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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed its deep gratitude to the Sierra Leonean government for allowing former President Ernest Bai Koroma to travel abroad for medical reasons. In a statement, ECOWAS praised…

Sudan has ordered three diplomats from Chad to leave the country within 72 hours, saying the individuals were "persona non grata", the Sudanese state news agency reported. The move by Sudan follows Chad declaring four Sudanese diplomats…

All French soldiers deployed in Niger as part of the fight against terrorism will have left the country by December 22, announced the military regime that came to power in a coup in Niamey, the final stage of a departure that began in…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 78, has announced that he had taken a "forced leave of absence" after testing positive for Covid-19. "Yesterday morning, I noticed symptoms resembling mild flu," the head of state wrote in a statement,…

The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that increases paternity leave from four to seven days to enable male working employees to help their spouses. “It is important that more time be accorded to male employees to help their spouses,”…

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Mr. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work, Monday, January 16, 2023. A statement by CBN…

Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region, who fought in support of federal troops during the two-year war in neighbouring Tigray, have withdrawn in line with an Africa Union-backed ceasefire, the army said. Ethiopian federal government and the…

The United States has ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees in Ethiopia to leave because of armed conflict and civil unrest, its embassy in Addis Ababa. Denmark and Italy also asked their citizens in Ethiopia to leave while…