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Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitise tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city of Timbuktu. The manuscripts have been 'endangered' due to political unrest in the country's north, which in…

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta called on the international community to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe stating the restrictions are hurting the Southern African Nation. On Wednesday, Kenyatta, termed the sanctions as 'illegal' and…

A Kenyan court has ordered the UK and Kenyan governments to resolve a dispute, in which British soldiers are accused of starting a wildfire during a training exercise that damaged a wildlife conservancy. The fire in March 2021…

Mali said it would investigate the disappearance of several Mauritanians on its territory, which has caused a diplomatic row between the two West African countries. Mauritania summoned Mali's ambassador on Tuesday "to protest the recent…

A senior United Nations Libya official is seeking agreement this month on election laws and constitutional arrangements, with rival factions locked in a dangerous stand-off. Reports said. Stephanie Williams said she wanted the talks…

An inquiry committee set up by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, Nebe, has confirmed that the chairman of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front OLF, Dawud Ibsa, has been under house arrest since May 2021. Mr. Dawud's residence is…

Seven children playing at a road construction storage site have died after a dynamite explosion in northern Ethiopia. "Construction firms set up camps to store their equipment, which is where the children were hanging out" unaware of the…

SA: Power Utility Eskom Extends Power outage South African state-owned power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it will continue power cuts in the country until 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday as many of the power plant units broke down on…

Prominent Sudanese politician Babiker Faisal, a member of a taskforce working to dismantle the country's previous regime, was detained on Tuesday, his Unionist Association party said in a statement. Most of the taskforce's most…

Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for pupils at a school in this town in southern Madagascar, a local women's group has morphed into a commercial enterprise and a new tool in the struggle against food insecurity.…