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The death toll from a landslide at a mining site in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 200, the government said WednesdaySourced from Africanews Read More

Congregants at the Ahlul Bait Foundation of South Africa – an association of Shia Muslim communities – gathered in Cape Town to pay their respects to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli military operations in Iran.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The helicopter went down minutes after takeoff and burst into flames in a hilly area of Nandi County in the west of the country, police chief Samuel Mukuusi said, adding all six people on board had died. Among the dead was lawmaker Johana Ng’enoSourced from Africanews Read More

The mayor of Cape Town on Friday announced he would be running for leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in South Africa’s ruling coalition, after current leader John Steenhuisen said he would not be running for a third term.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of tricking Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine under the promise of skilled work in Russia. Festus Omwamba was caught in the northern town of Moyale and charged in Nairobi with trafficking 25 Kenyans last year.Sourced from Africanews Read More

A Lagos coroner has initiated proceedings for an inquiry into the death of acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi’s toddler son, who died on 7 January at a Euracare hospital. The author and her husband accused the hospital of medical negligence.Sourced from Africanews Read More

New data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project showed that various jihadist groups, such as Al-Qaida and JNIM have recently expanded their activity in the border region between Nigeria, Niger and Benin, turning the zone into a flashpoint of violence.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Sources have told various press agencies that the drone strike near the Rubaya mining site on 24 February that killed M23 military spokesperson Willy Ngoma also killed nine other people. It however missed the movement’s military commander.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Mambwe Zimba of Zambia was arrested on Tuesday, allegedly over a fake image posted on Facebook, depicting the country’s president lying in a casket.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Egypt on Tuesday urged the international community to better support Lebanon’s armed forces as the country moves forward with a plan to disarm the militant group Hezbollah and bring all weapons under state control.Sourced from Africanews Read More