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The summer transfer window is now over in Europe with some last minute interesting signings. French international Eduardo Camavinga is the only Real Madrid new player for the next season The Angolan born midfielder signed on Tuesday a 6 year contract with the spanish giants who agreed to paid 35 Million Euros to his former club, Rennes in France. Meanwhile… Read More

Two civilians were killed and six others were seriously injured in a gunfight that broke out in Goma, a city in the DRC’s eastern region, on Monday night. The city of Goma, where all security services are based, yet the incident occurred. Families of the victims gathered on Tuesday morning to express their grief, shock, and disbelief. “We don’t know… Read More

Last updated: 15 minutes ago The Parana River, the tenth largest river basin in the world, is suffering its worst low in more than half a century, with experts unsure as to whether this owes to its natural cycle or to climate change. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

A top Kenyan pathologist has warned of so-called “vaccine apartheid” as the country continues to experience a high number of deaths due to a slow rollout of the COVID-19 jab. In Africa, less than 2% of the population on the continent of 1.3 billion people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Doctors and nurses working in hospitals in countries such as… Read More

The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in the country’s high court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case described by his party as a politically-motivated move to crush dissent. Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe and his supporters accuse police of torturing him in custody to force him to make a statement in the trial which opened… Read More

The Chairman of the Chadian Transitional Military council Mohammed Idriss Derby Monday visited Sudan in a bid to solicit regional support in rebuilding the north-central Africa African state. The Sudan Sovereignty Council President Abdulfettah al-Burhan met with Chad AGK President Deby and his accompanying delegation at the Republic Palace in the capital Khartoum. In a statement, Derby said his visit… Read More

The son of Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza on Monday denied allegations he took bribes to facilitate a $2 billion secret government loan that plunged the southern African country into financial crisis. Guebuza’s eldest son Ndambi is among 19 high-profile defendants facing trial in a high-security prison in the capital Maputo over alleged links to a 2013 corruption case known as… Read More

Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema has replaced the country’s top military commanders and the head of the police – and signalled a focus on the security forces being more accountable to the citizens. The president late on Sunday announced new commanders of the Zambian army, the air force and the national service and their deputies, as well as a new… Read More

Nabil Karoui, leader of a liberal party, which came second in the 2019 presidential election in Tunisia, was arrested Sunday in Algeria, along with his brother MP, Tunisian media announced. According to Radio Mosaïque FM (private) on Sunday, Algerian border police arrested Mr. Karoui, leader of the Qalb Tounès party, and Ghazi Karoui, in the region of Tébessa, in northeastern… Read More

The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save world economies over $2.4 trillion annually, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said Monday. Nearly a century after doctors first issued warnings about the toxic effects of leaded petrol, Algeria — the last country to use the… Read More