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Latest figures by the Africa CDC have revealed that COVID-19 claimed at least 663 more lives across Africa on Monday. With the continent lagging far behind in vaccination efforts, there are concerns that this figure may rise in the coming…
Separatists have kidnapped a dignitary from the Catholic Church. The kidnapping took place in Mamfé in the southwest on Sunday. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of 20 million CFA francs. Sankulleh Janko reports.
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has announced the appointment of Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as his High Representative for the Horn of Africa region. This decision is…
Zambia's newly-elected President Hakainde Hichilema on yesterday appointed new military chiefs and replaced all police commissioners after promising to end the previous regime's heavy-handedness. Right groups accused former president Edgar Lungu of leading a "brutal crackdown" on dissent, with police…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that an illegal migrant died while 14 others remain missing off the Libyan coast. Atiewin Mbillah completes the story.
The South African government on Wednesday said it had allocated US$1.5 billion towards the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide. The Government also appealed to men to help end the scourge in the country. This follows the recent murders of…
Tanzania's president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle with an armed man near the French Embassy in Dar es Salaam. It was not immediately clear whether the shootout in the heavily…
Hakainde Hichilema Zambia’s president elect today took the oath of office after his victory in the August 12 presidential poll. Hichilema was one among the 14 candidates in the race. He however emerged winner after securing more than 2.8 million…
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday that a resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk. A new research supported by the agency revealed…
A number of African leaders are expected in Zambia today, Monday, for the swearing in ceremony of the country’s president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. The Electoral Commission declared Hichilema, 59, winner of the August 12 presidential election after securing 2.8 million votes…
At least 18 people including 9 civilians, one soldier and 8 rebels, were killed during fighting between the army and rebels known as the Allied Democratic Forces ADF. Officials said the fight occurred on Thursday and Friday in Katanda and…
The Chadian government announced over the weekend that it will half the number of troops deployed in February to the G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force in the "three borders zone" of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. It cited "a strategic redeployment"…
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