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Attacks and looting of foreign diplomatic missions in Sudan continue, with Algeria being the latest country to protest. On Wednesday, the Algerian foreign ministry said its ambassador's residence in the capital, Khartoum, was “stormed…

Kenyan MPs have voted in favour of doubling of the value added tax (VAT) levied on fuel to 16%, which is expected to add to the rising cost of living. On Wednesday, ruling party coalition MPs pushed through the proposal with 184…

The South African presidency has warned people against scammers using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name to defraud the public. It said scam messages purporting to be sent by the president have been circulating, warning that the “president…

The South African presidency has warned people against scammers using President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name to defraud the public. It said scam messages purporting to be sent by the president have been circulating, warning that the “president…

French President Emmanuel Macron received, Wednesday (June 21), his counterpart from Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno for talks, on the eve of the so-called summit for a New Global financial Pact. Restructuring debt and reducing poverty by…

Final days of campaign in Sierra Leone. The main opposition candidate to the 2023 presidential election held a rally in the rural outskirts of the capital on Monday (June 19). The convoy of Samura Kamara, the leader of the All-People’s…

Court sketch showing former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana, AKA Philippe Manier, tried for his role in the massacre of Tutsi civilians at a courthouse in Paris. The trial of former Rwandan policeman, Philippe Hategekimana,…

Senegal: Media Freedom Threatened By Government Crackdown Recent riots in Senegal have caused the government to crack down on the country's media, with journalists left struggling in the face of violence and threats. Walf TV has been…

Paris has requested to attend a Brics summit scheduled to take place in South Africa in August, France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Monday. "We are thinking aloud - but this is obviously a decision that only the countries…

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 people suspected of collaborating with Islamist militants believed to have attacked a school last Friday. The head teacher and school's director are among the detained. Forty-two people -…