Africa Link

A row over milk and milk products ensues between Kenya and Uganda+++Anglophone countries question the renaming of the CFA Franc to ECO+++Kenyan’s are protesting growing inequality in the country.

Thousands in Gambia rally for return of ex-president Jammeh+++ Jihadists free five kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria +++Germany to deport more Nigerians +++Morocco clamps down on dissident voices

Memories of Biafra war linger, 50 years after it ended +++ Ghanaian journalists want justice for murdered colleague +++ "Connect Rwanda initiative" unpopular in rural communities +++ Turning trash into gardens in Togo

Kenyan teachers desert the northern region over security threat +++ Some Nigeriens want French troops out of Sahel region +++ Ugandan nurses use smartphone tech to improve maternal health

The Gambian government cannot guarantee safety of Yahya Jammeh if he returns from exile +++ France meets G5 Sahel leaders to discuss spread of jihadism +++ Russia brokers ceasefire deal between Libya’s rival leaders +++ Opposition in Guinea Conakry intensify election boycott move

Suspected Islamist militants kill 25 soldiers and wounded 6 others in an attack on an army post in Niger+++Ethiopia‘s need for electricity and the interest of other countries in exploiting the waters of the Nile River continue to remain an unresolved+++A year to Zambia’s general elections concerns are emerging over the funding of the polls.

The U.N. envoy for West Africa and the Sahel Mohamed Chambas urges leaders in the region to follow through on pledges to tackle terrorism+++The United States slams sanctions on the First Vice President of South Sudan+++Iran-US unrest

Tensions between the United States and Iran could spread to Africa+++ Tripoli rejects Turkey's Troop deployment to Libya+++Fighting fake news in Cameroon

Boko Haram strikes in Nigeria and Cameroon +++ Four killed in Kenya's Al-Shabab attack +++ UN WFP cuts funding on Malawi school meals +++ Five years since terrorists targeted Charlie Hebdo

Thousands of Liberians protest failing economy under President George Weah +++ Ugandans want Bobi Wine freed +++ Rights organisations in South Africa condemn tough refugee laws +++ Senegal reduces childbirth risk through contraception

Sudan to deploy troops to West Darfur after deadly unrest+++Ghana FA sacks coaching staff of all national teams+++Fake news in Uganda

Africans eye new free trade deal, AU passport in 2020 +++ Tough job ahead for newly elected Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo +++ Ugandan youth seek to join army amid unemployment

Most Cameroonians are not marking the country’s 60th-anniversary+++Nigerian women in Kaduna are going back to school+++We take a look at European New Year traditions.

Liberia's anti-government protest postponed +++ Malawian expectant mothers frustrated over shortage of health facilities +++ Artists in The Gambia enjoy free speech in post Yahya Jammeh era +++ 80 die in Somalia bombing

Islamic State says it killed 11 Christians in Nigeria+++Councilors in Cameroon's Anglophone regions abandon their election bids+++Liberia's civil servants demand unpaid salaries

Nigeria: President Buhari’s decision to close borders affecting poor households ++Burkina Faso in mourning after a jihadist attack left 42 dead+++AfricanLink debates sex for grades phenomenon in Africa

Christmas special edition: Kenyan stylist takes Christmas to cancer patients+++ Zimbabweans too poor to celebrate Christmas+++Uganda's preference of foreign Christmas music to local musical productions

Ivory Coast accused of 'brutality' by former premier+++Eritrean footballers disappear in Uganda+++Nigerian mafia on the rise in Germany

West Africa to replace CFA Franc with Eco next year+++ Boko Haram kills six people and abduct five others in Northeast Nigeria+++Ugandan hospitals detain patients for lack of fees

UN Security Council extends MONUSCO mandate in DRC+++Ghana to ban import of rice+++Rwanda's Kagame blasts officials over demolitions