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After nearly 17 years, Libya is set to reopen bidding for oil exploration, marking a significant step in revitalizing its energy sector. The announcement was made on Monday in a televised address by Masoud Suleman, the acting Chairman of…

Two men close to Benin's president were sentenced to 20 years in prison following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the West African country. Olivier Boko, a businessman and long-time friend of President Patrice…

The housemate of an LGBTQ+ activist in Kenya was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was discovered in a metal box almost two years ago. The High Court sitting in Eldoret found Jacktone…

Algeria inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to one of delays and cost overruns. Built by a…

Prominent Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala has been convicted of inciting public violence in Harare. Sikhala faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment. Police accused the former MP of encouraging supporters to violently react to the…

Russia has reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso, which it had closed in 1992, thus continuing a rapprochement with this Sahelian country led by a military regime since last year, and which seeks to diversify its partners since its break…

Libyan Stock Market has resumed trading at a hall in the capital Tripoli after more than nine years of closure because of the political and security situation. The prime minister of the Government of National Unity Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah…

A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. Sosthene Munyemana was on Wednesday found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and participation in a conspiracy to…

The High Court in Kampala, Uganda, has sentenced 25-year-old Musa Musasizi to 105 years in prison for the heinous murders of three women and a three-month-old infant. The victims were identified as his girlfriends, and the infant was…

Ethiopian Airlines has announced, a deal with Boeing that will see the company buy 20 737 MAX aircraft, as well as 11 additional 787 Dream liners during the Dubai Air Show. The east African airline CEO Mesfin Tasew, says it's only the…