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The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) announced on Friday that it will be meeting to discuss lifting the sanctions imposed on Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea following military coups. Since 2020 that all three countries have also been suspended from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The African Union is yet to announce a… Read More

Five people, including two soldiers, were killed Thursday in an attack by suspected jihadists in eastern Burkina Faso, AFP learned on Friday from security and local sources. Thursday, “more than a hundred armed men attacked the locality of Partiaga, in the province of Tapoa (east). Unfortunately, five people, three civilians, and two soldiers, fell,” said a security source. According to… Read More

Electoral campaign by Nigerian parties will end on February, 23rd. More than 93 million voters are expected to cast a ballot on February 25 to elect the country’s next president and choose their representatives in Parliament. Then on March 11th, they will vote for governorship and State Houses of Assembly. Academic Kabiru Saidu Sufi says polls in Nigeria are unpredictatble.… Read More

Violence has forced more than 185,000 people to flee their homes in the disputed town of Las Anod in Somaliland, a self-declared independent region of Somalia, the local UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha ). “More than 185,000 people have been displaced,” Osha wrote in a statement, saying 89% are women and children, many of whom have… Read More

The hit series “Harlem” is back for its second season, and the cast were a bit surprised at the fervor fans have for the show when it premiered last year. “The audience, you know, showed up. And when they showed up, they liked what they saw and they said something about it. They didn’t keep it to themselves. They passed… Read More

The reopening of land borders between Ivory Coast and its neighbours was greeted with joy by many on the streets after the government’s announcement on Wednesday evening. Since March 2020 that the Ivorian authorities closed all borders after the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. “I am very happy (with the reopening of the border between Ivory Coast and… Read More

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, has rejected a request for the murdered rapper, Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes to be given a state burial. During his time alive, AKA held the country at heart and was one of the few celebrities who fought against xenophobic attacks in the country. It is against this background that Gauteng’s premier Panyaza Lesufi had written to… Read More

A 39-year-old pastor from Mozambique died on Wednesday after attempting to replicate Jesus Christ’s biblical accomplishment of fasting for 40 consecutive days straight without food and water. Francisco Barajah, the founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church and a French teacher in the town of Messica bordering Zimbabwe had fasted for 25 days before he was rushed to hospital by… Read More

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday defended a currency swap that sparked protests and cash shortages, but ordered old, small denomination 200 naira notes to remain in circulation in a bid to ease scarcities. Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage in physical cash since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began to swap old bills of the local naira… Read More

Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was forcibly removed from his vehicle by security forces Thursday after his supporters were dispersed by teargas, in a new bout of tension ahead of presidential elections due next year. The incidents took place after the postponement of a politically-charged trial that may determine Sonko’s eligibility for upcoming presidential elections, whose date was also announced… Read More