Emmanuel Akinwotu
Stories
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Uganda goes to the polls amid heavy security and internet blackout
Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.
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The trials of air travel in Africa
In West Africa, a new policy is hailed as a first step to making expensive and arduous flights cheaper.
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U.S. strikes alleged Islamic State camps in Nigeria
President Trump ordered U.S. strikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria, in response to what he claimed is persecution of Christians
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Thousands of people in Lagos, Nigeria, have had homes abruptly seized and destroyed
More than 10,000 people have been violently displaced from a waterfront community in Africa's most populous city -- Lagos, Nigeria.
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Over 250 children still missing in Nigeria after being abducted from Catholic school
More than 250 children are still being held by kidnappers in central Nigeria after they were abducted Friday from a Catholic boarding school.
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Al Qaeda-affiliated militants cripple fuel supplies to Mali's capital
Militants from an Al Qaeda affiliate in land-locked Mali have been attacking fuel convoys for months. The blockade has strangled fuel supplies to the capital city.
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Disputed election result in Cameroon fuels tensions with younger generation
Driving through barricades and burned banks in Douala: Cameroon's disputed election sparks a showdown with its young generation.
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El Fasher falls to RSF as Sudan army loses final Darfur stronghold
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces took control of El Fasher, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents trapped under RSF control and at risk of being killed.
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In Cameroon, the world's oldest leader claims victory -- again
Violence is escalating in Cameroon as Monday's election results confirm 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's longest-ruling leader, for another term.
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Sudan's El Fasher nears collapse amid famine and relentless strikes
After 18 months under siege, El Fasher in Sudan's remote Darfur region has become a famine-stricken, bomb-blasted city on the brink of extinction.
