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At least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia. According to a judicial official, he said that the boat sank as the migrant tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. Meanwhile, the…

Mali's military junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, has pardoned the 49 Ivorian soldiers convicted of undermining Mali's state security and conspiracy against the government. The pardon comes one week after 46 of the soldiers were…

Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives amid heated exchanges that almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows. Report says it took 15 rounds of voting for Mr. McCarthy to win the job, despite his party…

The Mauritanian police at the Nouakchott airport have prevented former President, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz from travelling abroad. Report says Mr. Abdelaziz was about to board an Air France flight when police officers told him he was not…

The rebel group M23 has announced its withdrawal from a strategic military base that it captured in October 2022 in the Rumangabo area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement, the group said it would hand over the…

Kenyan President William Ruto has disclosed that he fired the former head of criminal investigations over cases of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. Meanwhile, President Ruto had previously said the former director of…

The Kenyan president says the country will not default on its debt in the face of severe economic challenges. William Ruto told said that Kenya had 'applied the brakes' on any more borrowing. He made the remarks at State House,…

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016. Report says the ban was imposed by her predecessor, the late President John Magufuli, who argued that in between elections they were a…

The United States has dropped Burkina Faso from African free trade deal. The American Trade Representative's office said the country had failed to meet the requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA because it had acted…

Ghana and Morocco have become the first African countries to impose travel restrictions on passengers from China over concerns about coronavirus. Report say Morocco has banned travellers from China regardless of their nationality until…