Small businesses are being targeted by Kenya's taxman in a raft of new proposals aimed at filling the coffers of President William Ruto's cash-strapped government
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Twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed between Monday and Wednesday in two attacks by suspected jihadists in central-eastern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told AFP on Friday.
At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeast Nigeria from turning into a " real disaster", the United Nations office in the country said on Thursday.
The Juba Boys FC started in 2020 and is now participating in the country's first ever blind football league
The United Nations has called on the international community to take action to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp, according to a report by two NGOs, including Amnesty International.
Guinean press associations on Thursday accused the ruling junta of censorship, in the face of the restriction or blocking of access to news sites and popular social networks, in a tense context of political protest.
“No matter what people say I can't do, I will continue to shatter those stereotypes and show people it's possible in order to make everyone who got me here today proud. Because you all inspired my hard work and dedication to receive this star today.” L...
A large presidential amnesty saw the release of about a fifth of all prisoners in the Zimbabwe Thursday (May. 18).
Violent criminals as well as those serving time for robbery, treason and public order and security offences were excluded.
Three rangers and a technician were killed in the attack on their convoy by gunmen on Thursday near Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.
Moroccan journalist Taoufik Bouachrine, imprisoned since 2018, is suffering "ill-treatment" from the prison administration, his family said on Thursday, who are worried about the deterioration of his state of health and call for "urgent intervention ".
