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Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari has met with the freed remaining passengers from the train attack in March in the northwestern part of the country. The attack saw dozens kidnapped and six others killed. General Leo Irabor, Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff confirmed the release of the remaining hostages qnd presented them to Buhari on Thursday. “Thankfully, the balance of the… Read More

Polls have closed in Lesotho where voters some draped in traditional shepherd’s blankets walked for miles to cast their ballots on Friday in parliamentary elections. Polls remained open until 3:00 p.m. GMT, and counting began immediately after the polls closed. The wait often lasted for hours under a harsh sun in the 80 or so constituencies of the country of… Read More

You look like you just came out of a nightclub but I like it! According to Sara, a former employee of a Moroccan subsidiary of the brokerage giant Assu 2000, it was with these words that the former French boss Jacques Bouthier addressed her for the first time. Sara (first name changed) and six Moroccan colleagues have filed a complaint… Read More

More than 50 Sudanese pro-democracy groups have agreed on a new draft constitution, in one of the largest shows of unity from the country’s opposition since the 2019 popular uprising. The document, signed Wednesday evening, is meant to put the country back on the path to democracy and remove the military from power, according to group leaders. Sudan has been… Read More

Demonstrators gathered in the capital of Burkina Faso on Thursday to show their support for the country’s new junta leader, as rumours swirled of internal divisions in the army. Ibrahim Traore was declared president on Wednesday after a two-day standoff that ousted Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power only in January. Traore was at the head of a core… Read More

Kenyan President William Ruto met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation and deepen the economic and strategic ties between the two countries on regional issues This is President Ruto’s first visit to Ethiopia after being elected. It is to be recalled that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had taken part in the inauguration ceremony of President… Read More

The Kenyan government’s decision to reverse a ban on the import and cultivation of genetically modified organisms was “hasty,” activists and agricultural lobby groups denounced Thursday, calling for the prohibition to be “reinstated.” The government of new President William Ruto on Monday allowed the import and cultivation of GMOs, banned since 2012, to address the country’s severe drought. “The hasty… Read More

As each week passes with no rain, families like Denis Musya’s are finding it increasingly harder to survive. They live in Kitui County, a few hundred kilometers east of Kenyan capital Nairobi. Earlier this year, the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) said particular parts of Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia were experiencing the “driest conditions and hottest temperatures since satellite record-keeping… Read More

Voters across the picturesque mountain kingdom of Lesotho are heading to the polls Friday to elect a leader to find solutions to high unemployment and crime. The southern African country of 2.1 million people has more than 60 registered political parties but the election is expected to be a three-way contest. Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu of the Democratic… Read More

His strong, confident voice becomes thin as he recounts what happened on National Road 22 in Gaskindé, in war-torn northern Burkina Faso, on September 26, when a convoy of dozens of trucks loaded with food was attacked. Aziz, whose name has been changed for his safety, was driving his truck loaded with rice and sorghum at the back of a… Read More