Private American military company in discussions with the Central African Republic/in /by
The American private military company Bancroft Global Development is in discussions with the Central African Republic, it told AFP, while the Russian mercenary group Wagner, established in the country since 2018, is in the process of reorganization.
Cholera Outbreak Ravages Port Sudan Amidst War/in /by
Port Sudan, which lies on Sudan's Red Sea coast, is facing a cholera outbreak exacerbated by a lack of medical supplies as the country remains in the grips of war.
Presidential election in Senegal: 79 candidates register their candidacies/in /by
Seventy-nine people filed their candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election in Senegal before the deadline of Tuesday evening (midnight local time and GMT), according to the Senegalese daily Le Soleil.
Egypt: Passport holders stranded in Rafah plead with authorities to be allowed home/in /by
Dozens of Egyptian passport and ID holders have been stuck in the Gaza Strip for weeks, increasingly desperate for the opportunity to leave the besieged territory and escape the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Guinea: fire at Conakry fuel depot “completely extinguished” (government)/in /by
"Cooling operations in all segments of the oil facility are continuing. However, the area affected by the fire remains closed to the public for investigation purposes", the government said.
DR Congo police fire tear gas at banned election protest/in /by
Five of President Felix Tshisekedi's challengers in the race as well as civil society organizations, called on their supporters to join a march on Wednesday against the poll, which they say was fraudulent and should be annulled.
Attacks kill at least 160 people in central Nigeria/in /by
Local government officials said on Monday that armed groups have killed at least 160 people in a region plagued for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.
Floods in a central province in Congo kill at least 22 people/in /by
Flooding triggered by heavy rains in central Congo killed at least 22 people, including 10 from the same family, a local official said Tuesday.
Nothern Gaza’s Beit Lahia in ruins as war rages on/in /by
Images of rubble and buildings in ruins in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia, including of the destroyed Indonesian hospital, as Israel continues a relentless air and ground offensive that has killed at least 20,915 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry
Afua Asantewaa : the Ghanaian lady set to break Guinness world record/in /by
Ghana’s Afua Asantewaa Aduonum is on a journey to break a world record for the longest individual singing marathon.