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By Adoba Echono ECOWAS Court to review its rules of procedure in a bid to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the court. The President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Hon Justice Edward Amoako Asante, disclosed this in…

Sal-Burhan has met Kenya President William Ruto in Nairobi after initially rejecting the latter as the lead mediator on a war in the north-east African nation. The Kenya presidency website said on Monday that "the two leaders held…

The authorities in Mauritania say the bodies of 16 people thought to be migrants have been found on the country's northern coast. The discovery on the beaches of Lagouera comes a week after 13 corpses were found in boats in the same…

A sudden and intense hailstorm struck several parts of Johannesburg on Monday evening, blocking highways and damaging gardens, vehicles, car parks, buildings, roads and other property. South African online newspaper TimesLIVE reported…

Liberians are set to go to the polls for a run-off presidential election after the two leading candidates were separated by just over 7,000 votes in the first round a month ago. They are choosing between incumbent and one-time football…

The European Union has called for an investigation into the reported killing of around 100 people in Burkina Faso earlier this week. "Around 100 civilians, including women and children, were believed killed in a massacre," said foreign…

Just a few days before the first round of presidential elections in Madagascar, demonstrators faced off against the police on Saturday. A few hundred people took to the streets of Antananarivo at the call of the “collective of eleven”…

Tens of thousands of South Africans took part in a march in Cape Town on Saturday in support of Palestinians living in Gaza, demanding that the Israeli ambassador be expelled. The enclave has been under intense fire from Israel, which…

A Ugandan military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist fighters stormed an African Union base in Somalia in May. Majors Zadock Abor and John Oluka ran away after they came under attack by al-Shabab in Bulo Marer,…

The UN has described floods that have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa as a once-in-a-century event. UN officials said more than 1.5 million people in Somalia could be affected…