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Niger junta revokes military accord with US ‘with immediate effect’ over ‘condescending attitude’
As of 2023, there were around 1,100 American troops in Niger which operated out of two bases including a drone base worth $100 million. ...
Read Article→Eight children among 9 dead, dozens hospitalised after consuming sea turtle meat in Tanzania's Zanzibar
Authorities in Zanzibar dispatched a disaster management team to warn locals against eating marine turtles
Read Article→Ghana’s parliament passes bill to expand crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights
The bill, which has been widely condemned by rights activists, still needs to be signed by the president before it becomes law.
Read Article→Assailants kill dozens in attacks on mosque and church in Burkina Faso
Hours before the mosque attack, at least 15 civilians were killed and two others were wounded in a terrorist attack on a Catholic church dur...
Read Article→At least 15 killed in 'terrorist' attack on Burkina Faso church
Burkina Faso is part of the vast Sahel region, which has been locked in a battle against rising violent extremism since Libyas civil wa...
Read Article→ECOWAS lifts some sanctions on coup-hit Niger, unfreezes assets
Last year, Nigers president Mohamed Bazoum was deposed in a military coup. This led ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to im...
Read Article→India sends second consignment of humanitarian assistance to Zambia amid cholera outbreak
India sends Humanitarian Assistance to Zambia in wake of the cholera outbreak. The aid weighing approx 3.5 tonnes c...
Read Article→Senegal unrest: Three dead amid protests over delayed presidential elections
Senegal unrest: President Macky Sall has said the delay is necessary because electoral disputes threatened the credibility of the poll,...
Read Article→Madagascar to castrate child rapists after parliament passes controversial law
The law has been criticised by the rights group Amnesty International, which termed it as inhuman and degrading treatment
Read Article→Watch: People flee as gas explosion fire in Kenya kills two, injures over 200
Kenya Red Cross said 271 individuals were evacuated to different health facilities in Nairobi after the explosion
Read Article→Kenya discovers first deposits of coltan, a valuable mineral used in electronic devices
Kenyas first deposits of Coltan: Nebart Muriuki, an MP from Embu County in eastern Kenya, urged residents to retain their land, noting, A pr...
Read Article→South Africa’s ANC suspends former president Jacob Zuma
Zuma was the fourth president of democratic South Africa from 2009 to 2018 but was forced out from office under the cloud of ...
Read Article→Coup-hit Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger quit ECOWAS regional block
The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a sovereign decision to leave the Economic Community of West African...
Read Article→WATCH | Liberia's President Joseph Boakai freezes at inauguration speech
Liberias President Joseph Boakai freezes: Prior to the election, Boakai dismissed concerns about his health asserting that age should be a b...
Read Article→Libya resumes crude production at major oilfield after two-week halt
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced the lifting of force majeure and the resumption of full production at Al-Sharara, which normall...
Read Article→Nigeria police secure release of sisters kidnapped from Abuja after public outcry
The abducters had demanded ransom for the release of the girls and when the deadline for it passed, they killed 21-year-old Nabeeha Al-Kadri...
Read Article→Somalia rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal, summons ambassador
The agreement would allow landlocked Ethiopia, which relies on neighbouring Djibouti for most of its maritime trade, to set up commercial op...
Read Article→Video shows massive fire at main oil terminal in Guinea; at least 13 dead, dozens injured
The blaze was largely contained by the firefighters on Monday afternoon
Read Article→Explained | Zulu king's coronation deemed unlawful by South African court
The Pretoria High Court, issuing a stern statement, ordered Ramaphosas government to set up an inquiry to investigate whether the accession ...
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