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Ugandan highest court declared that the trial of civilians in military courts is unconstitutional, ordering an immediate halt to any ongoing prosecutions. This decision brings relief to prominent opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has provided the sum of $770,143 as humanitarian support for 560 vulnerable families in Cabo Verde. The funding is for the implementation of the Family Empowerment…

Over the past three months, Interpol has arrested 45 individuals in West Africa in a crackdown on drug trafficking and terrorism financing, the global police organization announced on Thursday. Among those detained was a suspected…

Pope Francis has called for peace in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid ongoing violence and instability in the region. Speaking during his weekly address at the Vatican, the…

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed has emphasized that Africa has unfortunately become the focal point of global terrorism. Speaking to the Security Council, she remarked that terrorism, in all its various forms, poses the…

At least seven people were killed during a violent confrontation with soldiers at a mine in Ghana’s Ashanti region, according to the military. The Ghana Armed Forces reported that around 60 illegal miners breached the AngloGold Ashanti…

The latest contingent of 217 Kenyan police officers arrived in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince where they were greeted by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime. They are being deployed to the Caribbean country to provide back-up to an…

The UN Support Mission in Libya says it is alarmed by what it called '‘disturbing footage circulating on social media'', believed to show the torture of detainees at the Gernada prison in eastern Libya. The facility is run by military…

Rwanda announced says its has discovery, first oil  confirming 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “We have oil,” said Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board,…

Driven by rapid urbanization, increasing infrastructure development projects, and rising construction activity, Africa's cement market is surging. The boom is also resetting the continent's cement production landscape with the entry of…