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As Eastern Congo has seen an uptick in violence in recent weeks, the Congo army alongside peacekeepers from the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, have continued their patrols of local districts caught up in the fighting. Komanda, located in the Eastern province of Ituri, is one village that was retaken from rebel groups last month, according to the military. Calm… Read More

Lyon and Cameroon forward Karl Toko Ekambi is looking forward to the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which will kick off on January 9th in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde. Toko Ekambi said Cameroon is ready to battle it out with other teams in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by his home country. The host country will… Read More

The embattled Tigray region’s capital is suffering food and fuel shortages as the Ethiopian government blockades continue. Once a bustling city with a viable commercial economy, now there is barely any fuel for transport and shortages of food and other goods in the market have driven prices up beyond the reach of most residents. Only a few cars are able… Read More

A Kenyan court ordered Ibrahim Rotich, husband to the slain Olympian Agnes Titop, to undergo a mental check before he takes a plea on November 16, according to a court official. “Directions are hereby given that the accused person be escorted for mental assessment at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and he be produced before the duty judge on 16th… Read More

A Tunisian demonstrator died overnight after inhaling tear gas, as police dispersed protesters over the reopening of a landfill site. The 35-year-old died in the town of Aguereb in the central region of Sfax, which has seen weeks of demonstrations over a growing waste crisis. According to hospital officials, Abderrazek was transferred to Aguereb hospital suffering from asphyxia. Cousin of… Read More

Gay sex is illegal in highly religious and conservative Ghana, but while discrimination against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people is common in the West African nation, no one has ever been prosecuted under the colonial-era law. The proposed bill includes criminalising LGBT advocacy, requirements to denounce “suspects”, advocates for conversion therapy and imposes longer jail sentences. The so-called… Read More

Jose Maria Neves has been sworn in as new president of Cape Verde. During his swearing in on Tuesday, he vowed to strengthen relations with West Africa and the Portuguese-speaking world while defending his island nation’s “strength and stability”. “Security and stability are strategic resources for Cape Verde and I will pay particular attention” to them, The 61-year-old Socialist, notched… Read More

France has returned 26 of its national treasures to Benin. Works of art looted in the 19th century during the colonial era that had been exhibited at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris. The restitution act was signed by the Ministers of Culture of both countries, to the applause of Emmanuel Macron and his Beninese counterpart Patrice Talon. Among the… Read More

Fatima Chaaoufi gazes across the sealed Moroccan border towards an Algerian village on the other side, home to family members she hasn’t seen for years. “We’re so near yet so far,” she sighs. Chaaoufi’s village of Oulad Bouarfa, east of the Moroccan city of Oujda, lies just a stone’s throw from Boussfar, the Algerian village where her brother died a… Read More

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera offcially launched a 10-year implementation plan for the country. The aim of the plan is turn Malawi from one of the poorest countries in the world to a lower middle income country by 2030. The president believes this is only possible by changing peoples’s atittudes. “Anytime you hear another Malawian complaining about somebody else or a… Read More