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Tunisia suffers nationwide power cut /in /by

Tunisia suffered a sudden power cut lasting around three hours across the country on Wednesday due to a technical problem, the state-owned monopoly electricity and gas company Steg announced.

Rwanda: Kagame announces he will run for a fourth term /in /by

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has announced for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in next year's elections.

South Africa leader says money spent on war is ‘indictment’ of world /in /by

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ramaphosa said it was time to "massively scale up" aid on development as the world falls short on ambitious UN-backed goals to end extreme poverty by 2030.

Tunisian president remarks on storm Daniel /in /by

Kais Saied also blasted the naming choice of the Mediterranean storm that hit neighbouring Libya last week, in scathing remarks in Tunis on Tuesday.

Five months of conflict in Sudan inflict heavy toll on children in camps /in /by

Over 1,200 children have died in Sudan refugee camps since May, while thousands of newborns are likely to die across the war-torn country by year-end, the UN alerted Tuesday (Sep. 18). Most deaths could have been prevented as they were linked to suspe...

The “lêkê”, poor man’s shoes that have become a symbol of Ivorian culture /in /by

"Everyone wore +lêkê+," says Rokia Daniogo, a 33-year-old trader, sitting on a street corner in the huge market in the Treichville district, where hundreds of stalls overloaded with goods and Various objects.

Water shortage pushes wildlife to migrate from Zimbabwe /in /by

With the increase in water shortages over the years, wildlife migration between the park and Botswana is not uncommon. However, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman warned the migration came "too early" this year, citing climate c...

UN raises alarm over child deaths in Sudan as health crisis deepens /in /by

These statistics come amidst an ominous warning that thousands more, including vulnerable newborns, teeter on the brink of peril as we approach the year's end.

At least 8 dead in military helicopter crash in Kenya /in /by

The cause of the accident in Lamu County, on the Kenyan coast, was not immediately clear. Kenyan defense forces operate in the region to help deter al-Qaeda- linked extremists from the Al-Shahab group, based across the border in Somalia.

EU voices “solidarity” with French envoy in Niger /in /by

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also renewed the bloc's "full solidarity" with Mohamed Bazoum, the elected president who has been under house arrest with his family. Borrell spoke to reporters on Sep. 18 after the bloc's foreign ministers met on ...