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A new offensive by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado has increased the number of displaced by 80,000 and undermines the government’s claims of containing the insurgency. The rebels have expanded their area in a campaign that has lasted for more than two months. The new offensive, which started in June, follows a period… Read More

A Kenyan election official who was in charge of a constituency in the just-ended elections collapsed and died on Monday. Geoffrey Gitobu was at the electoral body’s offices in Nanyuki town, in central Kenya, when he collapsed and was pronounced dead at a hospital near the office. He was in charge of elections in Gichugu constituency, Kirinyaga country in central… Read More

Women in support of the MPLA’s João Lourenço (outgoing president and candidate ‘number 8’ for presidential election) turned up on Monday in force for his final rally ahead of the Angolan elections on August 24. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the messages that have been sent to us” says Lourenço in an address… Read More

A Nigerian gang leader has accepted a truce offered by authorities in the northwestern state of Zamfara, which has been wracked by years of deadly violence, a local official said Monday. Band leader Bello Turji has agreed to end attacks and kidnappings for ransom, Zamfara state deputy governor Hassan Nasiha told a news conference broadcast on local stations. “We have… Read More

The families of Sierra Leoneans who died in protests against the spiralling cost of living arrived at a morgue in the capital Freetown on Monday to identify their loved ones. A small crowd gathered outside the Connaught Hospital, where officials said the remains of 31 people were waiting to be identified. Hawa Kamara said she had come from Makeni, around… Read More

Last updated: 37 minutes ago Left-wing social organisations held a demonstration in downtown Buenos Aires where they “mourned and buried” the Argentinean minimum wage. The demonstrators marched in procession along the central avenue that connects the Government Palace to the Ministry of Labour in the Argentinean capital. A group of women carried the coffin while others brought mourning wreaths to… Read More

Nine people were killed Friday in clashes between farmers and herders 500 km south of Chad’s capital N’Djamena, which has been plagued by deadly inter-communal conflicts, the region’s governor told AFP on Monday. The violence between communities is frequent in central and southern Chad, where many inhabitants are armed. They mainly pit nomadic Arab herders against sedentary indigenous farmers who… Read More

Australia-based oil and gas company Invictus Energy said Friday it would next month begin exploring for gas in northern Zimbabwe. If successful, this could lead to Zimbabwe’s first gas production and could ease the country’s perennial power woes. Exploration was to start some 200 kilometres (120 miles) north of the capital Harare near the border with Mozambique at a field… Read More

Somalia’s prime minister has pledged that the government will be held accountable for the deadly Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists whom he branded “children of hell.” Hamza Abdi Barre also called on ¬Somalis to unite in the fight against the Al Qaeda-linked group which has been waging a bloody insurgency in the nation for more than 15 years. the… Read More

Environmental organisations, including Greenpeace Africa, warned on Monday that they are facing threats because of their opposition to the auction of oil blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Three weeks after the government launched a call for tenders for 30 oil and gas blocks in the DRC, “environmental defenders continue to face direct threats,” eight of the organisations… Read More