The Minamata Convention on Mercury enters into force today, following a 90-day period since the necessary threshold of 51 ratifications was achieved in May. The Minamata Convention enters into force with 128 signatory nations and 74 ratifying countries, including the most recent addition of Brazil last week. Among the countries…
Defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga of Kenya announced Wednesday that he will press his case over the disputed August 8 election results with the country’s Supreme Court. The Nasa opposition candidate, whose coalition has cried foul over President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory, held a press conference to decry results that he…
Nigeria has deployed 2,000 special forces troops to Maiduguri and the northeast, with the mission to capture Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and stabilize a region under renewed attack by Islamic extremists. The troops are a response to a demand by Nigerian military leadership that Shekau be captured dead or…
The Group of Five Sahel (G5 Sahel) Joint Force is expected to bolster existing efforts…
Authorities in Sierra Leone say more than 300 people have died so far in a…
Some online Chinese shoppers say they are boycotting companies that are using African children in…
At least 18 people are dead and others wounded in an attack in the Burkina…
Zambian opposition politician Hakainde Hichilema is expected at the Lusaka High Court on Monday, his…
Election results coming in from Kenya’s Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) showed President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead in the tally with 54.6 percent of the vote compared with main challenger Ralia Odinga’s 44.5 percent. Those figures were reported early Wednesday with just under 90 percent of the vote counted. Kenyatta…
Scientists say an unusual strain of anthrax found in Taï National Park in Cote d’Ivoire is posing a serious threat to wildlife, including chimpanzees who may over time face extinction because of the bacterium. The new study comes from Ivorian National Animal Health Institute, along with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the…
Ethiopia lifted last week the state of emergency imposed since October 2016, but the decision has raised questions about what happens to those detained during mass arrests on politically motivated charges during that time. Among them is Merera Gudina, the academic and longtime opposition leader whose arrest was – according…
Kenyans arrived early at the polls overnight, waiting in lines in the dark to cast their vote in today’s national general election. Polling places officially opened at 6 a.m. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for calm and unity in a televised statement on Monday night, urging voters to participate while…