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The attack that left 160 people dead last weekend in northern Burkina Faso “will not go unpunished,” Burkinabe Prime Minister Christophe Dabire promised Monday. “This deadly incursion (…) will not go unpunished,” Dabiré said after a meeting with the people of Solhan, who have taken refuge in Sebba, the capital of the Yagha province, where he flew in a helicopter… Read More

Senegal has successfully joined the growing list of Africa countries to secure the patent right to manufacture the Covid’19 vaccines next year. The West African country signed a deal on Monday with a Belgian biotech group Univercells to produce the jabs from next year. As the world is rushing to vaccinate billions of people against the pandemic, Africa’s initiative to… Read More

Tribal clashes erupted over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region, killing at least 36 people, the state-run news agency reported. The clashes broke out in South Darfur province between the Arab Taaisha and the non-Arab Falata tribes and also wounded at least 32, SUNA news agency said late Sunday. More troops were deployed to contain… Read More

France suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic “complicit” in an anti-French campaign. The French military ministry said on Monday that it considered the Central African state as “complicit” in a Russian-led anti-French campaign. “On several occasions, the Central African authorities have made commitments that they have not kept, both… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago A replica of the Statue of Liberty, smaller but based on the original plaster cast of its big sister on Ellis Island, a gift from France, was given a sendoff Monday ahead of its trip to the United States where it will be displayed for Independence Day on July 4. The nearly 3-meter-high bronze will… Read More

Last updated: 40 minutes ago Musicians in Brazil beat lockdown restrictions on mass gatherings Sunday by taking their instruments onto the streets for a mobile concert in Rio de Janeiro. Performers from the Maré do Amanhã Orchestra played from a sound truck that drove through the city’s most popular beaches. The mobile musical ensamble from the Maré favela complex offered… Read More

The month of June marks 40 years since the first cases of what would come to be known as AIDS were documented. Since that time, researchers and scientists have made huge strides in HIV treatment and today it is no longer a deadly disease, but rather a manageable condition. A total of 38 million people are currently living with the… Read More

Villagers bury the victims of an attack by a gang of cattle thieves on seven villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state. The horrific attack left at least 88 people dead, police said. Kebbi state police spokesman Nafiu Abubakar said, dozens of assailants on motorcycles attacked seven neighboring villages in Danko-Wasagu district on Thursday. The gunmen targeted the villages of Koro,… Read More

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday night ordered the closure of schools and the suspension of non-essential travel between districts in an attempt to stem out a worrying trend in the rise in Covid-19 cases in the East African country in recent weeks. Schools were to close beginning Monday for six weeks and mass gatherings are banned, with an exception… Read More

Sierra Leoneans are protesting a planned industrial harbour in a lush village in the West African country over concerns the Chinese-financed project will destroy pristine rainforest and pollute the ocean. A tourist attraction 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of the capital Freetown, Black Johnson village is nestled between stunning black-and-gold beaches and virgin rainforest home to chimpanzees and protected bird… Read More