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Cameroon appeals for blood after deadly train crash

Officials in Cameroon have called on the public to donate blood to assist with the treatment of 600 people wounded in Friday's train crash. Eleven...

South Africa’s ICC withdrawal ‘profoundly negative for rule of law’ – HRW

International rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) have bemoaned the decision by South Africa to initiate official moves towards leaving the International Criminal Court...

Ethiopia unrest fueled by HRW and opposition in diaspora – Foreign Affairs chief

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has officially responded to Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its series of reportage in the...

Somali pirates’ hostages ‘ate rats’ to survive

A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has...

Al Shabaab takes over Somali town after Ethiopian troop pull out

Al Shabaab has taken control of a key town in central Somalia on Sunday immediately after the pull out of Ethiopian troops stationed there...

Cameroon mourns victims of train accident: at least 75 dead, over 600 injured

Cameroon has declared Monday, October 24, 2016 as the day of national mourning for the victims of the train derailment between the capital Yaounde...

ICC calls on South Africa and Burundi to ‘reconsider their positions’

The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute on Saturday urged South Africa and Burundi to “reconsider their positions” to...

Somalia pirates’ hostages freed after five years

Twenty-six men held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years have been released, international mediators say. Their ship, the FV Naham 3, was seized...

Mosul battle: US troops mask up against toxic fumes

US soldiers at a base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have donned protective masks against toxic fumes from a sulphur plant set...

Australian coach kidnapped in Yemen appears in hostage video

An Australian football coach who was kidnapped in Yemen has appeared in a video saying his captors demand the Australian government pay a ransom...

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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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