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Ugandan authorities have announced the end of a two-month lockdown in two districts at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak. Speaking on television, vice president Jessica Alupo said that enough progress had been made to justify the…

French President Emmanuel Macron has on Wednesday announced that France was ending its Barkhane anti-jihadist mission in Africa after over a decade, saying a new strategy would be worked out with African partners. The declaration came in…

The 8th Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa has ended in the Senegalese capital. The physical security of civilians in African states was at the heart of the exchanges. Djimé Adoum, a former Chadian minister and…

Delegates from over 50 countries participated in a Pre-COP27 meeting held ended in DRC's capital, Kinshasa. The purpose of the event was to prepare for the COP27 summit taking place in Egypt in November. Climate activists praised the…

African heads of state closed the two extraordinary summits in Malabo, with leaders pointing out at terrorism, bad governance, and coups d'état could have causal links and aggravate the humanitarian crises that plague the continent. "The…

The first African Elephant Summit came to a close on Thursday, in Hwange, northern Zimbabwe. Harare and some of its neighbours in southern Africa, Japan and China -two large consumer markets of elephant tusk- gathered in a bid to develop…

The end of mandatory hotel quarantine for travelers entering the UK from 11 African countries was greeted with a sigh of relief by many in South Africa. Tour operators hope that the last minute change might be enough to lure some…

Exiled Burundian lawyer Armel Niyongere, an opposition figure, on has called on the international community and France not to resume cooperation with Burundi, where he said human rights are not respected. "Since Evariste Ndayishimiye,…

Cameroon's first ever regional elections polling ended on Sunday evening despite interruptions by armed separatists in the country's English-speaking regions. Authorities said by the time voting ended at 6 p.m. local time, there had been…