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DRC: Twenty dead in Kinshasa after a high voltage line falls

February 3, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Twenty-six people were electrocuted on Wednesday, February 2, when a high-voltage power cable broke loose from two pylons that run through a market in the […]

ECOWAS Summit in Ghana: Putschs and security on the agenda

February 3, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Accra on Thursday as three jihadist-hit countries in the region – Mali, […]

Mali: Kalilou Dombia and Colonel Major Kassoum Goïta file suit against junta member Colonel Major Modibo Koné

February 2, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Lawyers for Kalilou Dombia, former secretary general of the presidency, Colonel Major Kassoum Goïta, former director of state security, and four others arrested in early […]

Burkina Faso junta meets with political parties in Ouagadougou

February 2, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The military junta that has been in power in Burkina Faso since last week met Tuesday at the presidency in Ouagadougou with the leaders of […]

Ex-South African president Zuma appeals again in his corruption trial

February 1, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma went on trial Monday after filing a new appeal in his corruption trial, which began last May with numerous […]

Tigray: Nearly 40% of the population in “extreme food shortage’’

January 31, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Nearly 40 percent of the population is suffering from “extreme food shortages” in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia, the World Food Programme (WFP) said […]

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso from its bodies

January 31, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

Burkina Faso was suspended after the coup by the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the end of a virtual summit of the organization, […]

Kigali to reopen land border with Uganda closed since 2019

January 31, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the main border crossing with Uganda, closed since February 2019, will reopen on Jan. 31, formalizing a thaw in […]