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UN: M23 killed children in eastern DR Congo - February 18, 2025
2025/2/18

The head of Uganda’s People's Defense Forces recently said he will attack the town of Bunia in neigh

Africa News Tonight: UN condemns killing of children in DRC, calls for Uganda to free Besigye, European leaders hold crisis security meeting - February 18, 2025
2025/2/18

The United Nations has decried what it calls “summary executions” of children by the rebel group M23

Africa News Tonight: Namibia voting goes into third day, Biden heads to Angola, EAC celebrates its 25th anniversary - February 17, 2025
2025/2/17

Namibians returned to vote today in 36 re-opened polling stations, two days after the country’s elec

Africa News Tonight: AU leaders face challenges at summit, US moves forward on deportations, marking Valentine’s Day despite higher costs - February 14, 2025
2025/2/14

The African Union summit is getting started in Addis Ababa with the organization facing multiple cha

Africa News Tonight: Church leaders talk to DRC rebels, Namibia doctors push cervical cancer fight, Democrats, Republicans debate US aid - February 13, 2025
2025/2/13

A delegation from the National Episcopal Conference of Congo and the Church of Christ in Congo, two

Africa News Tonight - February 12, 2025
2025/2/12

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Africa News Tonight: Fighting expands in eastern DRC, Niger set to map out political transition, Horn of Africa presents risks, rewards - February 12, 2025
2025/2/12

Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull, with M23 figh

Africa News Tonight: Refugees tell of Sudan hunger deaths, Zimbabwe deals with growing informal market, using AI to protect Kenya forests - February 11, 2025
2025/2/11

Sudanese refugees who have made it to Chad speak of burying infants who died of hunger in Darfur’s Z

Africa News Tonight: Namibia voting goes into third day, Biden heads to Angola, EAC celebrates its 25th anniversary - February 10, 2025
2025/2/10

Namibians returned to vote today in 36 re-opened polling stations, two days after the country’s elec

Africa News Tonight: UN council calls for probe of DRC conflict, Sudanese refugees face sexual abuse, governments coping with US aid freeze - February 07, 2025
2025/2/7

At a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, members called for an independent f

Africa News Tonight: M23 meets the public in Goma, Kenyan tech company aims to reduce plastic waste, US Democrats rally to protect USAID - February 06, 2025
2025/2/6

The M23 rebel group had its first public meeting today since seizing the city of Goma after deadly c

Africa News Tonight: Goma returns to normal as DRC fighting goes on, Nigeria aims to cope with US aid freeze, US allies reject Gaza proposal - February 05, 2025
2025/2/5

Urban life has cautiously resumed under the shadow of conflict and a deepening humanitarian crisis i

Africa News Tonight: Rebels call ceasefire in DRC, UNICEF warns of DRC displacement crisis, Darfur refugees describe harrowing conditions - February 04, 2025
2025/2/4

The alliance of rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a humanitarian

Goma slowly returns to life after days of fighting - February 03, 2025
2025/2/3

The fall of Goma has rattled Africa, causing international condemnation and fears of a humanitarian

South Africa reacts to US move to cut aid to the nation - February 03, 2025
2025/2/3

South Africa’s government and citizens say they’re shocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to

Africa News Tonight: Hospitals overflow in Goma, South Africans surprised by Trump aid threat, big trade sends Doncic to the NBA’s Lakers - February 03, 2025
2025/2/3

Hospitals are overflowing with wounded patients in Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic

Africa News Tonight - January 31, 2025
2025/1/31

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Africa News Tonight - January 30, 2025
2025/1/30

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Africa News Tonight: Diplomatic tensions rise over DRC conflict, President Kagame lashes out at South Africa, crews search for crash victims - January 30, 2025
2025/1/30

Diplomatic tensions are rising in African capitals, as efforts to end the fighting in the eastern De

Africa News Tonight: World seeks end to DRC conflict, some Goma areas are calm, aid groups concerned about Trump funding plans - January 29, 2025
2025/1/29

The world continues to seek a way to halt the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,