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The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was declared over today by the Government of Rwanda with no new cases reported over the last 42 days after the last patient tested negative for the virus twice, as per the usual protocol for ending…

Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for a year have been released following mediation from Morocco, France and Morocco said on Thursday, resolving a diplomatic row over their detention. The head of France's foreign intelligence…

A court in Guinea has sentenced former Defence Minister Mohamed Diané to five years in prison for corruption, illicit enrichment, embezzlement, and money laundering. Diané, who served under ex-President Alpha Condé from 2015 to 2021, must…

France's President Emmanuel Macron promised more help to the people of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte as he surveyed the devastation that Cyclone Chido wrought across the French territory. "We will continue to act together, more…

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector 1 in Mora, have eliminated 10 terrorists and repelled a coordinated attack by Boko Haram/ ISWAP Terrorists on the military base at Darak in Cameroon. A statement…

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the president to sign it into law. The West African nation's…

A river boat sank in western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people after the overcrowded upper deck collapsed, a local official said. Boating accidents are common in Congo, where old, wooden vessels are the main form…

Ghana's President-elect John Dramani Mahama has named an anti-corruption team to gather information on suspected graft, his transition team said in a statement on Wednesday. Mahama, the main opposition candidate in a December 7th…

Multinational tech giant, Apple, is in the spotlight after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) filed a criminal case against its subsidiaries in Belgium and France. Kinshasa accuses the company of illegally using what it described as…

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies to Mayotte on Monday after the tiny French island territory off Africa was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century. Authorities fear hundreds and possibly…