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At least 10 Kenyan soldiers were killed on Thursday when a helicopter carrying them crashed while landing near the capital Nairobi, the military and local media said. The Kenya Air Force MI 171 E helicopter crashed at around 9 am (0600…

The UN’s envoy to the Central African Republic, Mankeur Ndiaye, has accused the nation’s security forces and their Russian allies on Wednesday of multiple human rights violations. The Central African Republic’s close relationship with…

Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an air strike this week in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the country's military spokesman said on Thursday. Colonel Getnet Adane said the combatants in the town of Togoga were dressed in…

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday launched the first phase of the green cities regional actions program for Africa. FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, said that the initiative aims at creating green jobs…

A suicide bomber in a car attacked a French reconnaissance mission in central Mali on Monday, wounding six of the soldiers and four residents, the French army said. No group  has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamist…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the Malian police have signed a partnership agreement aimed at stopping sexual violence during conflict. The agreement is the culmination of a…

President Paul Kagame on Monday re-imposed tight restrictions including the suspension of all social gatherings and the adjustment of curfew time from 9pm-4am to 7pm- 4am. Movements between Kigali and other provinces in the country are…

Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, flew home on Thursday from a decade in exile. Gbagbo touched down in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan late in the…

Zambia's founding President, Kenneth Kaunda, who led his country for 27 years and championed Africa's struggles against apartheid and HIV/AIDS, has died at the age of 97. ‘KK’, as he was popularly known, was being treated for pneumonia at…

Uganda on Wednesday registered 25 deaths, the highest ever recorded in a day, bringing the death toll in the country to 459. According to the Ministry of Health, as of June 13, the country had recorded a total of 64,521 cases, while the…