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While many of the coastal city’s residents fled the country, others have stayed to help in the search operations, but with very limited resourSourced from Africanews Read More

African leaders have collectively demanded a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, a cause that has been tirelessly pursued since 2005Sourced from Africanews Read More

Col. Mamadi Doumbouya, who was sworn in as Guinea’s interim president following the coup in 2021, told the U.N. General Assembly that beyond condemning the coups, global leaders must also “look to and address the deep-rooted causes.”Sourced from Africanews Read More

Mali’s ruling junta has cancelled the festivities planned to mark the anniversary of independence and is considering mobilising reservists in the face of rising tensions in the north of the country.Sourced from Africanews Read More

With the closure of land routes between Niger and Benin, many people have turned to canoes and motorised boats to cross the River Niger at their peril. Since the coup on 26 July, the bridge linking the Beninese town of Malanville to Gaya in Niger has been blocked by goods trucksSourced from Africanews Read More

By 2040, Africa will be home to nine mega cities hosting more than ten million people. But rapid urbanization has created capacity problems for cities, and local governments are struggling to plan, provide infrastructure, public transport and other social servicesSourced from Africanews Read More

More than a week after a tsunami-scale flash flood ripped through the coastal city of Derna, razing entire neighbourhoods, Mahmud Erqiq is still waiting to learn the fate of his missing relatives. Sourced from Africanews Read More

Kenyans gather to commemorate the deadly attack on 21 September 2013 by Somali Islamist Al-Shabaab fighters at the upmarket Nairobi shopping mall which killed 67 people.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Archaeologists believe the simple log construction may be the oldest example of early humans building with woodSourced from Africanews Read More

Police have obtained a court order to hold Robertson in custody for five days while they investigate. Sourced from Africanews Read More