Africa

Embattled Senegalese's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar in March 2021.

Senegal

Court dashes election hopes for Senegalese opposition leader Sonko

South African Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the High Court in Pretoria, on July 6, 2016 after being sentenced to six years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years earlier.

SOUTH AFRICA

05/01/2024

Oscar Pistorius freed from prison after serving nine years for murder

From Algeria to South Africa, RFI looks at the main polls to watch.

DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

03/01/2024

Year of elections has Africa poised for political shake-up in 2024

Ethiopia's deal with Somaliland opens the port of Berbera, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, an African gateway to the sea and further north to the Suez Canal.

Horn of Africa

02/01/2024

Somalia recalls envoy in anger over Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi casts his vote for the presidential election, in Kinshasa, on December 20, 2023.

Democratic Republic of Congo

31/12/2023

President Tshisekedi declared winner of DRC elections as opposition cries foul

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Militiamen of the armed Coalition of Patriots for Change in the southeastern village of Niakari, the front line with the Central African army and its allies, in January 2021.

Central African Republic

30/12/2023

CAR in talks with US security firm as West eyes Wagner's ground in Africa

A member of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma) patrols on Timbuktu's main square on 8 December 2021.

Mali

30/12/2023

UN pulls peacekeeping force out of Timbuktu early amid insecurity in Mali

An election campaign banner for Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is seen at the Kintambo roundabout in Kinshasa on December 12, 2023.

Democratic Republic of Congo

29/12/2023

DRC refuses opposition demands for election re-run despite irregularities

Mural representing Senegalese thinker Cheikh Anta Diop at the University of Dakar, photographed in June 2022.

African history

29/12/2023

Senegal celebrates pioneer of African history Cheikh Anta Diop

People rally in support of Sudan's army in Wad Madani on December 17, 2023.

SUDAN CRISIS

28/12/2023

Sudan civilians rush for arms as paramilitaries advance

Tug boats docked in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou in Benin on 28 May 2019.

Coup in Niger

28/12/2023

Benin lifts suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger

Congolese police officers stand next to a burning barricade during an opposition demonstration in Kinshasa on 27 December 2023.

Democratic Republic of Congo

27/12/2023

At least 13 wounded as DRC police break up banned election protest

A man gesturing during an opposition demonstration in Kinshasa on 27 December 2023.

Democratic Republic of Congo

27/12/2023

Opposition parties in Democratic Republic of Congo protest poll despite ban

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he wants to enter the race to become the country's president.

Senegal

26/12/2023

Jailed Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko files to run for president

Nigerians at a police checkpoint outside Mangu, near Jos, in the Plateau State in Nigeria, on 20 May 2023, fleeing unrest in central Nigeria.

Nigeria

26/12/2023

Attacks kill at least 160 people in central Nigeria

Protesters holding an anti-France placard during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on 3 August 2023.

Coup in Niger

26/12/2023

Niger suspends cooperation with international Francophone body

Voters check the electoral results pasted on the door of a voting station in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

Democratic Republic of Congo

25/12/2023

Opposition parties demand fresh vote in DRC after poll chaos

Voters wait to register their choice during the constitutional referendum at a polling station in N'Djamena.

Chad

25/12/2023

Chad votes "Yes" to new junta-backed constitution

A polling station in the Chadian capital N'Djaména on 17 December 2023.

CHAD

22/12/2023

Chad awaits results from referendum hoped to chart path for civilian rule

Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba speaks in Dakar on 21 December 2023 after he was named the ruling party's presidential candidate ahead of the February 2024 presidential election.

Senegal

22/12/2023

Senegalese PM Amadou Ba named as ruling party's presidential candidate

A voter gets ready to cast her ballot in Kinshasa on 20 December 2023.

Democratic Republic of Congo

22/12/2023

First results expected in chaotic DRC election marred by delays

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People displaced by the conflict in Sudan gather in the city of Gedaref as they attempt to get passports and exit visas after fleeing Wad Madani, the capital of El Gezira state, on 20 December 2023.

Sudan crisis

21/12/2023

Fighting in Sudan's El Gezira state threatens aid, displaces thousands

This handout photo shows the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen.

SECURITY

20/12/2023

Hijacked cargo ship has moved towards Somalia, says EU naval force

Voters presenting themselves at the Saint-Joseph / Elikya secondary school in the Gombe district of downtown Kinshasa to cast their ballots in the DRC's 2023 general election.

DRC

20/12/2023

Polls open in DR Congo elections as President Tshisikedi seeks a second mandate

Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana arrives with his lawyer Florence Bourg at the Paris courthouse on November 14, 2023.

FRANCE - RWANDA

20/12/2023

French court jails former Rwandan doctor over 1994 genocide

Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria, arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris, France.

Energy

19/12/2023

France's TotalEnergies to invest billions in Nigeria

Newly qualified doctor Ben Ahmar Koné (left) with François Bambi, a pharmacy student. Both men were studying in Ukraine until the war forced them to leave.

Migration

18/12/2023

From Côte d'Ivoire to Ukraine to France and back again, one student's journey

This undated and unlocated handout picture released by the van Deventer family shows Gerco van Deventer. He was released after six years in captivity in Mali on 17 December 2023.

Mali

18/12/2023

South African held for 6 years in Mali released

South Africa's President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa addresses other heads of state at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on 1 December 2023.

Cop28 climate summit

18/12/2023

Historic win or climate injustice? Experts divided on what Cop28 means for Africa

A young woman who fled the conflict in Cameroon's English-speaking regions pictured in Yaounde on 7 February 2020.

Cameroon

17/12/2023

'Worse than death': Surviving sexual violence in Cameroon's anglophone crisis

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