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Tributes have been pouring in on Social media for the celebrated Somali comedian, actor and TV host Abdi Muridi Dhere, popularly known as Ajakis, who died on Monday in Mogadishu after a short illness. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi…

Sudan's Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has described a failed coup as an attempt to derail the country's transition to civilian rule. In a televised address, Mr Hamdok blamed loyalists of former President Omar al-Bashir, who…

A South African court has resumed a trial that has dragged out for years over a $2b arms deal involving ex-President Jacob Zuma, whose legal team was expected to make a plea to remove the prosecutor. The trial over the 1990s deal was…

The Moroccan security forces say they've broken up a cell of militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. The arrests  were made in the southern city of Errachidia. The suspects have been ‘accused of plotting the imminent killing…

More than 80 people have been killed by flooding in Sudan since the beginning of the rainy season in July. The spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defence said that ''84 people had died and 67 injured.'' The torrential’…

The family of a missing Somali Intelligence Officer, Ikran Tahlil, has rejected a commission of inquiry formed by President Mohamed Farmajo’ to probe her disappearance in June. President Farmajo posted on Twitter that the five-member…

Around 300 protesters gathered in Geneva in front of the United Nations headquarters on Monday to call for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. The protest came as the UN Human…

Algeria's Fethi Nourine and his Coach, Amar Benikhlef have been suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation (IJF) after withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli opponent. Nourine, 30, who was in the…

A total of $733.1m (N300,571,000) has been spent on the purchase of Nigerian players in the last 10 years. This was contained in a document published by FIFA. The report ranks Nigeria No.16 in the nationalities by total spending on…