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Officials in Chad have extended the transition period towards democratic elections and say they will keep Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on as head of state in the interim. Delegates also agreed for the military leader to be eligible to run…

The United Nations Security Council voted to extend for a year the peace keeping mission in South Sudan. The resolution sets the end of the mission’s mandate on March 15th, 2023. The current level of deployment should remain unchanged…

The Moroccan government has extended the nationwide health state of emergency to 31st January, report says. The decision comes after a rise in COVID-19 infections in the country. The Moroccan Ministry of Health reported 427 new…

Nigerian Unity Bank Plc says it will provide additional funding to no fewer than 120,000 smallholder maize farmers in Nigeria in the 2021 wet season farming in the nation. Managing director/Chief Executive Officer, Tomi Somefun,…

Rwanda’s capital city will remain locked down for seven more days, the government said. “To further contain the spread of the pandemic, the cabinet extended existing measures countrywide including the current lockdown in the City of…

Tunisian Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi announced has that the nationwide curfew in Tunisia has been extended to 15th January, 2021 to curb the spread of COVID-19. The curfew is imposed from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. next morning local…

Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) has extended its timeline of declaring the 2020 presidential election results 24 hours after voting has ended. The commission said the decision has been taken to ensure that all results from the 16…

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…