Africa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said the military operation in the northern Tigray region is entering its "final phase" now that a three-day ultimatum given to fighters to surrender...

Ethiopia's prime minister has accused forces in the northern Tigray region of carrying out a massacre of civilians. Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopian federal troops had "liberated" the western part of...

Vital aid supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in northern Ethiopia are at risk because of the conflict there, a top UN official said. "Shortages of basic commodities such...

The Ethiopian prime minister, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, has rejected a request for peace talks as the conflict in Tigray deepens. Tigray's leader, Debretsion Gebremichael,...

There have been widespread looting incidents in several states across Nigeria as hundreds of young people continue to storm government stores as well as private properties in unrest sparked by...

It appears that there are attempts for protesters against police brutality in Nigeria to elect their leaders, according to Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper. The protests so far have not had official...

Gunfire has erupted and jailbreaks have been reported in Nigeria, as unrest over the shooting of protesters in its biggest city continues. Rights group Amnesty International said security forces killed...

A number of people taking part in a protest against police brutality have reportedly been shot dead or wounded in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos. Witnesses quoted by local media said...

Authorities in Nigeria's southern Edo state have imposed a 24-hour curfew following what it describes as "incidents of vandalism and attacks carried out by hoodlums in the guise of #ENDSARS...

Tension is rising in Guinea, following the killing of senior army officer Col Mamady Condé. It comes just two days before a presidential election in which President Alpha Condé is...