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The head of Kenya’s standards regulator and 26 other government officials have been suspended over the release of 1,000 tonnes of expired sugar into the market. A statement by the head of public service, Felix Koskei, said 20,000 bags of…

20 people are missing in Malawi after a canoe they were sailing in was hit by a hippo and capsized on the Shire River in the southern Nsanje region. Robert Nayeja, a senior official in Nsanje District, said the canoe was carrying about…

A police Officer Killed In Senegal Clashes Ahead Of Opposition's Trialecurity forces and supporters of opposition leader Sonko in the southern town of Ziguinchor, authorities said. The clashes occurred on Monday near Mr Sonko's home,…

The German Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the package may include a variety of military hardware, including armoured personnel carriers, 30 Leopard tanks, reconnaissance drones and ammunition. “With this valuable…

Heavy rain has led to flooding in the area, causing damage to towns and villages and the UN's humanitarian response agency (OCHA) warned of an increase in diseases such as cholera as local infrastructures are affected Thousands of people…

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar, Friday 12 May, against President Macky Sall's refusal to rule out standing for a third term in office. The demonstrations were organised by a group called the…

Three days before Turkey's tightest presidential vote in years, one of the four candidates, Muharrem Ince, has pulled out of the race. Mr Ince had been under increasing pressure for splitting the opposition vote, when they have their…

Nine   people       have died and more than 80 others hospitalised from a mysterious disease in northern Kenya's Marsabit county. A local administrator said out of the nine people who have died, six were adults and three were children…

"A man has been arrested in Mozambique's central Sofala province for being in possession of a man's head and genitals," police authories have said. A man has been arrested in Mozambique's central Sofala province for being in possession…

The ex-rebel leader and former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who has been in exile since 2019, said on his YouTube channel that there was no "reason" why he could not run for president in 2025. "There is no reason" not to be a…