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283 Somali MPs sworn in

283 Members of Parliament have taken their oaths of office on Tuesday to represent the people of Somalia in the country’s tenth parliament. 41 MPs...

Uganda: 30 drown after boat carrying football team capsizes on Lake Albert

Police said the yellow boat was overcrowded when it capsized. Photo Credit: AFP At least 30 people have drowned after a boat carrying a football...

Al Shabaab militants shoot prosecutor dead in Somalia’s Puntland

Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a military prosecutor in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, the type of targeted...

Kenya’s Cord MPs storm out over ‘fight’

Cord MPs went straight to court after leaving parliament. Photo Credit: The Star. Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital,...

Kenya seizes nearly two tonnes of ivory from shipment bound for Cambodia

Kenyan officials seized nearly two tonnes of smuggled ivory after recalling a shipment en route to Cambodia following intelligence that it contained illegal cargo,...

Uganda, Egypt Strike Deal On River Nile

Sisi (left) and Museveni (right) held talks in Entebbe, Uganda. Photo Credit: The Independent President Museveni and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have agreed...

Al Shabaab militants kill senior official in Somalia’s Puntland

Al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab militants shot dead an aide to a regional official in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Tuesday, the second such attack...

UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in limbo

The mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) expired on Thursday yet a decision to renew its mandate by the UN...

AU concerned about upcoming Summit in Ethiopia

The African Union has expressed concern about Ethiopia’s current State of Emergency against the upcoming Heads of State Summit in the capital Addis Ababa...

Somali militants cut off hands of two accused thieves

Al Shabaab militants cut off the right hands of two alleged thieves in a region of Somalia controlled by the al Qaeda- affiliated group,...

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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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