What do Oromo protests mean for Ethiopian unity?
As protests in Ethiopia over the rights of the country’s Oromo people continue, Addis Ababa-based journalist James Jeffrey considers if they are threatening the country’s [read more…]
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Joseph Kony’s LRA abducts scores of child soldiers in new wave of attacks
Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army Photo: The Lord’s Resistance Army has carried out more raids in Central Africa in the first two months [read more…]
Does Africa have an alternative to the ICC?
African countries are tired of the International Criminal Court (ICC). A number of them have made that clear. But is there any hope for strengthening [read more…]
South Sudan oil production pollution threatens thousands: monitors
Dangerous heavy metals used in oil production in war-torn South Sudan have leaked into drinking water sources used by 180,000 people with life-threatening health risks, [read more…]
Rights Group Reports Deepening Violence in Burundi
NAIROBI, Kenya — Security forces and their allies in Burundi have beaten people with rocks, bricks, gun butts and iron bars; they have abducted suspects [read more…]