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Four types of medicine, made in India, caused the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia last year, according to a presidential commission of inquiry. According to the World Health Organisation the syrups contained "unacceptable"…

African leaders have gathered in Gigiri, Nairobi County for the African Union's fifth Mid-Year coordination meeting. The summit aimed among other things to address critical issues of African integration and division of labour. The…

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, met at his office with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs of the United States Molly Phee. During the meeting the two sides discussed bilateral and regional…

International NGO, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), called on Friday for the "immediate" resumption of food aid distribution in Ethiopia. The call comes after the US government and the UN Food Programme (WFP) suspended food aid in May to…

A Senegalese opponent is in police custody on Thursday after publicly questioning the withdrawal of President Macky Sall, who announced on Monday that he would not seek a third term in 2024, his lawyer said. Birame Souleye Diop, chairman…

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was sentenced to two years in prison a month ago, has called on the Senegalese people to "go out in droves" over the next few days, on the eve of an address to the nation by President Macky Sall, who is…

British A-list actor Idris Elba, who also has Sierra Leonean citizenship and heritage, has called for a peaceful general election in Sierra Leone, which will take place on Saturday. "This election, please let it be peaceful," he said in…

A delegation of African leaders visited Ukraine on Friday, the group of seven leaders includes South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa and Senegal's president, Macky Sall. Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, appealed to the…

As the world mark International Day of African Child, Nigeria Children and Africa at large have been tasked to use the internet to improve their lives positively rather than engaging in online trivialities that will distract them from their…

African leaders, seeking to help end the war, agreed for a mediation mission in mid-June to Russia and Ukraine, the South African presidency announced. Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated that his Russian and…