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The German government has ordered Chad's ambassador to leave the country. This comes as a response to the central African nation's expulsion last week of the German ambassador. Chad's ambassador in Berlin, Mariam Ali Moussa, was summoned…

Algeria's state energy conglomerate, Sonatrach, has announced that it has made six oil and gas discoveries in the first quarter of this year. Report says they have yielded more than 1.5 million cubic metres of gas as well as smaller…

The US aid charity, Catholic Relief Services, says two of its staff have been killed in the troubled Amhara region of north-central Ethiopia. Report says Chuol Tongyik and Amare Kindeya were shot in their vehicle as they returned to the…

United Nations Secretary, General António Guterres has arrived in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Report says he is widely expected to address Somalia's worsening humanitarian situation and show solidarity with its people in their fight…

The Kenyan government has admitted that it is facing a cash crunch that has delayed the payment of salaries for thousands of public workers. It says it had to make tough decisions on whether to pay the salaries or service millions of…

Malawi President, Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned a former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence. This comes after he was convicted of abuse of office. Report says Uladi Mussa was sentenced in 2020 to six years in prison…

Former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Aziz has pleaded not guilty) to charges of illicit enrichment. This comes after he was questioned by a Nouakchott court. The court was resuming hearings after a two-week recess and reading…

A Ugandan government minister who has been remanded in custody in connection with a corruption scandal involving the theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets has pleaded not guilty in court. Mary Kitutu, the minister of the north-eastern…

Pro-democracy protests have been held in several parts of Sudan in the latest demonstration of anger at the continuing military rule. The protesters were also marking the anniversary of a 2019 sit-in that led to the overthrow of the…

The authorities in Ghana say 1,000 soldiers and police officers are being deployed to a north-eastern border town. This comes after gunmen killed an immigration officer and left two others in the hospital. Meanwhile, it is not yet…