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...
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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...
At least five people were killed and 23 others were injured after a huge explosion rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu early on Thursday, amid gunfire, officials...
Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen will take charge of routine government business in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s absence who has gone to direct the...
South Africa owes universities more than $700 million in fees due between 2010 and 2020 with historically disadvantaged institutions bearing the brunt of the costs,...
South Africa Refrains to Appeal Ruling against Drive for Black Empowerment in Mining Sector
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Despite widespread expectations, South Africa’s mines ministry said it chose not to appeal a September High Court ruling that its 2018 mining charter is not...
25 year-old Guinean secretarial graduate M’Mah Sylla was in October allegedly raped by doctors at a private clinic in Conakry. According to the assertions of...
Burkina Faso Buries Gendarmes in Mass Ceremony as Additional 20 Were Killed in Separate Attack
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Over half of Burkina Faso’s 49 gendarmes killed in a recent strike on a security outpost were buried on Tuesday in a mass ceremony, even...
Less than a year after he took up the role as United Nations Libya mediator, Jan Kubis is stepping down, a U.N. spokesman said on...
A probe into violations committed against protesters since the military takeover on October 25 has commenced, Sudan’s newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said, according...
Highest Number of Children Recruit, Child Victims of Sexual Abuse Recorded in West, Central Africa
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The highest number of children recruited into conflict by any region in the world is recorded West and Central Africa and the number is growing,...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Monday lost control of Johannesburg, the country’s biggest city to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party to...
Militiamen killed at least 20 people, including children during an attack on displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of Democratic Republic of Congo on...
Seven Suspects Killed, 106 People Arrested During Probe of Kamapala Three Suicide Bombings
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Seven suspects were killed and 106 people detained by Uganda’s security services during investigations to links of last week’s Kampala three suicide bombings, police spokesperson...
Claude Muhayimana, 60, a former hotel driver went on trial in Paris on Monday for “complicity in genocide” as well as “crimes against humanity” for...
Shortage of Condoms in Kenya as Government Focuses More on Importing Anti-HIV Drugs Kenya is experiencing a shortage of condoms attributed to high taxes imposed...