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Eritrea has rejoined the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD after pulling out 16 years ago. Information Minister Yemane Meskel tweeted on Monday that Eritrea "resumed its activity" and took its…

John Ndi, a towering figure in Cameroonian politics over several decades, has died aged 82. He founded the opposition Social Democratic Front, SDF in 1990 and was at the frontline of multi-party democracy in Cameroon, defending…

The government of the Republic of Benin is recruiting a further 5,000 soldiers, following a rise in militant attacks on its northern border with Burkina Faso. The new recruits will be required to know at least one of the languages spoken…

One of Nigeria’s top male table tennis players, Olajide Omotayo, is hoping to break the first-round exit jinx at the WTT Contender Lagos. Omotayo has never gone beyond the first round at past table tennis competitions in Lagos and in…

Anders Lind of Denmark the quarterfinalist at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships, WTTC in Durban, South Africa, will lead the list of players that will slug it out in the preliminary round of the WTT Contender Lagos. The WTT…

The US is suspending food aid to Ethiopia because it says donations are being diverted from those in need. The US Agency for International Development, USAID says an investigation has uncovered a widespread and co-ordinated scheme to…

Angolan President Joao Lourenco has appointed central bank governor Jose de Massano as the new minister of state for economic coordination. Mr. Massano is replacing Manuel Junior, who was released from his post, Lusa said. It was not…

Saudi Arabia has condemned an attack on its embassy in Sudan’s capital in the strongest terms. The Saudi foreign ministry blamed armed groups for storming and vandalising the building in Khartoum, adding that the property and housing of…

South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken over the phone about the upcoming peace mission by six African leaders to Russia and Ukraine. "President Putin has welcomed the initiative by…

Sudan's army chief, Abdel al-Burhan has replaced two state governors. It comes as fighting intensifies in the capital, Khartoum, and other areas between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF the two seized power in a coup…