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Last updated: 5 hours ago A night of Russian shelling in Kostyantynivka, eastern Ukraine leaves houses and flats destroyed, forcing civilians to pack up their homes. One civilian tells of being woken up by the debris from the rocket attack falling around them; another says that after the shelling woke them up “I turned on the light – I look,… Read More

Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital Tunis on Saturday in protest at President Kais Saied who they blame for a severe economic crisis including food shortages and soaring inflation. Led by the National Salvation Front, a coalition of opposition parties, demonstrators marched through the main streets of Tunis calling on the president to step down. Many… Read More

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has said it will end all proceedings against the Kenyan lawyer, Paul Gicheru, following his death two weeks ago. Gicheru had been accused by ICC prosecutors of running an “egregious and damaging” witness tampering scheme that made it impossible to pursue allegations against President William Ruto over post-election violence in Kenya in 2007… Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI led a parade in Rabat from the royal palace ahead of a speech to mark the start of the parliamentary session in which he urged all citizens to tackle the urgent challenges of a severe drought. He said: “The country is currently experiencing the most severe drought it has seen in over three decades. In the… Read More

A strike by university lecturers in Nigeria, which shut down state universities for eight months, was called off on Friday following a court ruling and the intervention of leading figures, including the parliament’s speaker. Union leaders say their demands over pay, welfare and crumbling facilities, have not been addressed but students are happy to be returning to the classrooms.  Ahmed Dingoli… Read More

Mourners in Tunisia clashed with security forces on Friday (14 October) after a man died from injuries sustained during a police chase several weeks earlier. Demonstrators threw stones at security forces after the funeral of Malek Sellimi in the working-class neighbourhood of Upper Omran on the edges of Tunis. The 24 year-old had fallen into a ditch and suffered a… Read More

Political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces launched talks on Friday to chart the next phase in Burkina Faso’s future after the country’s latest coup. The gathering of some 300 people in the capital Ouagadougou is taking place two weeks after the jihadist-torn Sahel state was rocked by its second military takeover in less than… Read More

Authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara this week imposed a lockdown among other restrictions aimed at curbing recent attacks by criminal gangs after a peace deal failed, officials said. Northern and central Nigeria have been the scene of activities by criminal groups, known locally as “bandits”, who attack and loot villages, killing their inhabitants or kidnapping them for ransom.… Read More

If there was suspence, it didn’t last for long. A few hours after the national forum kicked off in Burkina Faso Friday, coup leader Captain traoré was unanimously named president of the transition.  He was named by some 300 people representing political parties, civil society, religious groups and the security forces who gathered in Ouagadougou to chart the transition. The… Read More

On Friday (Oct 14), Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs announced the Federal Government had started to distribute food and non-food items to disaster-stricken states. Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade have so far forced 1.4 million people out of their homes, destroyed over 70,000 hectares of farmlands and killed more than 500 people. The statement from the ministry’s Deputy Director… Read More