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DRC: M23-controlled roads reopened and closed/in /by
"The movement of goods and merchandise is now authorised" on a series of roads controlled by the M23, Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Ndjike, spokesman for the provincial governor, announced in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Opposition leader calls the Nigerian elections a ‘rape of democracy’/in /by
“It is my hope that the judiciary will redeem itself this time around and rise to the society’s expectation as the last hope of our people,” People’s Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar said at a news conference in Abuja.
Gabon: Bongo, Macron take part in a summit to protect rainforests/in /by
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba hosted his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Libreville with several Central African heads of state at a summit on the protection of tropical rainforests, at the start of a four-day tour of the region.
Gabon: Bongo, Macron take part in a summit to protect rainforests/in /by
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba hosted his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Libreville with several Central African heads of state at a summit on the protection of tropical rainforests, at the start of a four-day tour of the region.
Migrants made homeless in Tunisia purge plead for help/in /by
Just hours after Saied's February 23 speech, thousands of undocumented migrants were made homeless.
Mali: Expert weighs in on draft constitution/in /by
Mali's draft constitution which gives the president sweeping powers has elicited diverse views. The text which was presented to army ruler Assimi Goita on Monday (Feb. 27) is supposed to replace that of 1992.
African cholera cases falling but floods up risk – WHO Africa director/in /by
The UN agency WHO said that 2,880 cases of cholera were recorded across the continent in the week ending on February 26 - a 37 percent decline compared to the previous week. Twelve African countries are currently reporting cases, with South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe the latest to detect cholera.
Nigeria’s presidential race runner-up calls polls results ‘a rape of democracy’/in /by
Atiku Abubakar said he didn't understand why the electoral umpire hurried to announce results given "the number of complaints and irregularities of bypassing of the BVAS, failure of uploading the IREV (result uploading system)” and “cancellations and disfranchisement of millions of voters [...]"
Villagers in Uganda have mixed feelings over the impact of new oilfields/in /by
There are mixed feelings among villagers in Uganda who will be impacted by French energy giant TotalEnergies’ controversial Tilenga oil field project.
French president says era of interference in African domestic affairs is over/in /by
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated on Thursday that Paris has no intention of returning to past policies of interfering in Africa.