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A decade of development in Ethiopia, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, is at risk if the country continues to ban political opposition and muzzle the media, the UN has warned. Ethiopia is now in its eighth month of emergency rule, which was imposed in October last year to…

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Soldiers who staged a nationwide mutiny in Ivory Coast have reached an agreement with the government on bonus payments and have agreed to return to barracks, ending a revolt that paralysed cities and towns across the country for four days. Two spokesmen for the mutinous troops said on Tuesday that…

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More than 500 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) central Kasai province in the past five months, according to police, in an area that has seen fighting between security forces and members of a local armed group. Among the dead were 39 soldiers, 85 police officers…

Renegade soldiers in Ivory Coast have rejected a proposal to end a four-day mutiny over unpaid bonuses just minutes after the government claimed a deal had been reached. President Alassane Ouattara has been trying to restore order after 8,400 mutineers took control of Ivory Coast’s second-biggest city, Bouake, closed border…

Their first uprising ended in January; now disgruntled soldiers are staging another mutiny in Ivory Coast for the same reason. On Sunday, the government reportedly gave the mutineers an ultimatum: to drop their demand for unpaid bonuses or order would be quickly restored. Just 24 hours later, heavy gunfire was…