2018 Aimaf
Outside the Law: Nigerians Turn to Radio Show for Justice "Hembe-lembeh!" yells Ahmad Isah, the host of Nigeria's "Brekete Family" radio program. "Olo-lolo!" shouts his audience — more than 100… 07/02/2018 Aimaf
Al-Qaida Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Mali Attack Terrorist group al-Qaida's affiliate in Mali claimed responsibility Monday for an attack that left four civilians dead a day earlier,… 07/02/2018 Aimaf
UN Chief Marks 50 Years Since NPT Signing The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday hailed the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the… 07/02/2018 Aimaf
5 Civilians Dead in Mogadishu Mortar Attack At least five civilians were killed and more than 10 others wounded after al-Shabab militants fired mortars in a residential… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
4 Killed in Attack on French-Malian Patrol in North Mali Four civilians were killed in an attack targeting a French patrol in Mali Sunday, according to the country's Defense Ministry.… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
African Union Leaders Open 2-Day Summit Thirty African leaders are meeting in Mauritania for a two-day summit focusing on fighting corruption and dealing with the continent's… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
African Leaders in Mauritania for Summit against Corruption Thirty African heads of state are meeting in Mauritania Sunday and have opened the 31st African Union summit, which is… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
Uganda’s Makerere University Acts to Stop Sex Harassment Uganda's Makerere University plans to install closed-circuit television cameras around the campus after multiple claims of sexual harassment and assault,… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
African Banks Consider Chinese Yuan, But Risks Loom More than a dozen African countries have been weighing the merits of adding the Chinese yuan to their mix of… 07/01/2018 Aimaf
Diplomats Join Ugandan March to Protest Violence Against Women The U.S. and French ambassadors joined dozens of Ugandan demonstrators in Kampala on Saturday to protest against what they say… 06/30/2018 Aimaf
South Sudanese Cease-fire Violated Hours After It Began The cease-fire agreement signed by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebels was violated Saturday just hours after it began,… 06/30/2018 Aimaf
UN Investigator Calls for End to Eritrea’s Indefinite National Service A UN Investigator finds a persistent pattern of human rights violations in Eritrea severely restricts the fundamental freedoms of its… 06/30/2018 Aimaf
6 Dead in Islamist Raid on Base in Mali Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military task force in central Mali, leaving at least… 06/30/2018 Aimaf