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South Sudan forces killed 114 civilians around Yei in six months

South Sudanese pro-government forces killed at least 114 civilians in and around Yei town between July 2016 and January 2017, as well as committing...

Al Shabaab cuts off hands of two men convicted by sharia court

Somalia's al Shabaab publicly cut off the right hands of two men on Thursday after a sharia court convicted them of breaking into a...

Djibouti and China strengthen ties

Djibouti-China relations reached an all-time high this week, as representatives participated in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The Forum, the highest profile...

Three Somali soldiers die trying to defuse car bomb

Three soldiers died when a car bomb exploded while they were trying to defuse it on Wednesday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and...

Kenya rules out banning of second-hand clothes

Kenya has backed away from plans to impose a ban on second-hand clothes in a move officials say will leave local textile dealers at...

Uganda’s Museveni orders halt to torture

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered his security chiefs on Tuesday to stop torture by their personnel after media images of a detained politician with...

Ugandan troops accused of committing sexual abuse in CAR

Ugandan soldiers sexually abused at least 13 girls and women in the Central African Republic while the troops were helping to hunt for warlord...

$1.4bn needed to help South Sudanese refugees

The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war...

Inter-ethnic clashes claim 6 lives in Somalia

At least 6 people were killed and nine others injured when rival clans clashed in Central Somalia, local elders said on Saturday. An online media...

South Sudan’s ousted army chief returns to capital

South Sudan's ousted army chief Paul Malong returned to the capital Juba on Saturday, saying he had no intention of staging a revolt against...

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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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