The President of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has ordered plans to introduce the death penalty for people convicted of deliberately starting forest fires Read More
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Thousands of passengers were stranded at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and other airports across Kenya on Sunday and Monday, Read More
Gunfire and explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Niger’s capital, Niamey, including around a military base near the airport of Read More
Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against a new import duty hike in Kenya, while hundreds of businesses closed Read More
At least 49 people were killed and 33 wounded in South Sudan after armed cattle raiders attacked a community of herders in neighbouring Warrap Read More
Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch after ascending the throne at the Read More
A Dutch court has sentenced a 66-year-old man to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated 3,000 Read More
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reaffirmed its policy of paying whistleblowers between 2.5% and 5% of recovered assets or funds Read More
Nigerian award-winning singer Ayra Starr, whose real name is Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, has been chosen to perform in a history-making event as the Read More
Sudan has lifted a two-year-old curfew and a state of emergency in Khartoum, allowing residents to move and work around the clock, Read More