Seventy-three years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, African countries have made some progress but more still needs to be done, writes Yanga Malotana.

Fighting between armed groups aligned with government and opposition forces in South Sudan this year subjected civilians to "unimaginable violence" that could amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said.

Burkina Faso's premier and government have resigned as protests mounted against officials' inability to combat a wave of jihadist attacks that have killed thousands.

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Tanzania marked its 60th independence anniversary, with President Samia Suluhu Hassan hailing the country's progress even as fears grow over the precarious state of political freedoms in the East African nation.

The World Food Program has suspended aid distribution in the northern Ethiopian town of Kombolcha after "mass looting" of its warehouses blamed on Tigrayan forces.

Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa have started or approved booster Covid-19 jabs, despite a low vaccine uptake.

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As the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads, Zimbabwe is reporting record daily cases and its highest ever test positivity rate.

A Libyan political body has called for the 24 December presidential election to be delayed to February amid growing jostling over the rules and legal basis of a vote.

Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a bus in the country's north western Sokoto state, causing a fire that killed 23 people, police and the governor's spokesperson said.

Two students have been killed and 12 injured when a truck rammed into them near their school in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, police said.

Healthy-looking and lighter-skinned women and girls are at high risk of being kidnapped and sold as part of the sex slave trade in conflict-torn northern Cabo Delgado, according to a report.

The United States slapped fresh sanctions on a dozen Iranian officials and entities for "serious" human rights abuses Tuesday, ahead of the expected resumption of nuclear talks with Tehran after they halted last week without any concrete progress.

The surge of maritime piracy in Africa's Gulf of Guinea is not just a threat to foreign ship and cargo owners but also carries significant costs for the coastal nations, a new UN report said Tuesday.

Dozens of people suspected of committing crimes against humanity remain at large in the Central African Republic, where rebel and government forces are locked in low-level fighting, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

British NGO Global Witness Wednesday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to halt a dam project it said would flood part of a national park and be an "ecological catastrophe".

Health systems on the African continent have been severely impacted by the pressures of Covid-19.

At least five people dead as police officer goes on rampage in Nairobi with his service-issued AK-47 rifle.

After more than 80 weeks of closure, questions loom over the effect of the shutdown on students and teachers.