Tigray: Almost 40% of region’s population facing extreme food shortages
Fighting in Ethiopia between federal forces and People’s Liberation Front has lasted 14 months
Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies aged 77
Paleoanthropologist spearheaded campaigns against ivory trade in Africa
Efforts towards ceasefire in Ethiopia grow amid deepening conflict
Tigrayan rebels advance towards capital, as analysts worry whole region could unravel
Ethiopia launches new offensive on Tigray rebels as famine looms
Western officials say Ethiopian president has amassed weapons for new round of war
Pandora Papers: Leaked files show hidden financial affairs of world leaders
US state of South Dakota now one of the world’s biggest secrecy jurisdictions
Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera wins historic election
Former Pentecostal pastor sworn into office after defeating incumbent in re-run poll
Coronavirus in Uganda: ‘Before the sickness comes to kill us we will die from hunger’
Public transport ban has left tens of thousands of boda boda drivers without an income
Irish lawyer Fergal Gaynor appointed to top post on Cambodia inquiry
Irish man to take up senior prosecuting role at tribunal run by Cambodians and the UN
Busy African airport’s masked staff watch out for coronavirus
Addis Ababa is major hub for China but Ethiopian Airlines refuses to cancel flights
Sudan seeks to shake off pariah status in return for giving up Bashir
Decision to hand over former president to the ICC could also help the court’s reputation
Malawi presidency to challenge court’s quashing of election result
Ruling overturns vote in May 2019 that returned Peter Mutharika to power
Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi dies aged 95
Moi was initially popular but then presided over years of repression and corruption
ICC seeks new prosecutor for impossible job
There have been just two prosecutors in 17 years of the court, which sits in The Hague
World looks away as DRC celebrates dubious democratic transition
Kabila out of office after election defeat but suspicions linger of backroom deal to keep him in power
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi sworn in as Congo president
Victory marred by accusations of backroom deal with predecessor to deny rival candidate
Nairobi hotel attack: Eleven arrested as missing are accounted for
Bomb disposal experts detonate explosive left over from assault claimed by al-Shabaab
Death toll in terror attack on Nairobi hotel rises to 21
Kenya’s president seeks to restore calm after attackers ‘eliminated’ by security forces
Former Ivory Coast president acquitted of war crimes
ICC orders release of Laurent Gbagbo who was charged over post-election violence in 2010
Cameroon in turmoil as leader holds on to power after 36 years
President Paul Biya, who lives part of the time in Switzerland, may seek re-election
Senior Kenya officials arrested in $100m corruption probe
Prosecutor says 54 people and 10 businesses to be charged in connection with case this week
In an Orwellian storm, Kenya’s government goes after journalists
Mock inauguration ceremony by opposition leader turns into stand-off with the media
Kenyan court suspends government’s ban on TV channels
Ruling party blocked broadcasts over coverage of opposition leader’s mock inauguration
Kenyan TV shut as opposition leader holds public ‘swearing in’
Raila Odinga refuses to recognise Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election victory in October
Kenyatta sworn in for second term as Kenya’s president amid protests
One person reported killed as police fire rifles and teargas to break up opposition rally
Kenya’s supreme court upholds Kenyatta’s presidential win
Main challenger says ruling ‘a decision taken under duress’ after judges’ bodyguard shot
Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed winner of presidential election
Opposition supporters protest following announcement of the results of rerun vote
Kenya opposition says president creating ‘electoral dictatorship’
Bid to delay Thursday’s election re-run scuppered after supreme court fails to sit
Kenya police disperse demonstrators as Odinga tempers protest call
Raila Odinga boycotting presidential contest against incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta
Odinga’s sister arrested ahead of Kenyan election rerun
Opposition leader’s supporters hold protests after he pulls out of controversial contest
Kenya bans protests from city centres amid election standoff
Move follows repeated clashes as opposition alliance demands electoral reforms
Kenya faces new political crisis as opposition leader withdraws from election
Nationwide protests called for as president insists poll re-run will go ahead next month
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Kenya as election tensions escalate
Opposition demands removal of officials involved in August’s cancelled election
Raila Odinga rejects Kenya election re-run without ‘guarantees’
Opposition leader says coalition will participate only if election board officials removed
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