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UNICEF has condemned an air strike by Ethiopian forces in the Tigray region which locals say hit a kindergarten, killing four people including two children. The attack, on Friday, is the first international confirmation that a Kindergarten was struck after rebel authorities had earlier claimed an aircraft dropped bombs on a residential area in Mekele. The Ethiopian government rejects the… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago Angola has begun preparations for the funeral of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Dos Santos, who ruled Angola with an iron fist for 38 years, died on July 8 in a hospital in Spain after suffering a heart attack. He will be buried in a state funeral on Sunday 28 August, on what would… Read More

Angola’s main opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), has rejected the provisional results of the national electoral commission, claiming the process was marred by counting irregularities. Unita leader, Adalberto Costa Júnior says the victory being claimed by the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) is misguided. “There is not the slightest… Read More

African heads of state and a Japanese delegaton have met in the Tunisian capital Tunis for talks on promoting “African-led” development. Tunisian President Kais Saied welcomed visitors to the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development – or TICAD. Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has tested positive for Covid-19 and used a video link to join the summit, chaired by… Read More

Clashes between rival militia groups in Libya erupted in the capital Tripoli on Saturday. Supporters of Haitham al-Tajouri, the leader of the Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade, fought with armed groups linked to militia leader, Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli.. Witnesses say al-Tajouri’s TRP defeated al-Kikli’s forces to take control of the internal security headquarters, hold three people and seize several cars. Libya has faced… Read More

Last updated: 21 minutes ago A father and son were rescued by the Boston Harbor Police. They were clinging to their cooler after their lobster boat sank. The men said the engine of their 28-foot (8.5-metre) boat had become tangled in lobster lines and broken down. The current pushed the boat onto the rocks and punctured the hull, police said.… Read More

Legendary Algerian music label Disco Maghreb, which launched the careers of some of the Rai folk-inspired genre’s most famous stars, has seen a revival thanks to a hit song by DJ Snake. This week, the label’s miniature headquarters at a long-shuttered record store in the eastern city of Oran will receive another prominent guest: French President Emmanuel Macron, whose official… Read More

The Nigerian government has decided to use chemicals to induce rain in response to the drought that has caused a severe food crisis in the country this year, AFP learned Thursday from the meteorological department. The technology of “induced rain” involves using an aircraft to introduce chemicals into the clouds, including a mixture of silver, sodium and acetone. “It was… Read More

The Horn of Africa, where the risk of famine is growing due to a historic drought, is bracing itself for a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the UN agency World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Friday. “You have heard a lot from humanitarian agencies about the terrible drought in the Horn of Africa. Unfortunately, you are going to hear even… Read More

A committee to draft a new constitution has been created in the Central African Republic, a country that has been in civil war for nine years, according to a decree signed Friday by the President. The current constitution prohibits the head of state from running for a third term. Faustin Archange Touadéra, elected in 2016, was re-elected in 2020, after… Read More