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Rwanda and Cameroon have unveiled significant shifts in their security forces, impacting senior military personnel. In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame retired hundreds of soldiers, coinciding with the advancement of young soldiers within…

The death toll from a fire that engulfed a five-storey building Thursday morning in the central Marshalltown neighborhood, Johannesburg, South Africa has risen to at least 73. Johannesburg emergency services in an update said 52 people…

Army officers who seized power in a coup in Gabon on Wednesday have named General Brice Oligui Nguema as the West African state's transitional leader. The deposed President, Ali Bongo, has appeared in a video at his home, calling on his…

African Development Bank embraces ‘risky’ entrepreneurs : Young fishers in Senegal increase their incomes threefold and turn their backs on illegal immigration Launched in 2020, the Project to Support and Enhance the Entrepreneurial…

Zimbabwe's opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called for fresh elections after declaring that last week's general election was fraudulent. Deputy CCC spokesperson, Ostallos Siziba, told journalists that his…

France's ambassador has remained in Niger despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in a defiant speech. Ambassador Sylvain Itte had been ordered to go amid…

Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation is persecuting the LGBTQI community according to human rights lawyers. Since the new law was enacted in May, they say they’ve become a target for violence and left homeless because landlords are too…

Fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab have retaken at least two locations that had just been captured by Somalia's army during a new offensive. There are reports of both sides suffering significant losses during a fierce…

South Africa, Russia and China have congratulated Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa following his controversial election win over the weekend. Meanwhile, the US added its voice to growing criticism of last week's general election…

Officials in Sudan say armed forces chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has left the country on a flight to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It is the first time Sudan's military ruler has left the country since the conflict…