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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:05:31 +0000
News24.com | Four French soldiers wounded in Burkina Faso bomb blast: army
Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France's military told AFP on Tuesday evening.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:44:49 +0000
News24.com | Ten killed by floods in Madagascar capital
At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar's capital Antananarivo overnight, an interior ministry official said.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:14:47 +0000
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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:36:04 +0000
News24.com | Humanitarian crisis bailout: UN makes R2.4b available in areas where 'suffering is alarmingly high'
A total of 13 countries drawn from central, across northern Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean will get a share of the R2.4 billion ($150 million).

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:31:23 +0000
News24.com | US deploys new ambassador to Sudan as uprising against coup rages
The US has appointed a new ambassador to Sudan at a time when its special envoy to the Horn of Africa is meeting Sudanese civic society in Saudi Arabia.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:56:49 +0000
News24.com | Nigeria adds new charges as Biafran separatist leader Kanu's trial resumes
The lawyer of an outlawed Nigerian separatist leader, whose trial is due to resume on Tuesday, accused authorities of extending his client's time in custody by filing new charges against him.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:48:10 +0000
News24.com | Mali junta seeks review of defence accord with France
Mali has asked France for a review of bilateral defence accords against the backdrop of growing tensions between Paris and the ruling junta in Bamako, a French diplomat said Monday.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:17:21 +0000
News24.com | Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change Constitution ahead of crucial elections
Kenya's highest court began on Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up the country's political system, just months ahead of crucial elections.

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:08:06 +0000
News24.com | Sudan security kill seven protesters in anti-coup rallies
Sudanese forces opened fire killing seven protesters on Monday in one of the deadliest recent mass rallies against a military coup, with UN Security Council members urging Khartoum to exercise the "utmost restraint".

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:08:49 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwean teachers look to UK for a brighter future
"If I work for a year [in the UK], I will likely make more than I ever made in 23 years working as a teacher in Zim. I really love teaching, it's my calling but my family can't eat that. If by any chance things change, perhaps under a new government ...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:40:29 +0000
News24.com | At least 15 killed in DR Congo violence
At least 15 people have died in separate attacks by armed groups in DR Congo's troubled northeastern province of Ituri, local sources and monitors said on Monday.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:16:52 +0000
News24.com | Tanzania, Burundi sign accord to build $900 million railway line, seek finance
Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement to construct a $900 million railway line linking the two countries and are looking for financial backers for the project, Tanzania's finance ministry said in a statement issued late on Sunday.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:45:42 +0000
News24.com | 'Hotel Rwanda' hero boycotts court as State seeks tougher sentence
The hero of "Hotel Rwanda" failed to appear in a Kigali court on Monday as State prosecutors sought to increase his sentence on terrorism charges from 25 years to life.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:20:37 +0000
News24.com | Two killed in Niger uranium mine collapse, company says
Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's COMINAK uranium mine in Niger, COMINAK said in a statement on Sunday.

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0000
News24.com | Mozambique insurgents dare SADC forces to follow them into the bush
Last year, insurgents in Mozambique beheaded a pastor and instructed his wife to take his head to the police with a message: "While you [government forces] are walking on tarred roads, real men [insurgents] are in the woods."

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:27:25 +0000
News24.com | Families sue Congo state for youth deaths in custody
The families of six youths found dead in police custody in Congo-Brazzaville in 2021 are suing the state for damages, a rights group supporting them said on Friday.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:44:53 +0000
News24.com | Lesotho's mounted police force accused of detaining, torturing human rights lawyer
Lesotho's Mounted Police Service stands accused of detaining and torturing Napo Mafaesa, a human rights lawyer, after a client of his allegedly lied that he handed over an illegal firearm to the advocate for safekeeping.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:43:52 +0000
News24.com | Ethiopia lashes out at WHO chief for Tigray war remarks
Ethiopia has asked the UN health agency to investigate its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for "harmful misinformation" and "misconduct", accusing him of backing rebels in his native war-torn Tigray region.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:22:20 +0000
News24.com | Insurgents planning more deadly attacks in Cabo Delgado, SADC warned
"The insurgency is not yet neutralised. The violent extremists are regrouping, launching attacks from several parts of Cabo Delgado and they are also expanding to neighbouring province Niassa where they have launched significant attacks."

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:51:47 +0000
News24.com | Nigerian startups help fight scourge of fake medicines
Startups in Nigeria are helping fight counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs in Africa's most populous nation, where the prevalence rate of fake drugs is higher than the global average 10% and contributes to several deaths annually.



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