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Renewed conflict in the north, crippling drought and stubbornly high inflation: Ethiopians rang in their new year with little to celebrate. At a livestock market in the capital Addis Ababa, traders and visitors alike bemoaned the various…

Three decades of armed conflict, plus climate change, plus rising fuel prices is a crushing burden for Somalis. The ripple effect of the conflict in Ukraine pushing fuel prices up is breaking the local market. Abdinur Ali, 33, runs a…

A high-level Malian delegation arrived in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, a diplomatic source said, amid tensions over the disappearance of Mauritanian civilians in a border area. Malian envoys met Mauritanian authorities to curb…

A night curfew has started but Ennahdha, Tunisia’s main, political party planned a demonstration to mark the 11th anniversary of the country's revolution. The calm of the evening is complete in the Tunisian streets, as a night-time…

Studies by South African academics on mobile pricing suggest that the costs of mobile services, including data and voice calls remains among the highest in the world which shows a distorted and uncompetitive market. South Africa’s mobile…

Sudanese military says it has repelled an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces in the border area between the two countries. The Ethiopian forces were forced to retreat from the Umm Barakit area, a military statemen, without giving…

Thousands of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo are returning to neighbouring Rwanda, fearing that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again. Last week, an eruption killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of…

The Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera officially begun a second term in office mired in huge controversy and conflict. President Faustin-Archange Touadera's election victory which was confirmed on Monday…

Amid a rapid spread of COVID-19 across the country, Tunisian authorities has announced that the nationwide curfew has been extended to 30th December, 2020. After a meeting of the Tunisia's committee to confront COVID-19, a series of…