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Guinea's deposed President Alpha Condé has flown to the UAE for medical treatment. Mr. Condé - who has been under 'house arrest s'ince he was ousted in a coup more than four months ago - was accompanied by his doctor and two bodyguards,…

The British parliament is expected to debate a motion entitled "recognition of Somaliland" which has been tabled by MP Gavin Williamson. Somaliland seceded from Somalia more than 30 years ago, but it is not recognised as an…

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the need to protect the constitution. This is after the tourism minister made accusations against judges and attacked the country's constitution. Lindiwe Sisulu wrote in…

Poorer nations are being offered vaccines with too short a shelf life for them to be distributed before their expiry date, according to the UN's children's fund Unicef. In December alone, more than 100 million vaccines were rejected by…

'South Africa's Limpopo health minister is under fire for her sex education message to girls during a school visit. Phophi Ramathuba told girls to "open your books and close your legs" - in a rather blunt way of encouraging abstinence to…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said China will donate 10 million Covid vaccine doses to the country this year. It is a share of a ''one-billion vaccine donation" Beijing has pledged to Africa, a continent with one…

Pro-democracy Protesters Hit with Tear Gas in Sudan Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of pro-democracy protesters who were heading towards the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum. Marches are also…

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has broken his silence over the military coup in neighbouring Sudan and the ongoing protests calling for civilian rule. Egypt has faced accusations of siding with Sudan's head of…

The World Health Organization, WHO says that despite repeated requests to the Ethiopian government, it still has no access to Tigray - where 14 months of war have created a humanitarian crisis. A WHO senior official said "he'd…

Residents of Buea in south-west Cameroon say "one man was shot dead and another is in hospital with bullet wounds after suspected separatist rebels opened fire near the town's central market."  Several football teams taking…