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Chad is first of sahel military regimes to hold elections Chad held its long delayed presidential election on Monday following three years of military rule under the interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win. More information with France 24...

Counting underway in Chad presidential elections Chadians voted Monday in a presidential election aimed at ending three years of military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno as a fix. More information with our local correspondant, Claire Pacccalin and...

Chad : Couting begins after Chad presidential Voting day in Chad, where nearly 8 million voters were called to the polls to elect the next president, after three years of military rule under the interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, a vote that analysts widely expected the incumbent to win.

Eleventh edition of Nollywood Week film festival opens in Paris In tonight's edition: Schools will stay closed until further notice in Kenya, as heavy rains that have killed hundreds of people continue. Also, as the world marks Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders says the biggest...

Chad votes for president after three years of military rule Chadians go to the polls on Monday after three years of military rule following the death of long-time ruler Idriss Déby, the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.

Kenya floods death toll rises to 288 as heavy rains, flooding persist Kenya said Sunday that the death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 and warned that there was no sign of a let-up in the crisis.

Decades-long conflict: Rwanda denies involvement in DRC camp attack Rwanda on Saturday dismissed a US assertion that its forces were involved in a deadly attack that left several dead in in a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of...

Chinese-owned gold mines in Niger ordered shut after herders report animal deaths Several gold mines in northern Niger managed by a Chinese company were ordered to temporarily close after dozens of animals died from drinking wastewater, local authorities told AFP on Sunday.

Togo ruling party wins big parliamentary majority in boost for Gnassingbe Togo’s ruling party won a parliamentary majority in April’s legislative elections, the country’s electoral commission said Saturday, after a divisive constitutional reform critics say allows President Faure Gnassingbe to...

Flood-hit Kenya,Tanzania buffeted by Tropical Cyclone Hidaya Beaches were deserted and many shops closed on Saturday as heavy rains and winds from a tropical cyclone buffeted coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya.

Chad to vote in presidential elections after three-year transition Chad will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of military rule. The candidate widely expected...

US accuses Rwanda over deadly attack on DR Congo refugee camp The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as "absurd" by Kigali on Saturday.

Ravaged by flooding, Kenya on alert as it braces for first-ever cyclone Kenyan President William Ruto put the flood-ravaged country on high alert on Friday and postponed the reopening of schools indefinitely as the nation braced for its first-ever cyclone.

Hundreds in Burkina Faso protest at US response to HRW massacre report Hundreds protested outside the US embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Friday, against Washington's reaction to Human Rights Watch accusations of an army massacre of civilians, an AFP journalist saw.

Darfur on the brink: How to stop a new bloodbath in western Sudan? How did an argument in Khartoum between rival generals drag Sudan into civil war and push it to the brink of a repeat of the Darfur genocide of two decades ago?

Flood-hit Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone Hidaya In tonight's edition: Kenya and Tanzania brace for cyclone Hidaya as heavy rains persist. As millions are on the brink of famine in Sudan we speak to an activist monitoring the crisis who shares concerns about an imminent attack on the city of...

Chad’s presidential candidate Succès Masra: opposition leader or secret government ally? Ten candidates are in the running for Chad's May 6 presidential election, but the race is dominated by the two frontrunners: General Mahamat Idriss Déby, who is currently serving as transitional president...

Nigeria : reform deepens socio-economic depression The devaluation of the Naira against the dollar has plunged Nigerians into a deep socio-economic depression. The price of basic foodstuffs can double or even triple in the same day. While 98 million Nigerians were already living in extreme...

Chad interim ruler Mahamat Deby favorite to win presidential election General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, proclaimed head of state by Chad's army three years ago, is the favourite to win Monday's presidential election after the junta violently repressed much of the opposition.

Kenya's striking doctors continue to hold out after 50 days of industrial action In tonight's edition: Striking doctors in Kenya hold out as talks with the government lead nowhere after more than six weeks of industrial action. Also, former South African president Jacob Zuma may not yet have a...