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A French journalist has been detained in Ethiopia while visiting the country for a recent African Union summit, his employer said Monday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Nine people were killed in a road crash in South Africa on Sunday after attending an election rally by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress party.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The summit of the 15-nation regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, comes at a critical time when the 49-year-old bloc’s future is threatened as it struggles with possible disintegration and a recent surge in coupsSourced from Africanews Read More

West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year, a senior official announced Saturday.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that dozens of people, including children, have been victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, attacks which could be assimilated to war crimes.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Argentina has scheduled matches against El Salvador and Nigeria in the United States next month as part of preparations for the Copa América, replacing a tour to China canceled after Lionel Messi’s absence from the match. Inter Miami pre-season in Hong KongSourced from Africanews Read More

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, disclosed the guilty plea, emphasizing the seriousness of the crime.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The move aims to boost tourism and attract business travellers. Previously, all foreign passport holders were subject to visa requirements,Sourced from Africanews Read More

The Zambian government has imposed restrictions on maize and mealie meal (maize flour) exports in response to an extended dry spell endangering the harvest.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Jean-Marie Bockel, French President Emmanuel Macron’s envoy for Africa, spoke on Wednesday with the Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, discussing “a remodelling” of the French military presence in Ivory Coast.Sourced from Africanews Read More