Africa

Fitch downgrades Ghana from ‘CCC’ to ‘CC’

September 24, 2022

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Equatorial Guinea’s 80-year-old ruler to run again after over 43 years in power

September 23, 2022

The United States has welcomed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) resolution on democratic transition in Mali.

ECOWAS highlights regional efforts towards peace, ending racism

September 23, 2022

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WHO declares Malawi trachoma-free

September 22, 2022

Equatorial Guinea’s leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world’s longest-serving president, should declare his assets before the nation receives more financial support, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Equatorial Guinea scraps death penalty

September 20, 2022

A medical worker wears a protective suit as he prepares to administer Ebola patient care at The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) treatment center in Beni, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo September 6, 2018. Picture taken September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Fiston Mahamba

Uganda declares Ebola virus disease outbreak

September 20, 2022

Sixteen people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing, after flash floods swept away hundreds of tents near a popular Hindu pilgrimage site, officials said Saturday.

More than 150 dead in Niger Republic floods

September 20, 2022

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Zambia road crash kills 23 church women

September 19, 2022

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Cameroon says separatists keeping 8 abducted clergy, others on Nigerian border

September 19, 2022

The Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed al-Najdi has been released by Egyptian authorities after spending over two years in detention, without going on trial.

Egypt frees journalist after over two years in detention

September 19, 2022

The United States has welcomed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) resolution on democratic transition in Mali.

ECOWAS parliament moves against religious intolerance in West Africa

September 18, 2022

Five priests, a nun and two churchgoers were kidnapped by attackers who set fire to a church in western Cameroon, the Catholic Church said Sunday, the latest violence in an area hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.

Priests kidnapped, church burned in Cameroon attack

September 18, 2022

Ugandan Nyege Nyege festival-goers dance at the Itanda Falls on the second day of Nyege Nyege festival, the annual four-day international music festival, in Jinja, on September 16, 2022. – Uganda said on September 12, 2022, that it would allow a popular music festival to go ahead this month, reversing a ban imposed over claims the event promoted sex, homosexuality and drug use. The four-day Nyege Nyege festival brings together artists from across Africa to entertain 10,000 revellers on the banks of the Nile. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)

Uganda music festival draws sold-out crowds

September 18, 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Senegal

Senegal’s president Macky Sall names Amadou Ba as prime minister

September 17, 2022

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15 dead in Guinea bus crash

September 17, 2022