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The Eswatini government has directed the country's main telecoms operator, MTN, to shut down social media giant Facebook. Reports said. The move is part of a bid to curb pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months…

The European Union has called on Tunisian President Kais Saied to restore democratic order in the country and reopen parliament. EU Foreign Policy Chief, Joseph Borrell told EU lawmakers during a parliamentary session that the…

South Africa’s Health Products Regulator, Sahpra, has withheld approval for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine over concerns that it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on two earlier…

South Sudanese have been paying tributes to Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state who died on Monday at the age of 84. President Salva Kiir sent a condolence message to US President Joe Biden, Powell's family and the…

Liberia’s President George Weah has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to a businesswoman who had lost the cash in the north-eastern Nimba region. President Weah had met Emmanuel Tolue…

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces have clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border. An army spokesperson in North Kivu province said Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated…

President Felix Tshisekedi has called for an audit of Democratic Republic of Congo’s vast forest concessions and the suspension of all “questionable contracts” until the audit is concluded. Home to 60% of the world’s second…

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum on Saturday calling for the military to seize power as Sudan grapples with the biggest political crisis in its two-year-old transition. The…

Six out of every seven coronavirus cases are not being detected in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. It has made the calculation based on a formula that looks at recorded deaths and case fatality rates. So…

South Africa's biggest engineering union, NUMSA, has rejected a new wage offer as a national strike that has already hit output at car maker BMW, BMWG.DE enters its second week on Thursday, employer body SEIFSA said.…