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DETAINED Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, who eight days ago resumed a hunger strike, is “very weak” and in an…
ETHIOPIAN-born scientist Gebisa Ejeta has received the National Medal of Science, the highest state honour attainable by scientists in the…
LIBERIAN President George Weah faces a November 14 run-off vote after edging out his main rival by less than half…
THE United States on Monday ended assistance to Gabon over its August 30 coup but said it was ready to…
THE Kenyan shilling sank to a new all-time low of 150 to the dollar on Monday, adding to the woes…
SOUTH Africa’s third biggest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has held a protest outside the Israeli embassy in the…
THE UN says it has pulled its peacekeepers out of a camp in northern Mali earlier than planned, because “their…
AN auction in France of items belonging to the first Senegalese president has been delayed, as the government in Dakar…
SIX people including two civilians were killed and nine others wounded in a suicide attack on a military outpost in…
MORE than 45,000 hens have been slaughtered, burnt and buried in southern Mozambique to prevent the spread of bird flu,…
LAWYERS for Niger’s ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape,…
TWO Namibian trainee nurses are facing disciplinary action after they posted a video on TikTok of themselves dancing inside a…
THE military government in Niger says it has foiled an attempt by the deposed former President, Mohamed Bazoum, to escape…
GABON’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has said he is giving up his salary as president and will only…
THE Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, says he has resumed a hunger strike. He was jailed several months ago on…
WITH almost all votes counted in Liberia’s election, President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai are still running…
THE United States on Tuesday offered a $5 million reward for information on the whereabouts of a leader of the…
IN the Mozambican capital, Maputo, riot police have fired tear gas at opposition protesters who say last week’s local elections…
A SOMALI TV journalist was on Monday killed in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, police…