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Zimbabwe and Uganda have launched their first homegrown satellites into space aboard a NASA rocket. Report says Zimbabwe’s satellite, named ZimSat-1, was designed and assembled by three of the country’s scientists who were supported and…

Malawi's health ministry will soon launch a second vaccination campaign. This comes after receiving 2.9 million doses of the oral cholera vaccine as the outbreak spreads. Report says the World Health Organization, WHO facilitated the…

President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi and chairperson of the East African Community, EAC has gathered regional leaders in Egypt. The meeting is aimed at discussing the rising insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.…

Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim Traoré has paid a visit to frontline troops in the northern town of Djibo where a military camp was attacked by Islamist militants a fortnight ago. According to a statement by the presidency, Captain…

Police in Somalia says at least two people have been killed and five others wounded by a roadside explosion that hit a vehicle carrying students in the Dayniile district of Mogadishu. The police spokesman, Sadiq Doodishe said  that…

Guinea's former President Alpha Condé to face corruption charges. This comes after the junta that overthrew him last year told prosecutors to begin legal proceedings. Report says more than 180 others could also be charged. "You are…

The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan said a deal to free up grain exports from Ukraine will consider African countries struggling with supplies. He said he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had discussed sending grain to…

The United States intends to exclude Burkina Faso from a trade deal that gives exporters in Africa tariff-free access to the American market. President Joe Biden cited Burkina Faso’s lack of progress towards "protecting the rule of law and…

The South African police has discovered 19 bodies suspected to be of illegal miners in the mining town of Krugersdorp west of Johannesburg. The police said in a statement that they were "responding to a call following the discovery" of…

A court in Paris has sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in jail for complicity in crimes against humanity during Liberia's civil war. Kunti Kamara was a senior officer in the Ulimo armed militia, which oversaw a reign of…