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Ethiopia protest death toll 166, mass arrests, net still blocked

Ethiopian police over the weekend were patrolling the country’s troubled Oromia region and the capital, Addis Ababa, following a week…

July 6, 2020

NEWS: OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia, Mali

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) general secretariat strongly condemned a suicide attack in Mogadishu and a terrorist bombing in…

July 6, 2020

Madagascar’s capital confined again as cases spike

Antananarivo returns to containment, two months after the easing of restrictive measures and even the reopening of schools, authorities have…

July 5, 2020

Nigeria: Patient gives birth in Oyo isolation centre

OYO State has recorded the first delivery of a Covid-19 patient at the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan. This is…

July 5, 2020

Bauchi: Governor Bala Mohammed suspends Emir of Misau over killings

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has suspended the Emir of Misau, Alhaji Ahmed Suleiman, following the crisis that occurred…

July 4, 2020

NEWS: Senegal bans EU travellers in retaliation for flight blacklist

After a snub on the list of 15 nations deemed ‘safe’ for their citizens to travel to the European Union,…

July 3, 2020

Nigeria: Court Adjourns Ize-Iyamu, Others’ Alleged N700m Fraud Trial Till July 7

The trial of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and four others at the…

July 3, 2020

NEWS: Locusts threaten food supplies in Kenya

Desert locusts continue to threaten Kenya’s food supply after invading the north-western part of the country by the millions. The…

July 2, 2020

Burundi to boost testing, president labels COVID-19 ‘worst enemy’

Burundi’s new president has signaled that his government will take the coronavirus pandemic more seriously than his dead predecessor, calling…

July 2, 2020

Over 50 killed in Ethiopia protests, 35 arrested, PM talks tough

Ethiopia’s prime minister says “several people” have been killed in unrest that followed the killing of a popular singer this…

July 1, 2020

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