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A subsistence farmer in Burundi, who used to be a refugee, is donating 100kg, 220lb, of his maize crop to those fleeing violence in Ukraine. “As a former refugee myself, I thought of offering some help. I am a peasant farmer, I don’t…

A delegation from Mauritania has arrived in neighbouring Mali to investigate the recent disappearance of a number of Mauritanians from a border area in January and early March. Locals have accused the Malian army of "rounding up…

At least 21 people have been killed and several others wounded in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in Niger. The mayor of the town of Tera near Niger's border with Burkina Faso said that "gunmen on motorbikes had forced…

The Russian embassy in Kenya has blamed Western sanctions for the rising cost of living in the East African nation. This is after Kenya's presidential spokesperson, Kanze Dena, had blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the soaring fuel…

The death toll from Cyclone Gombe in Mozambique has jumped to 48 with the only access road to the worst hit area damaged. Cyclone Gombe has affected tens of thousands of people since making a landfall last week. At least 3,000 homes have…

The director general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says negotiators have made a major step towards a deal on waiving patents for coronavirus vaccines. "India and South Africa argue that waiving vaccine…

The US has increased the number of Somali officials under 'visa restrictions' for undermining the country’s democratic process. This comes after Somalia again missed a 15 March deadline for completing parliamentary elections that have…

Somalia has appealed for international help to feed about 6.9 million people facing severe food and water shortages. In a statement, the Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said the dire situation had already forced half…

Digital and mobile app money lenders in Kenya have been given until the end of September to either apply for an operating licence or cease operations. "Regulations governing the lenders will be gazetted later this month, meaning all the…

South Africa's labour department and a subsidiary of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, HWT.UL, have reached an out of court settlement on local hiring rules, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Authorities took Huawei…