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Armyworms ravage crops in southern Ethiopia

rop-eating caterpillars known as fall armyworms have damaged crops across southern Ethiopia, the latest country to be struck by the pests in a region...

UK issues Kenya travel alert ahead of elections in August

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued a travel alert in respect of Kenya, warning citizens against all but essential travel to...

Crew kidnapped by pirates from Indian ship rescued

The nine crew members kidnapped from the Indian ship by pirates from Somalia have been rescued. The mayor of Galkayo town in the state of...

Ugandan minister accused of taking bribe charged

A Ugandan minister, Herbert Kabafunzaki was on Tuesday charged with corruption offences following his arrest on Saturday for allegedly taking a bribe. He is accused...

Somali pirates flee hijacked Indian ship, take crew hostage

Somali security forces rescued a hijacked Indian cargo dhow on Monday, but pirates took the 11-member crew with them when they fled to land,...

Museveni’s critic to undergo psychiatric checkup

The Ugandan government is pushing for a thorough mental examination to be conducted on a university lecturer currently standing trial for insulting the President...

At least 10 dead after ethnic militias raid South Sudan’s Wau

At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house searching for...

Car bomb outside Mogadishu army base kills at least 15

A car bomb targeting senior officials leaving a military base in Mogadishu killed at least 15 people and destroyed a minibus carrying civilians, the...

Hijacked ship’s crew rescued from pirates near Somalia

Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials received an alert on Saturday...

Somalia’s Puntland executes al Shabaab militants

Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Saturday executed five people it said were Islamist militants responsible for killing three senior government officials last year, a...

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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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