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Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living, but an independent watchdog says at least six people were shot dead by police on Wednesday and 27 were shot dead in such protests earlier this year. A police official told The Associated Press they were told this week not… Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit in South Africa in August, South Africa’s presidency said on Wednesday. The summit will instead be attended by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa. In a statement, the South African presidency said the decision was reached “by mutual agreement” between the… Read More

Four countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) discussed democratic transitions and security in the region in Nigeria on Tuesday, the organization said. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who was elected ECOWAS President last Sunday, held talks in Abuja with officials from Niger, Guinea-Bissau and Benin. They notably discussed security in Mali after the withdrawal of the UN… Read More

Before the war, Mahanna Abderrahmane used to take his truck to the Red Sea ports four times a month to load cargo for distribution in various regional states in Sudan, but since his country has been ravaged by conflict, he has been idle. He sits in a café near Wad Madani, 200 kilometres south of the capital Khartoum, sipping coffee and… Read More

Kenyans had made arrangements for Wednesday’s (Jul. 19) latest round of protests organized by the opposition. The nationwide demonstrations called for the government of President William Ruto to lower the cost of living. They were also aimed at forcing the president to repeal a law imposing new taxes. In Nairobi, some hoped the marches would make a difference: “The protests we… Read More

Kenyan police officers and protesters some of them throwing stones clashed Wednesday (Jul. 19) in a new wave of demonstrations organized by the opposition. The clashes that left at least 12 people. The opposition called for three days of countrywide protests aimed at forcing the president to repeal a finance law imposing new taxes. Ruto had vowed that no protests… Read More

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday (Jul. 19) pardoned an unspecified number of people, including researcher Patrick Zaki, official reports say. Mr Zaki was sentenced on Tuesday (Jul. 18) to three years in prison by the court in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura taken into custody from the courtroom directly after the verdict, a group which represented Zaki in court… Read More

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday pardoned researcher Patrick Zaki and Mohamed al-Baqer, the lawyer of Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egypt’s most notorious political prisoner, state newspaper al-Ahram reported. Mr Zaki was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison for denouncing discrimination against Christians, a verdict that prompted several human rights figures to quit the “national dialogue” launched by… Read More

At least 34 people were killed when a passenger bus collided head-on with a commercial vehicle and burst into flames in the country’s southern desert Wednesday, Algerian officials said. One of the North African country’s deadliest road crashes in years also left 12 others injured, many with burn wounds, Algeria’s civil defence agency said. Unverified media images showed the mangled… Read More

Guinea’s ruling junta has suspended the export of several agricultural products, including rice, potatoes, and palm oil, for six months to preserve its “food sovereignty” and “social peace”. This decision is linked to the concern to preserve stocks before the next harvests, and “not at all” to the expiry on Monday of the agreement between Moscow and Kiev, which allowed… Read More