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The military captain who claims to have taken power from Burkina Faso’s interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba held a parade in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday. But in a TV message after attacks on the French embassy, supporters of Captain Ibrahim Traore urged people to stop acts of “violence and vandalism” against France. The junior officers had earlier accused Damiba… Read More

Officials in Chad have extended the transition period towards democratic elections and say they will keep Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on as head of state in the interim. Delegates also agreed for the military leader to be eligible to run for the presidency when elections are held. The decisions were made by a national reconciliation dialogue forum. In announcing the… Read More

Last updated: 11 minutes ago The death toll from Hurricane Ian in Florida has risen to 44, authorities reported Saturday, as the southern state took stock of the aftermath of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Last updated: 11 minutes ago Viktor gently cranks away at his old music box on the corner of a main road in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, sending peaceful music tinkling out onto the city’s war-torn streets in an attempt to bring “happiness” to passers-by. “I’m happy when other people are happy,” says Viktor, as pigeons flock around him, almost… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago At least 11 civilians met violent deaths on an exposed section of road as defeated Russian forces retreated from the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Kupiansk. Ukrainian troops, who found the group of destroyed civilian cars with dead, and in some cases burned, bodies in them, said they believed Russian troops had attacked… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago Iraqi anti-government demonstrators hurl stones at security forces as they rally on the Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge, which leads to the capital Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone, as they mark three years since nationwide demonstrations erupted against endemic corruption.  The latest protests in Baghdad come as Iraq has been mired in political paralysis since elections in October… Read More

The death nine-year-old Davis Ihirwe Rudasingwa in June left Rwanda in shock. The last born in a family of three was found to have died by strangulation by the house help at his family home in Ndera Sector, Gasabo District, on June 12. This hence inspired the boy’s father to create the tech portal Tekana app. Victor Emmanuel Rudasingwa, to… Read More

In Morocco, ancient meeting hubs along commercial routes, known as funduqs, have been restored for tourists. The City of Fez’s $160 million project to reopen them allows craftspeople to move back and show their goods to visitors in the traditional roadside inns used as commercial meeting hubs. Fouad Serghini, director general of the Agency for the Development and Rehabilitation of… Read More

A legal case by Maasai herders, trying to stop Tanzania’s government from evicting them from land they ghave farmed for generations, was dismissed by the East African Court of Justice on 31 September. However, lawyers representing the Maasai farmers say they plan to appeal the decision. The case at the court involved evictions beginning in 2017 of Maasai from 1,500… Read More

The Madudu Church of Uganda Primary School is eerily quiet following an outbreak of Ebola which is keeping children away. The subcounty in Mubende District iis the epicentre of a recently announced outbreak of the disease. There have already been several deaths and parents are keeping their children at home rather than take any risks. Robert Kasirye is the deputy… Read More