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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the Maldives on a Saudi Airlines flight bound for Singapore. The president had fled to Maldives a day earlier amid mass protests over Sri Lanka's economic crisis. It is not clear if Mr.…

The Gambian High Court has sentenced to death the country's former intelligence chief Yankuba Badjie and four other security agents for the killing of a political activist in 2016. Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence…

At least 31 people including children have been killed in a renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN says intense clashes between the Congolese army and several rebel groups have spread to the Beni territory where…

The Ethiopian government has announced that the UN will help rebuild the northern Tigray region. The government said the UN Office for Project Services would rebuild infrastructure in the region, which is still under the control of…

The Democratic Republic of Congo formally completed its entry into the East African Community, EAC after depositing instruments of ratification to the bloc's headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. Minister of Foreign Affairs Christophe…

Tunisian President, Kais Saied has warned against any interference with the referendum elections. The president said any “attempts to interfere with the voter registration and polling station change processes must be addressed. “We will…

The Malian authorities have arrested nearly 50 soldiers from Ivory Coast. The Malian government made the announcement, calling the Ivorian soldiers “mercenaries” in a move that could raise tensions between the two West African countries.…

Ghana has reported two possible cases of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. The World Health Organization, WHO says preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients from Ghana’s southern Ashanti region both of whom died turned…

The Rwandan leader, Paul Kagame, says he will stand for president again at the next election in 2024. According to reports, the 64-year-old said he would "consider running for another 20 years." "Elections are about people choosing,"…

The Tunisia President Kais Saied has published into the official gazette the amendments to his propose draft constitution. The amendments to 46 chapters of the proposed constitution come amid sharp criticism of a draft proposed by the…