Life seems almost normal in the streets of Lubero but the calm is deceptive — the town nestled in the forested, misty hills of eastern DR Congo is under threat from an advancing rebel militia.

South Sudan has detained a leading journalist, an international media organisation said Friday as it urged his immediate release.

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for a contested bill severely curtailing LGBTQ rights to become law after rejecting two bids to overturn it.

Post-election protests rocking Mozambique since late October have interrupted trade and hampered a major aluminium smelter, with the southeast African nation braced for more disruption next week.

In late November, Angola told Rwanda of what would amount to a key breakthrough: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo had agreed to direct talks with M23 rebels.

Diversified miner South32 said on Thursday that road blockages affecting its operations in Mozambique have largely cleared in the past few days, allowing for the safe transport of alumina to Mozal.

South Africa on Wednesday fielded four Cabinet ministers for a bilateral meeting with Mozambique as companies and other countries prepare for fresh protests in that country next week.

Air Portugal, or TAP, is contemplating moving crew members from “safe houses” in Mozambique to South Africa in anticipation of trouble after a ruling next week about the disputed election.