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It's time for a much-needed renovation at Kinshasa's zoological garden. The Congolese government has vowed to repair the place where families and students gather eight decades after it was initially opened. At the Kinshasa zoological…

Burkina Faso - The junta leader in Burkina Faso has come in the limelight of media and made a formal statement that the country will return to constitutional order when conditions are right. The military…

The Senegalese army said on Tuesday that nine Senegalese soldiers from the West African mission in Gambia had been missing since Monday and are thought to be held captive by Casamance insurgents following fighting during…

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was detained in a barracks in Ouagadougou on Monday, a day after mutinies in military bases in this Jihadist-infested country.A security source told AFP that "President Kaboré, the…

A huge revolt was staged by the soldiers in Burkina Faso in their respective army bases as they called out the extremism being practiced by the army. They protested against the violent practices and demanded…

If we were to go by official documentation, the policies in place by the East African Community (EAC) are definitely the ones that need to be followed to ensure that development takes place in the…

Nigeria - The Nigerian government recently lifted the ban on Twitter. The government informed the news on Wednesday. The ban was lifted after seven months after Twitter agreed to comply with all conditions set by…

Mali - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of Mali, El-Ghassim Wane told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday that a decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, aspirations for an early settlement…

South Africa - In South Africa, the prime suspect in the early January fire at Parliament was charged with terrorism on Tuesday. Zandile Mafe, 49, appeared in court for the second time since being arrested…

Sudan - On Sunday, a key Sudanese protest group rejected a UN proposal to undertake negotiations with the military to restore the country's democratic transition after an October coup. Sudan's political impasse and unending street…

Mali - West Africa’s main regional bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) will close their borders with Mali. The members of ECOWAS will also impose economic sanctions on Mali over the delay of…

Russia - The Russian troops recently settled in Timbuktu, Mali. The place was abandoned by French troops last month. A Malian military spokesman said on Thursday that the Russian troops were sent to train local…

Gabon - Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates joined the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, formally taking up positions won in a June election. Gabon, Ghana, and the UAE have each…

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has praised Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa as a man of "great intellect, integrity, and invincibility against the forces of apartheid." Tutu's death was reported on Sunday, December…

Congo - Officials and AFP reported that a bomb blast killed at least six people in the eastern city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. The bomb went off in the…

Senegal - Senegal will welcome a new commuter railway line on Monday, December 27 after waiting for the project's completion for the past five years. Once the TER regional express begins service, this transportation system…

South Africa - South African scientists said that the emergence of new Covid-19 variants could be linked with untreated HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Viruses) in some cases. Scientists are investigating the "highly plausible hypothesis” to understand…