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Mali held a state funeral on Tuesday for former president Amadou Toumani Toure, an emblematic figure who steered the troubled nation to free elections and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup. Toure, sometimes called Mali’s “soldier of democracy,” died on November 10 at the age of 72 after he had been transferred to Turkey for… Read More

The World Health Organisation has lauded measures put in place by Mozambique to control the coronavirus, saying the southern African country has the pandemic under control. Mozambique has recorded just over 14,000 cases and 115 deaths. The country has maintained tough restrictions on gatherings. “The pandemic here in Mozambique is under control, just look at the mortality rate that is… Read More

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday said that army operations in the northern Tigray state were entering their ‘final and crucial’ stage, suggesting that the federal army would march on Mekelle, the regional capital. Tuesday was also the expiry of a three-day deadline given to the Tigray People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF) forces to surrender. Both sides have vowed to… Read More

A senior officer in the Nigerian army has told a judicial panel investigating the deadly shooting against protestors in October that soldiers intervened following an appeal by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state. But Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo denied accusations that security forces fired at protestors who had gathered at the Lekki toll gate. “I spoke with the governor and… Read More

At least five people were killed in Mogadishu on Tuesday after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt near a police academy, according to a Somali Police official. Spokesperson Sadiq Adan Ali said eight other people were wounded in the blast in the Somali capital. He said the bomber targeted a restaurant frequented by police. The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group… Read More

In Egypt’s “City of the Dead“, centuries-old monuments are being restored and artisanal heritage revived, turning a corner of the vast historical cemetery into a vibrant neighbourhood full of life. Wood, leather and jewellery workshops have joined those of glassblowers and others near the 15th-Century mosque of Sultan Qaitbay, in the east of the capital Cairo. From the Mamluk period,… Read More

For Ethiopians who escaped intense fighting in their northern homeland of Tigray by fleeing into Sudan, they are now safe; but the terrifying nightmare of what they witnessed still haunts them. “I saw bodies dismembered by the explosions,” said Ganet Gazerdier, a 75-year-old sitting alone in the dust at Um Raquba refugee camp in eastern Sudan, newly opened to cope… Read More

The Ethiopian government said on Monday it had not asked any country to mediate in a conflict in its northern region as the federal air force bombed the Tigrayan capital Mekelle, according to diplomatic and military sources. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni had tweeted a call for the conflict to stop. Mr Museveni’s tweet would later be deleted. Kenya and Djibouti… Read More

Governance progress slowed across Africa for the first time in a decade, even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, with commitment to democracy and civil rights faltering, a major report said Monday. The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, published every two years, gives each country’s government a score according to criteria including anti-corruption measures, protection of civil liberties and caring… Read More

The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR says it is extremely concerned about the worsening crisis in northern Ethiopia where ongoing clashes between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray forces are driving thousands of people to flee. Hundreds have died, and at least 20,000 refugees have fled to Sudan, more than half of them children. Jens Hasemannm the UNHCR Emergency Response Coordinator… Read More