Sudan's Al Bashir reopens border with Eritrea reopens after being shut for a year. New survey says Nigerians use drugs more than twice the global average

Tanzanian Members of Parliament grant government sweeping powers over political parties. Muslims in Angola are still a long road to be legally recognized by government.

Despite warnings from President Al-Bashir, protests in Sudan continue, as the government confiscates popular daily newspapers. Malawi looks to legalizing cannabis to supplement lost tobacco earnings.

There are ongoing protests in Cameroon as the governmnet says it will ban political parties. Several people are arrested in anti-Biya Protests. The World Health Organization issues a warning over an Ebola outbreak across the East Africa region

Nigeria rejects foreign "meddling" over chief justice suspended before crucial Feb vote. Thousands paid farewell to Zimbabwean music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi as he was laid to rest at his rural home

Felix Tshisekedi, son of the late opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, takes power in the DRC in a historic ceremony.

Nigerian Chibok girls' champion Oby Ezekwisili quits the presidential race...weeks before presidential.

With growing calls for an end to President Omar al-Bashir’s three-decade rule will the ongoing protests finally unseat Bashir’s regime.

 Since the beginning of 2019 we have seen Gabon, Zimbabwe and DRC shutting down the internet BUT in Chad it has kept social media shut for 300 days and counting

The inauguration of Felix Tshisekedi as president of the DRC is postponed and likely to happen later this week....EU& AU says they willing to work with new President....

Ethiopia has been the darling of the international community, yet millions of people remain without a home. The UN's Migration organization says more than 2 million Ethiopians remains homeless due to internal conflict.

Zimbabwe president ends foreign tour after protests as some leaders of the main opposition party is in hiding.

A new International Migration reports says the number of people internally displaced in Ethiopia is now more than 2. Million.

The Africa Report

Madagascar's new president, Andre Rajoelina Inaugurated 

with Crystal Orderson, Southern Africa Editor of the African Report