A French military convoy killed two people and injured 18 in Niger, the government announced. Heading to Central Mali on Friday, the supply convoy which...
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South Africa said it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early. First announced on Wednesday, by a team of...
Sudan’s high-profile politicians were released from detention along with others on Saturday, less than a day after beginning a hunger strike to protest their detention...
Ethiopia’s government communication service has announced that “disseminating information on military maneuvers, war front updates and results via any medium is forbidden,” except for information...
A week after protesters halted and blocked the passage of a French military convoy in Burkina Faso, France’s army on Friday said the convoy was...
Ugandans are going to Kenya to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) as a way to escape tough penalties against the practice in Uganda, the government...
Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore in a speech on Thursday night pledged to end “dysfunction” within the military, as protests demanding Kabore resignation for failing...
Sierra Leone Indicts Opposition Presidential Candidate, Six Others for Corruption Allegation
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Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commission has indicted Samura Kamara, an opposition front-runner for the 2023 presidential election and six other officials on corruption allegations. Kamara, the...
Several days of inter-communal fighting in the Sudanese region of Darfur have left at least 43 people dead, 46 villages burned and looted and thousands...
A British ban on flights from South Africa because of the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant “seems to have been rushed” South Africa said...
The Gambian government has been asked in a report by human rights groups to pursue charges against those responsible for criminal abuses under former President...
Tanzania Scraps 19-Year Old Rule on Pregnant School Girls, Allows Teen Moms Back in Class
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A 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania has been scrapped. Primary and secondary school students, who drop out of school...
Democratic Republic of Congo is pressing to develop its domestic battery manufacturing capacity so as to add value to its exports of minerals, the government...
Unidentified gunmen killed at least three pupils aged 12, 16 and 17 and a French-language teacher and several others were wounded in an attack on...
The government in Burkina Faso has extended the suspension of mobile internet services for another 96 hours amid anti-French demonstrations and growing political unrest in...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former ruler and a major candidate in December’s planned presidential election, has been declared by the country’s elections...