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A court in Senegal has handed a six-month suspended sentence and a $300,000 fine to a leading opposition candidate who intends to run in next year's presidential elections. Mr. Ousmane Sonko who was found guilty of defaming the country's…

The United States President, Joe Biden has signed an executive order setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that's left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos. Biden said in a…

Torrential rains have swept through the Western, Southern, and Northern provinces of Rwanda killing at least 127 people and destroying homes. Report says the number of victims in Rwanda's floods has continued to rise. According to Rwandan…

South Africa has unveiled new banknotes and coins, the country's first major upgrade to its currency in more than a decade. The South African Reserve Bank, SARB announced the changes, saying the move was meant to keep up with technology…

Morocco’s King Mohamed IV has approved the Amazigh New Year as an official paid national holiday. It follows a long-running campaign by activists for the recognition of the calendar recognised by the Berber people, or Amazigh as they…

The World Food Programme and USAID have suspended food deliveries in Tigray in northern Ethiopia. This comes following the discovery that relief aid had been stolen. The USAID Administrator Samantha Power said food shipments had been…

The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone, ECSL has cleared presidential opposition candidate Samura Kamara to run in the June vote. Mr. Kamara, who was defeated by Julius Maada Bio in the 2018 ballot, has been on trial since February for…

Hundreds of Moroccan trade union activists rallied in the capital, Rabat, to protest against declining purchasing power, soaring inflation, and rocketing food prices. Report says the unions are demanding, among other things, a ceiling on…

Senegalese main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko has called for national civil disobedience against the judiciary and further rejected any dialogue against President Macky Sall. Mr. Sonko on the other hand denounced claims that he was…

The Japanese Prime Minister, Kishida Fumio has met Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and both vowed to continue to pursue reforms at the UN Security Council. This comes after Mr. Fumio arrived in Ghana on the second leg of an African…