African summit ends with no deal on Mali crisis
West African leaders ended a day-long summit in Mali on Thursday without a deal to soothe the country’s escalating political
Kenya recorded highest daily spike in COVID-19 cases as tally passes 15,000
Kenya’s total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 15,601 after 796 infections, the highest ever recorded in a single day,
Kenya’s forest communities face eviction from ancestral lands – even during pandemic
Forest-dwelling communities in Kenya are being forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands, as temperatures plummet and coronavirus cases soar, land
Sudan finds mass grave believed to have bodies of officers executed by Bashir
Sudan has found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting
China donates temperature sensor robot to equip Burkina Faso’s national airport
The Chinese Embassy in Burkina Faso donated a temperature sensor robot to equip the international airport of Ouagadougou, official source
Algerian airline launches flights for passengers stranded due to COVID-19 pandemic
Algeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Algeria, launched flights from Thursday to transport stranded foreign nationals in Algeria to some European
Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa dies, presidency says
Tanzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, died in the early hours of Friday, President John
French soldier killed in security operation against jihadists in Mali
A French soldier was killed on Thursday during security operations against Islamist insurgents in Mali, a statement from the French
Ghana’s economic growth projection lowered to 0.9%: minister
Ghana’s economy is set to take a further hit as its growth was lowered to 0.9 percent while its budget
South African schools to close for a month amid spike in COVID-19 cases
Schools in South Africa will close again for four weeks following a spike in COVID-19 cases, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced