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South Africa will feel the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on food prices but is also primed to benefit from it through maize exports, experts said on Tuesday. Commodity prices, including wheat and corn, have surged since Russia…

The lieutenant general son of Uganda's president said on Tuesday he had retired from the military, in a move widely seen as preparing the ground for a potential run for the presidency in 2026. Critics of President Yoweri Museveni say…

A senior official from the biggest party in Tunisia's suspended parliament was released from more than two months of detention early on Tuesday, his party said. Noureddine Bhairi - vice president of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party…

Kenya has signed a deal with US biotechnology company, Moderna Inc, to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in the country. The facility if expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually. Kenyan President Uhuru…

Benin Frees Nigerian Separatist Sunday Igboho The authorities in Benin have released Nigerian separatist leader, Sunday Igboho Adeyemo, according to his spokesperson. Mr. Igboho was arrested at a Benin airport in July 2021 alongside…

Mozambique recorded its first day of zero Covid-19 infections since the outbreak of the disease in the country in March 2020. On Monday, it also "recorded zero Covid deaths and zero hospitalisation in 24 hours throughout the country."…

Kenyans in the capital, Nairobi, are holding a peaceful protest over the 'sexual harassment' of a female motorist by motorcycle taxi operators. A video of the "operators stripping down the motorist as she screamed for help was shared…

Putin says Western Sanctions are Akin to Declaration of war Putin says Western Sanctions are Akin to Declaration of war President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western sanctions on Russia were 'akin to a declaration of war' and…

Italian police have seized villas and yachts worth at least 140 million euros, $153 million, from four 'high-profile Russians' who were placed on an EU sanctions list following Moscow's attack on Ukraine, sources said on Saturday. A…

The Kremlin said on Saturday that the West was behaving like bandits but that Russia was far too big to be isolated as the world was much larger than just the United States and Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that…