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Exxon in negotiations with Chad over record $74 billion fine: Bloomberg

An airplane comes in for a landing above an Exxon sign at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge, Illinois, U.S., October...

Congo leader warns against foreign ‘interference’ in crisis

President Joseph Kabila arrives for a southern and central African leaders' meeting in Luanda, Angola, October 26, 2016. Photo Credit: REUTERS   Congolese President Joseph Kabila warned...

Demand for the abolishment of “death penalty” in Chad heightens among activists

Boko Haram bombed this popular market in N'Djamena last year. Photo Credit: AFP   Civil society groupings in Chad are demanding the abolishment of the death...

Foreign media reeling under new media rules in the DRC

Media Minister Lambert Mende (above) has given firms 30 days to get into line. Photo Credit: AFP Foreign media organizations are reeling under new media...

Japan approves rescue missions for troops in South Sudan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker conversation in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly   Japan on Tuesday approved...

South Sudan aid workers ‘abducted’

More than two million people have fled their homes because of the conflict. Photo Credit: AFP   Twenty aid workers have been abducted in South Sudan's...

Democratic Republic of Congo prime minister resigns

Augustin Matata Ponyo will be replaced by an opposition member. Photo Credit: AFP   Augustin Matata Ponyo said on Monday he had resigned as prime minister...

Pointe Noire- Brazzaville highway opens Congo up for sub-regional trade

The previously abandoned road connecting the Republic of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville to its port city Pointe Noire has become a major route for the...

Lack of school drives girls into armed groups in eastern Congo: charity

Girls in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are joining armed groups because they cannot afford to go to school, while former girl soldiers...

ICC prosecutors say Congolese rebel leader coached witnesses from prison

Prosecutors have accused a Congolese rebel leader on trial at the International Criminal Court of tampering with witnesses, court documents published on Thursday showed,...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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