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Nigeria, Russia ink MoU for military assistance

Nigeria and Russia have inked an agreement for the former to get nearly $1 billion in military equipment and assistance.…

August 27, 2021

Five people are killed when gunfire erupts near the French embassy

Five people were killed, including three police officers, according to Tanzania's president on Wednesday, following a gun battle with an…

August 25, 2021

‘No Zambian should go to bed hungry’: President Hakainde Hichilema

Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema vowed to ensure that citizens can have three decent meals a day. Hakainde Hichilema made his…

August 24, 2021

Child bride dies at church shrine giving birth, parents & husband arrested for minor exploitation

A 15-year-old child bride, Anna Machaya died giving birth at a church shrine where she was buried on July 15…

August 20, 2021

A new Jihadist strike in Burkina Faso has left 47 people dead

According to Burkinabe authorities, a suspected jihadist attack on a military convoy transporting citizens in northern Burkina Faso killed 47…

August 19, 2021

Zambia’s opposition leader, Hichilema, won the election with more than 2.8 million votes

With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, Hichilema received 2,810,757 votes to President Edgar Lungu's 1,814,201 votes. The 59-year-old veteran opposition…

August 16, 2021

Wildfires in Algeria have displaced at least 600 families

Wildfires near Algeria's capital have forced "more than 600 families" to flee their homes, according to an Algerian Red Crescent…

August 12, 2021

Rwandan soldiers deployed in Mozambique against jihadists

The war in Mozambique against the Islamic extremist group Ansar al-Sunna al Shabaab is the first real turning point since…

August 9, 2021

A new wave of abuses in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, HRW warns

A new wave of abuses in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon by both government security forces and armed separatists highlights…

August 3, 2021

Under the terms of the peace agreement, South Sudan swears in a new parliament

South Sudan swore in hundreds of legislators to a newly formed national parliament on Monday, fulfilling a long-overdue condition of…

August 2, 2021

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