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The authorities in Comoros say President Azali Assoumani has been wounded in a knife attack. “Thank God, his life is not in danger,” said a government spokeswoman. He was stabbed while attending a funeral near the capital Moroni but was…

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló declared in an announcement on September 11, 2024, he would not seek a second term in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for November 2025. This decision, which comes just two months…

Kenya’s acting chief of police was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday after he repeatedly defied orders to testify about the whereabouts of three men allegedly abducted by police officers. The judge at the High Court…

A team of staff from the International Monetary Fund is visiting Kenya on a fact-finding trip, the IMF said late on Thursday, part of efforts to craft a way forward in the wake of deadly protests that scampered the government’s planned tax…

Six months after he was elected as Senegal's President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye has announced that snap elections will be held on November 17th, after he dissolved the country's parliament. According to analysts, Faye, whose…

The durability of South Africa’s uneasy governing coalition is set to be tested as President Cyril Ramaphosa signs new education measures into law at a public ceremony on Friday. Before May’s general election, the result of which forced…

Morocco has confirmed a case of mpox in a man in the city of Marrakech, the health ministry said. This is the first such discovery since the current outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World…

South Africa's former finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, has died at the age of 75, his family said. The anti-apartheid veteran has been in South African politics since 1994 when the country was transitioning to democracy. He…

A strike by workers at Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi has caused flight delays and cancellations for incoming and outgoing passengers, Kenya Airways said on Wednesday. The biggest union of Kenya’s aviation…

Congolese authorities said that 50,000 doses of smallpox vaccine from the United States arrived on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union. Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru, the three provinces…