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The conditions present in Gabon were far less conducive to a coup than the vast majority of previous attempts. So why would the plotters take such a risky action?

The government has previously claimed that Boko Haram was "technically defeated". In reality the insurgency has fragmented but continues.

Kenyas Chinese financed diesel train railway cost $3.2 billion for 472 kilometres of track. The more expensive electric train line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti $3.4 billion - for 756 kilometres.

The conflict was the longest of Uganda's post independence struggles. In addition to those killed, 2 million people were displaced, and 60,000 to 100,000 abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels.

As the war enters its sixth year only the most optimistic of observers is voicing much hope that the revitalised peace agreement.

More than 150 women and girls were raped, beaten, and brutalised over a 10-day period at the end of November.

The audit also found stockpiled goods, more lying idle than had been distributed in the previous 12 months, including 288,000 blankets and 50,000 wheelbarrows.

An estimated 219 million malaria cases were reported globally in 2017.

Eight countries including several in crisis such as Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan are in debt distress and a further 18 are at high risk.

WHEN in November UNESCO announced that the reggae music of Jamaica had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its roots in the backstreets and dance halls of Jamaica, is more than just …

Aid groups say overlooking three million displaced people will dramatically impact their ability to respond to needs.

There is proliferation of progressive forces at all levels of African politics. They are exposing and combating corruption and other abuses of power.

The number of women predicted to be face genital mutilation in the world each year could rise to 4.6 million by 2030.

The Mnangagwa regime could try to take ill-gotten gains away from Mugabe and Grace Mugabe, as Malaysias new government is doing to its previous kleptocratic prime minister and his wife.

Al-Shabaab has lost large swathes of territory to the Somali army this year, bolstered by US and African Union peacekeeping troops, AMISOM.

Since the violence in DRCs Kasai region last March, 1.4 million people have been displaced.

Official statistics underestimate total trade between Benin and Nigeria by 50% for imports, and by about 85% for exports.

More than $2 billion was pledged at the Lake Chad crisis, more than the $1.5 billion sought and three times the disappointing haul last year.

Theres a common perception that students represent the elite...But this is a myth. Students are more likely to be food insecure than others in the general population.