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Chadian Army soldiers. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) Four soldiers deployed to Lake Chad were killed when a mine set by jihadists blew up their boat, Chadian sources said on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday in the vast, marshy lakelands, where Chadian forces are battling a years-long jihadist insurgency, they said. “Boko Haram placed an …
BAMAKO, MALI – SEPTEMBER 9: Minister Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) meets African Union’s High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, Pierre Buyoya (L) in Bamako, Mali on September 9, 2020. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Burundi’s ex-president Pierre Buyoya …
VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 2,092,279 on Wednesday as various countries continue to report steady rises in their caseloads. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent has also reported 50,296 deaths. No country in Africa has been hit harder …
Syechelles President Wavel Ramkalawan. /Photo Courtesy: Seychelles State House Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan is scheduled to undertake his first official foreign trip with a visit to Mauritius, the presidency confirmed on Wednesday. The three-day visit has been organized at the invitation of …
VCG Image South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a five-day mourning period in honor of those who succumbed to COVID-19. No country in Africa has been hit harder by the pandemic than South Africa. The country has registered 772,252 infections and 21,083 deaths. This accounts for 36.91 …
