When Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office four years ago, Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based group that promotes press freedom, raised Ethiopia's ranking in its international press freedom index by 40 places. It was a giant leap forward after decades ... Read More

FILE - United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C) delivers a speech at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Ouallam, Niger, on May 3, 2022 during his visit to the country. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the start of a ... Read More

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission is investigating a video shared online that appears to show government troops abusing and shooting an ethnic Tigrayan boy. The four-minute video shows an alleged ethnic Tigray teenager being surrounded by men in Ethiopian army uniforms. ... Read More

Mali's ruling junta announced Monday it was breaking off from defense accords with its former colonial ruler France, condemning "flagrant violations" of its national sovereignty by the French troops there. The announcement — threatened several times over the past few weeks ... Read More

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera Free speech advocates in Malawi have condemned the arrest of a nurse for insulting President Lazarus Chakwera during a WhatsApp debate on governance. Malawi police said 39-year-old Chidawawa Mainje was charged with cyber harassment and faces up to ... Read More

The head of Guinea's military government has announced the country will return to civilian rule after a 39-month transition period. Speaking on television, Col Mamady Doumbouya, said the proposal would now be put to Guinea's parliament. His army ousted the elected president ... Read More

School children are seen outside their classroom at a government learning institution in Harare in February 2022. A UNICEF report says 4.5 million were affected by COVID-19 lockdowns which began in 2021 (Columbus Mavhunga/VOA) The United Nations Children's Fund and Zimbabwe ... Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Two people are known to have died so far in the city of ... Read More

FILE - A woman makes copies at the Google Artificial Intelligence office in Accra, April 10, 2019 — the company's first AI center in Africa. The internet search giant announced in April 2022 that it is opening a product development ... Read More

A high-powered delegation from Costa Rica on Saturday, April 23, 2022 toured the Nkyinkyim Museum located at Nuhalenya-Ada in the Greater Accra Region to explore and understudy Ghana’s cultural tourism. Led by Costa Rican Vice President Madam Epsy Campbell Barr, the ... Read More