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The first section of Kenya's Chinese-built railway was opened with much fanfare in 2017 - but two years later work on the tracks stopped in the middle of the country and the master plan of linking it to other landlocked countries in East…

Burkina Faso and Russian state nuclear company Rosatom on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for construction of a nuclear power plant in the landlocked Sahel West African state, Burkina Faso's energy ministry said in a…

The most prominent potential challenger to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in elections scheduled for December announced on Friday he would not be standing after he was unable to secure the required number of public endorsements.…

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown in a coup on July 26, enters his 80th day in detention with his wife and son on Friday. He still refuses to resign and hopes to win his case in court. While many countries and organizations…

A rebel group based in Congo and allied to Islamic State known as The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has killed at least one man and injured another when it ambushed a truck in western Uganda overnight, ,in a relatively rare cross-border…

A court in Madagascar on Thursday ordered a one-week postponement of the island's November Presidential election, a move that incumbent president Andry Rajoelina has opposed. The High Constitutional Court said in a statement on its…

International observers have praised Liberia for the peaceful conduct of its presidential and parliamentary elections held on Tuesday. Twenty candidates contested the presidential race, including incumbent George Weah and his main rival,…

Kenya's interior minister has said that the country will send assessment delegations to Haiti before deploying police officers to address gang violence there. "There will be other pre-mission visits to Haiti by different players before…

Liberia's Election Commission Finalising Results Of Polls Liberia’s National Elections Commission has begun finalising the results of Tuesday’s presidential and legislative polls. Boxes carrying ballot papers have been brought to the…

Kenya will end a six-year agreement that allowed more than 100 Cuban doctors to work in Kenyan hospitals. Health Minister Susan Nakhumicha said on Wednesday that the move will help address challenges faced by Kenyan health workers,…