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Egypt's newly reelected president attended Saturday (Jan. 06) the Christmas eve mass at the Cathedral of Nativity of Christ, east of Cairo. It was feast day for the country's largest religious minority, the Coptic Orthodox Christians.…

Recently,Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying the memorandum of understanding signed between the Government of Ethiopia & Somaliland. The symbolic move comes as Ethiopia and a breakaway Somali region…

Three ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month's election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of fraud and violence. They are among 82 candidates excluded from the legislative, provincial and local…

Moses  Lugalia  has joined Kenya's budding electric vehicle revolution - by exchanging the noisy roar of his petrol motorbike for the gentle hum of an electric one. The biggest incentive to go electric for the 27-year-old rider of a…

Ghanaian chef Failatu Abdul-Razak has been cooking since January 1st to break the Guiness world record. As of Friday afternoon, the chef had cooked for over 113 hours at a hotel in the northern city of Tamale. Failatu Abdul-Razak aims…

Children across Zambia will return to school three weeks late from their festive holidays due to a cholera outbreak. Both primary and secondary students were meant to return next Monday but will now resume on 29 January, the Education…

Following reports, that judges in Kenya had condemned the country's president for threatening to disobey court orders. Despite these calls to respect the judiciary, President William Ruto has again pledged to "root out" individuals he…

The city councilor of St. Louis Park in the US state of Minnesota has sworn in 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed as mayor, two months after she made history as America's first Somali-American elected mayor by voters. Ms Mohamed secured 58% of…

Twelve people have been charged in Sierra Leone for their alleged role in November's failed coup attempt. They include former police and correctional officers as well as the former bodyguard of ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma. Mr…

Kenyan police said on Monday they had arrested two people in connection with the weekend stabbing to death of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat. The two men believed to be in their 30s were arrested on the outskirts of the Rift Valley…