Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Friday he had received the congratulations of the leader of the opposition, a day after official results showed he was re-elected by a landslide. Ahead of the election, international diplomatic efforts had stepped up to prevent any possible flare-up in the country — among the poorest in […]

Uganda’s earnings from coffee exports are the highest they’ve been in 30 years. It accounts for about 17% of the country’s foreign income, and more than 70% of households grow coffee, mostly on small plots. But in the 1990s, the sector was nearly destroyed by low global market prices coupled with disease and neglect. Uganda’s […]

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has met an African Union mission that arrived in Addis Ababa to try to mediate between his government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) after more than three weeks of military conflict. Mr Abiy previously branded international efforts to bring the two parties to the table as “unwelcome”, and […]

Burkina Faso’s main opposition leader has conceded defeat in Sunday’s presidential election after initial results showed a comfortable victory for President Roch Kabore, ending a dispute in which opponents said election fraud was committed. Former Finance Minister Zephirin Diabre met Kabore on Friday night to congratulate him, Kabore said in a post on Twitter. A […]

Two white South African farmers convicted of murdering a black teenager who they accused of stealing sunflowers worth $5 (£3) have had their sentences overturned and are now free. Mathlomola Mosweu’s death in 2017, in Coligny, North West Province, triggered protests and outrage. Pieter Doorewaard and Philip Schutte were later sentenced to 18 years and […]