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Malawian worst cholera epidemic in decades has sparked massive demand for vaccines but stocks are reportedly running low. According to local media, citing the spokesperson for the Malawi's health ministry Adrian Chikumbe, the country has…

Ghanaian government and trade unions have agreed to increase all public servants’ salaries by 30 percent for 2023, they said in a joint statement, as the country struggles to reduce debt and tackle rampant inflation. Trade unions…

Cyril Ramaphosa, 70, is the only candidate ahead of his former health minister, Zweli Mkhize, for president of the African National Congress (ANC). The party meets next week to decide who will lead the country if the increasingly…

The head of Chadian diplomacy Chérif Mahamat Zene, has announced his resignation, accusing the ruling military junta of relegating him to the role of "extra". The announcement comes in the middle of a laborious national reconciliation…

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…