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At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo overnight, an interior ministry official said Tuesday. The victims were killed after “the floods caused landslides and houses collapsed,” Sonia Ray, spokeswoman for the ministry’s disaster management office, told AFP. Two people have been injured and more than 500 displaced by the… Read More

The Police in Kano has arrested two suspects, Abdulmalik Mohammed and Hashim Isyaku for allegedly abducting and killing a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar. Owner of the girl’s school, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, allegedly kidnapped Hanifa in the northern Kano state in December to demand a ransom of $14,600 (£10,800). According to the police, 34-year-old Tanko later killed Hanifa after realising she… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago Yemen’s Houthi rebels hold a mass demonstration in the rebel-held capital Sanaa to denounce deadly airstrikes. Dozens of people are said to have been killed and injured after the Saudi-led airstrikes, according to officials and NGOs with the toll expected to increase. The intense campaign comes after the Houthis claimed a drone and missile attack… Read More

Algerian president Tebboune has decided to shut down schools across the country for 10 days. The decision came after an emergency meeting with the Council of ministers, members of the COVID-19 scientific committee and the country’s security officials, on Wednesday. Schools in Algeria were closed on Thursday following a decision to shut down education across the country for 10 days.… Read More

Mali paid a last tribute to former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who died this week, a year and a half after being overthrown by the military, AFP correspondents noted. The junta that succeeded him and is now holding out against much of the international community organized a national funeral in a military camp in Bamako under the presidency of the… Read More

Minawao Refugee Camp in northern Cameroon is home to thousands of Nigerian refugees who have fled war in their home country. In the heart of this camp, a group of girls has formed an all-female football team. Words are not enough to describe the joy in the eyes of Nigerian refugee girls as they reminisce their latest experience. Friday, January… Read More

Authorities in Ivory Coast are using the African Cup of Nations to boost the campiagn of vaccination against Covid-19. As supporters flocked to fan zones in the capital, Abidjan, on Thursday to watch the match against Algeria the health authorities set up vaccination points to encourage people to get vaccinated. “The Ivory Coast is playing right now. Without the vaccine… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied assured Thursday that the country’s freedoms are “guaranteed” after rights groups warned of a threat signalled by the violent suppression of an anti-Saied protest. Civil society groups and Saied’s political opponents have expressed fears of a return to authoritarianism in the only democracy to have emerged from the Arab Spring protests over a decade ago. In… Read More

Africa’s top public health organisations have called for donated COVID-19 vaccines to come with a shelf life of at least three to six months, to enable beneficiary countries to have enough time to plan and execute a rollout before they expire. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, said 2.8 million doses… Read More

An explosion caused by a truck carrying explosives for a mine killed at least 17 people and injured 59 others Thursday and devastated a town in western Ghana, the government said. The explosion occurred around noon Thursday in Apiate, not far from Bogoso, a mining town in the Western Region, about 300 kilometers west of Accra, the capital of the… Read More