Rebels in CAR take control of towns near capital

Rebel groups have taken control of towns close to CAR’s capital, Bangui. A rebel alliance accuses President Touadera of trying to rig elections on 27th December.

An Ethiopian court has refused a group of military officers bail, after they were accused of colluding with opposition forces in Tigray. And the daughter of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has been arrested, her mother says.

An Afro-Finnish woman has launched a magazine focused on telling stories of Africans living in Finland.

(Photo: Military at an election rally for President Touadera, in Bangui Credit: EPA/Adrienne Surprenant)