Security fears keep banks and businesses closed after soldiers mutiny in Ivory Coast
State unable to pay promised bonuses to soldiers following a collapse in price of cocoa.
What is the Africans Rising movement's #25May2017 day of action?
On 25 May, individuals and groups across Africa will launch the movement calling for democratic freedom.
Three Ebola-related deaths in DRC as medical teams struggle to reach outbreak area
The outbreak area is an isolated area where transport and communication networks are limited.
Ugandan troops in CAR 'sexually exploited or abused' dozens of women and girls
Human Rights Watch and the United Nations report that soldiers threatened victims to remain silent.
Only financial pressure and sanctions on President Kabila 'can avert bloodshed' in DRC
Watchdog Enough Project tells IBTimes UK the US and EU need to act fast to avoid war.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak after patient infected with the virus dies in DRC
The last outbreak of Ebola in the DRC was in 2014, when dozens of people died.
Rape surgeon of DRC Denis Mukwege at risk in UN protection shake-up says Panzi Foundation
Protection from Monusco contingent 'has been withdrawn' as gynaecologist's life is threatened.
DRC's Kasai violence: Why there is a risk an old conflict with ethnic undertones may intensify
IBTimes UK deciphers the causes of the present round of violence in Congo's new flashpoint.
How Burundi can benefit from historical China visit amid worsening crisis
Chinese VP Li Yuanchao is on a three-day visit to conflict-hit Burundi.
World leaders urged to cancel Somalia's $5.3bn debt amid threat of imminent famine
Somalia is facing the "largest humanitarian crisis in history of the United Nations".
Flood of 20,000 Congolese refugees puts strain on Angola
Refugees fleeing neighbouring DRC amid fighting between Congolese army and local tribes.
How Kenya's Jubilee party is using UK 'big data' firm linked to Trump and Brexit victories
Cambridge Analytica influenced millions of voters with targeted messages based on online activity.
Court says Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi should have mental health examination
Controversial activist Nyanzi was back in court after calling president Yoweri Museveni a 'pair of buttocks'.
UN Secretary General warns attack on Minusca convoy in CAR 'may constitute a war crime'
Suspected anti-Balaka rebel attack against Minusca convoy killed at least four peacekeepers.
West Africa to become first region in the world to end statelessness by 2024
ECOWAS ministers hope plan of action will help 1 million stateless people in West Africa.
DRC: President Joseph Kabila 'has not respected accord' with new government
Commentators claim Kabila has violated power-sharing deal with appointment of new government.
Kenya ready to take action after US freezes aid to health ministry over corruption
Suspension covers funding for salaries and wages, operations, domestic and international travel.
Victims 'summarily executed by the army' claim witnesses in DRC's Kasai provinces
IBTimes UK hears of massacres carried out in Kananga, Kasai-Central.
UNHCR and NGOs to reinstate returnees in danger of statelessness in Chad
16,718 Chadians living in CAR fled war to Chad without documentation.
Mozambique's rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama announces 'beginning of end of war'
Low-level violence has left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.
President Robert Mugabe rejects claims Zimbabwe is a fragile state despite crisis
Mugabe told a WEF panel Zimbabwe is most highly-developed African country after South Africa.
Somalia president vows to ensure justice is served after minister shot dead by security forces
Mistaken for an Islamist militant Abas Siraji was shot dead by bodyguards of a government official
EU ministers urged to apply fresh round of sanctions on DRC president's inner circle
President Joseph Kabila's officials are accused of a political blockade and violence against civilians.
ICC must probe murders of UN experts in DRC's Kasai says rights group
Kabila regime used fake militia men to commit crimes and blamed armed group, APRODEC tells IBTimes UK.
Girls and young women targeted by Kenyan government roll-out of new HIV prevention drug
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce the risk of HIV transmission by at least 90%.
UN and partners forced to build new site for Central African refugees as thousands pour into Chad
Central African Republic families flee after their villages were the target of brutal attacks.
Zimbabwe: Citizens hope for 'revival' of protest movements ahead of 2018 elections
IBTimes UK hears how leaders of social movements have come together to rejuvenate grass-roots movements.
President Yoweri Museveni says he must be a wonderful dictator – elected five times
Interview has sent social media into overdrive as Ugandan president talks of his legacy.
Unicef revises upwards number of children in Somalia suffering from famine
Number of children suffering from acute malnutrition "shot up" by 50% to 1.4m, UN agency warns.
Burundi crisis rape victims testify of trauma amid continuing violence
SOS-Torture Burundi compiled harrowing testimonies of rape used a weapon of repression.
