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The National Technical Aid Corps, NTAC has tasked the Sixteen Volunteers deployed to Uganda and Rwanda to be good ambassadors during their service in the host countries. Director General of NTAC, Mr. Buba Yakubu, made the call in Abuja,…

Comoros will hold elections to its 33-seat parliament on January 12, according to a decree published on Saturday, although opposition parties have said they will boycott the poll. The Indian Ocean archipelago, with a population of about…

In the arid depths of Ethiopia's Tigray region, where drought and conflict have become a cruel reality, Tigray is on the brink of famine, ravaged by two years of war and the unforgiving effects of climate change. Once-lush fields now lie…

Non-oil private sector activity in Egypt shrank for a 38th month in January as inflation pressure and the conflict in Gaza continued to weigh on demand, a survey showed on Monday. The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for…

Early Friday morning, Kenyan firefighters were still hosing a warehouse after a vehicle loaded with gas exploded igniting homes, vehicles and businesses in Nairobi. The Assistant Inspector General of Police revised the death toll to a…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Israel’s alleged crimes against Palestinians in Gaza have been “laid bare” in the International Court of Justice's ruling. Ramaphosa also said his country, which lodged the genocide case…

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole after serving nearly nine years in prison for killing his girlfriend and is now at home, South Africa´s Department of Corrections said. The department gave no…

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says its arms are wide open to an immediate, and unconditional ceasefire through talks with the Sudanese army. The move comes as the force led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo signed the Addis…

Egypt has confirmed that it had put forward a framework proposal to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip that includes three stages ending with a ceasefire, and said it was awaiting responses on the plan. Egypt…

In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples. Others downplayed the policy approved…