Mali protest leaders hike pressure on president after talks
Mali’s protest leaders stepped up pressure on President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday, calling for more demonstrations and his resignation hours after meeting with him...
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Police arrest four coronavirus escapees in Rwanda
Rwandan police on Thursday arrested four people who had escaped from a COVID-19 treatment centre in Eastern province. The quartet, who contracted the disease and...
Africa’s CDC urges more coronavirus tests, masks, as continent’s cases top 500,000
African countries urgently need to scale up coronavirus testing and the use of face masks, a regional disease control body said on Thursday, as the...
Sudan replaces finance, foreign and energy ministers in sweeping reshuffle
Sudan’s prime minister replaced the finance, foreign, energy and health ministers and three other senior cabinet post-holders on Thursday as part of a sweeping reshuffle,...
WHO: Africa records 30% increase in coronavirus cases in one week
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there was a 30 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the African...
Coronavirus Africa: Pandemic at ‘full speed’, says CDC chief
The COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is reaching ‘full speed,’ the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said on Thursday, as the total number...
Coronavirus stalks cells of Cameroon’s crowded prison
On the morning of April 24, Fritz Takang became so breathless he could barely walk across the cramped cell he shared with 60 inmates at...
Insurgents kill eight soldiers in Chad
Frontera At least eight soldiers in western Chad were killed and many others wounded when their vehicle struck a landmine laid by suspected jihadists, security...
Cholera outbreak kills 12 in Cameroon
A cholera outbreak has killed 12 people in the fishing village of Londji in south Cameroon, local health authorities said Wednesday. Officials also announced 62...
Group Asks National Assembly To Suspend Annual Recess Over Electoral Reform Bill
A non-governmental organisation, Center for Advancement of Civil Liberties and Development, has called on the Nigerian Senate to halt its plan to go on annual recess until...