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The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway on Friday celebrated its achievements in six years of commercial operation, with China officially ending its operational and maintenance services for the line. At a ceremony in Addis Ababa, the…

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…

African last absolute monarchy celebrated Wednesday its 55th independence anniversary. King Mswati III of Eswatini paraded to cheering crowds gathered at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba. As the monarch addressed his people,…

Almost a month after generals deposed Niger's elected president, the political crisis hasn't been resolved. The Coup leader and head of the ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) addressed the nation on Saturday…