Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Tuesday the end of military operations in Ethiopia's north is "coming within reach", as the African Union called for an immediate ceasefire and thousands fled the violence into neighbouring Sudan.
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that at least 150 members of Tanzania's opposition had been arrested over the country's fiercely disputed elections.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday won support from West African bloc ECOWAS for his reelection to a third term after an October 31 vote marked by clashes and an opposition boycott.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced his army chief on Sunday, as reports of wounded soldiers continued to rise in a five-day-old conflict in the country's northern Tigray region.
Authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan as part of a growing crackdown on those who challenged the president's re-election to a third term, opposition party officials said Saturday.
Firebrand lawyer cum rapper Falz speaking on the ongoing #EndSars protest has told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he is not afraid to die after several young Nigerians were this week killed by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
Nigerian police murdered 10 people in a brutal repression of protests demanding wholesale police reforms and an end to its use of excessive force, a leading human rights organisation has said.
