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Africa
South Sudan's new cybersecurity law alarms journalists
Publishing false information "with the intention of defaming, threatening, insulting, deceiving, or misleading" is now punishable by up to five years in prison.
By AFP
4h ago
The armed group launched a new offensive in December on the town of Uvira, in the midst of the ratification of an agreement between the DRC and Rwanda under US mediation.
By AFP
4h ago
By AFP
6h ago
By Peter Muiruri
22h ago
The United Nations independent fact-finding mission on Sudan said Thursday it had concluded that the paramilitary siege and capture of El-Fasher bore "the hallmarks of genocide".
By AFP
1d ago
"We can't even breathe because of the fear of the militias," said Hersi, who regularly drives goods lorries from Bosaso port in the far north of Somalia to Hiiraan province.
By AFP
1d ago
Ghana summons Russian Ambassador Sergei Berdnikov over conduct of Russian national accused of sexually exploiting women, demands justice.
By Ronald Kipruto
2d ago
Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists confirmed, hours after the media regulator announced.
By AFP
2d ago
Weeks after Hamdy Ibrahim left his village in Egypt's Nile Delta hoping to reach Europe, his brother's phone rang with a chilling message from Libya: pay now or the boy would die.
By AFP
2d ago
A sudden gold rush has transformed a former cattle kraal on the eastern fringe of Johannesburg into the centre of South Africa’s latest mining frenzy.
By AFP
2d ago
Some 100 US soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country, the Nigerian defence ministry announced Monday.
By AFP
3d ago
A series of jihadist attacks on army detachments in Burkina Faso's north and east this week left at least 10 people dead, security sources told AFP on Sunday.
By AFP
5d ago
"We have been very actively engaged, with the African Union, with the Arab League, with the Quad and with other key actors, in order to put effective pressure for an immediate ceasefire."
By AFP
5d ago
A security report seen by AFP said the attackers had used "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
By AFP
5d ago
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