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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi welcomed his United Aran Emirates (UAE) counterpart in Cairo. Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met El-Sissi on the tarmac of Cairo airport. The visit comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East as…

At least 78 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just a few hundred metres from its destination. The boat was travelling from the town of Minova in South Kivu and sank as it was…

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country’s long-serving intelligence chief, replacing him with a close ally, state broadcaster SSBC reported, citing a presidential decree. The dismissal of Akol Koor Kuc, who…

Rwanda is poised to start vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials in the next few weeks to treat Marburg disease, its health minister said on Thursday, as the African nation battles its first outbreak of the viral fever that has killed 11.…

A Turkish seismic research vessel plans to arrive off the coast of Somalia at the end of October and begin searching for oil and natural gas, after the countries agreed on energy cooperation, Turkey’s energy ministry said on Thursday.…

By: Mnena Iyorkegh, Abuja. Botswana has described Nigeria as a critical partner towards attaining business cooperation and growth in terms of people-to-people trade. The High Commissioner of Botswana to Nigeria, Ms Philda Kereng,…

The case of two black women who were allegedly shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer and two of his workers have Groups representing farmers, who are often white, say farming communities feel under attack in a country with a high rate of…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita met in Washington Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The two leaders exchanged views on developments in North Africa and the Middle East.…

A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant…

Kenya’s economy expanded by 4.6% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, down from 5.6% in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the national statistics office said on Wednesday. The second quarter of 2023 gross domestic…