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The United States on Monday suspended all its aid to Gabon in response to the coup d'état that took place 30th of August 2023 in the central African country, enabling the Gabonese Army overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who had been in…

A Rwandan national has been hit by a stray bullet during clashes between armed groups near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda's government says. The incident happened on Monday in the Rubavu border area, Rwanda's…

At least 40 people have drowned after a passenger boat capsized in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a week after at least 47 others died in a similar incident. The wooden riverboat, known as a whaler, was carrying passengers and…

The final election results are due to be announced in Liberia after the poll body said it completed the nationwide ballot tallying and collation. Voting was repeated last week in two polling stations in north-eastern Nimba county. This…

Algeria’s appeal court has sentenced 38 people to death for the 2021 lynching of a man that they wrongly suspected of starting wildfires. The court on Monday found them guilty of multiple charges, including murder, torture and incitement…

Thousands of people have signed an online petition demanding the resumption of the maritime service between Dakar and Ziguinchor, the main city in Casamance, southern Senegal. The service has been suspended for over four months due to…

Nearly 200 French soldiers have left Niger's south-western Ouallam town amid ongoing withdrawals from the Sahel nation, state-owned Tele Sahel TV station reports. It said that 193 French soldiers based in Ouallam left their camp for Chad…

Seventeen aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt on Sunday, to provide assistance to the Palestinian territory, which has been bombarded and besieged by Israel since the beginning of the conflict with Hamas. On Saturday, after the…

A collective of opposition candidates taking part in the Madagascan presidential elections known as “Collective of eleven’’, have held a major rally in the capital, Antananarivo, denouncing what they described as “an illegitimate electoral…

Fighting has again erupted in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between pro-government forces and rebels from the M23 group. Residents say the rebels have occupied the town of Kitshanga in North Kivu province since Saturday.…