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The Gambian government has permanently revoked the importation licence of Atlantic Pharmaceutical Company Limited. This decision comes after a task force reported on the death of over 70 children from kidney failure caused by tainted cough syrup imported from India. As a result, the government has sacked two executives of its Medicines Control Agency. The matter has been transferred to… Read More

At least 77 people were injured, five of them critically, after two buses collided at the entrance to a South African university on Tuesday, police and transport authorities said. One of the buses was a university vehicle ferrying students between campuses at the University of Johannesburg, while the other was a city bus. In the aftermath, one of the buses… Read More

Over 300 people rallied in Tunis on Tuesday to mark the two-year anniversary of President Kais Saied’s adoption of sweeping powers by suspension of Parliament. Members of the opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front, took to the streets to ask the released of some 20 detained figures of the party, alongside media and business figures charged for conspiracy against state… Read More

Contrary to what the Congolese government announced on Monday evening, the Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo of Rwanda, will not be in Kinshasa for the Jeux de la Francophonie, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are atrocious, with Kinshasa accusing Kigali of supporting the M23… Read More

The torch that will be used to carry the Olympic flame around France ahead of 2024’s Olympic Games was unveiled by the Games’ organisers on Tuesday. A sleek cylinder of recycled steel, the torch was created by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur who was “inspired by three symbols of the upcoming Games: Equality, Water and Peacefulness”. The champagne-coloured torch is tapered… Read More

Can Wagner survive in Africa without its leader Evguéni Prigojine and after the recent mutiny of his men in Russia? If the future of the Russian paramilitary company is up in the air, its demise seems inconceivable. A month after the brief march on Moscow by its men, then the declared exile of its charismatic leader in Belarus, the economic… Read More

An Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Somali army camp in Mogadishu on Monday and killed at least 20 soldiers, officials and witnesses said. The attack, which occurred at the Jaalle Siyad Military Academy, was claimed by the Al -Qaeda -linked Al-Shabaab group. “More than 20 people died in the explosion,” Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu, a member of the… Read More

The United States announced Monday economic sanctions targeting three Malian soldiers, including the current Minister of Defense, for having “facilitated the deployment and expansion” of the activities in Mali of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. These sanctions target three officers of the Malian army: Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense, who also holds French nationality, as well as Colonel Alou… Read More

One hundred and three people who died in October 2020 during the #EndSARS movement against police violence in Nigeria – and whose bodies at the Lagos morgue have not been claimed – will be buried, local authorities announced on Monday. This “mass burial” was confirmed by the authorities after the leak on social networks of a document from the Ministry… Read More

Al Hilal on Sunday presented Jorge Jesus to fans as the Portuguese coach begins his second spell in charge of Saudi Arabia’s most successful club. New signings Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic were also welcomed by supporters ahead of a friendly against Kuwait FC. Midfielders Neves and Milinkovic-Savic have joined the Riyadh outfit after leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers and… Read More