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Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Odimba named Monday (Jan. 09) the country’s first female vice-president. Rose Christian Ossouka Raponda served until this nomination as Prime Minister. The 59-year-old is a former mayor of the capital Libreville and Minister of Defence.  She fills an office that has been vacant since 2019 making history for a second time. Indeed, in July 2020, she became… Read More

In Kenya, five suspects appeared in court on Monday accused of involvement in the death of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner. The body of Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, 25, was found last week stuffed in a metal box on a roadside in western Kenya. The family of the victim want to see justice done. “We don’t know… Read More

Gunmen abducted more than 30 people at a railway station in Nigeria According to the announcement made on Monday by the police, the attack took place on Saturday night at a railway station in Edo state. The attackers opened fire before abducting passengers waiting for a train to Warri, further south, according to the authorities. In March 2022, gunmen blew… Read More

China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is starting his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday. Qin, who until recently was ambassador to the United States, will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt from Jan. 9-16, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily media briefing. In Egypt, Qin will also meet the… Read More

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday his ruling African National Congress (ANC) was determined to ‘fight against crime and corruption’ after a series of graft scandals have damaged the party’s popularity. Ramaphosa was speaking in Bloemfontein at celebrations to mark the ANC’s 111th anniversary. The day is used to outline the party’s programme of action and set the tone… Read More

Thirty-nine people were killed and more than 100 others injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial road in Senegal’s central Kaffrine region, President Macky Sall told reporters Sunday. Images of the incident showed the completely mangled front end of a white bus, with blood-flecked seats, personal items and a shoe strewn around the tree-lined… Read More

A search continued on Friday for some of the passengers who died after their boat broke apart on a river in Kebbi state in northern Nigeria. On Wednesday 10 bodies were recovered by divers, a local official said. The vessel, ferrying passengers returning from a farm on the River Niger, broke in half as it approached Samanaji village in Koko-Besse… Read More

Government forces from the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland have withdrawn from a disputed town after several days of deadly violence against authorities, security sources said on Thursday. Demonstrations in the locality of Las Anod, located about 500 kilometres east of the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, had degenerated into violence last week. Opposition parties and human rights organizations have accused government… Read More

After Mali’s junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers on Friday, whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, Malian citizens praise the decision. “We were in diplomatic turmoil for a long time, so if President Assimi Goïta was able to pardon these 49 soldiers, I think it is a relief for the international community, for… Read More

At least 38 people have died and scores were injured when two buses collided near the town of Kaffrine in central Senegal on Sunday, according to the president and the fire services. In response to the “grave” accident, President Macky Sall announced three days of national mourning beginning Monday. In a tweet Sunday he also said there had been 40… Read More