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Somalia’s youngest minister shot dead in Mogadishu

Somalia’s youngest minister has been shot dead in an incident close to the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. The 31-year-old Abbas Abdullahi Sheik Siraji...

UK troops in South Sudan on a support mission

Several dozen British troops on Tuesday arrived in Juba, capital of South Sudan, to provide engineering and medical support to the United Nations Mission...

Somali militants kill two men accused of rape

Somali Islamist militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a...

Two al-Shabaab fighters jailed by Ethiopia over terror plot

An Ethiopian court has sentenced two people for planning a terror attack on the country in 2014. The two are said to have links...

Tanzania’s Magufuli sacks 10,000 civil servants over fake certificates

Almost 10,000 civil servants in Tanzania have been sacked over fake education certificates. Tanzania's President John Magufuli has said that civil servants whose names were on...

Odinga to contest Kenyatta in Kenya election

Veteran politician Raila Odinga will represent Kenya's opposition alliance in the presidential election in August, his fourth time as a presidential candidate. His nomination was...

Somalia’s al Shabaab kills senior national security officer

Somalia's al Shabaab gunmen shot and killed a senior national intelligence officer in front of his own house in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday,...

The 37 year-old Ugandan woman who gave birth to 38 children

A Ugandan woman has gained public and media attention in her country for giving birth to 38 children at the age of 37. Mariam Nabatanzi...

Museveni’s critic sent back to prison by the court

The University lecturer who is standing trial for 'insulting' and criticizing the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni and his wife will remain in detention...

South Sudan’s Kiir slammed over ‘man-made’ famine

The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir has been criticized for the current famine that has hit his country. The United States said that Mr. Kiir...

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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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