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Disaster looms at Anloga-Anyanui …as sandbar blocks river channel, communities’ livelihoods in danger, town buried in sand, another disappears

The coastal communities along the Anloga-Any­anui channel of the Volta Lake are appealing for help after a sandbar blocked the channel link­ing the area to Ada-Foah in the Greater Accra Region, an important trading route for thousands of people. Due...

World’s longest-serving president eyes re-election

The world’s longest-serving president is seeking re-elec­tion to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime marked by alleged human rights abuses, including torture and disap­pearances. Some opposition candidates are standing,...

Africa’s richest woman not aware of arrest warrant

Lawyers representing Isabel dos Santos – the daughter of the former president of Angola – have said they were not aware of any arrest warrant issued against her by Interpol. She has been accused of embezzlement and money laundering during...

Following a massive evacuation, another five-story building collapses in Kenya.

Another five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in Ruiru on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, hours after its over 100 tenants were evacuated. The evacuation was witnessed by the local governor, Kimani Wamatangi, on Sunday afternoon after the building...

Tunisia hosts a forum of French-speaking nations that aims to boost the block’s leadership.

The world's French-speaking leaders gathered in Tunisia, ended Sunday (Nov 20) their two-day meeting. The conference took place against the backdrop of growing instability in the Sahel, the Great Lakes regions and popular discontent in francophone Africa. The secretary general of...

Africa restates its quest for a Security Council seat at the UN General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly discussed the ongoing effort to reform the U.N.'s most powerful organ, the Security Council. Debate centered on the discussion of expanding the number of member states in the council, the use of vetoes by permanent...

Somali president nominates Barre as prime minister after delayed elections

Somalia’s president nominated on Wednesday Hamza Abdi Barre, a former chairman of the Jubbaland state election commission, as prime minister. “I ask the parliament to approve him as soon as possible. I ask the prime minister to fulfill the work...

Teenagers rescued from Nigeria ‘baby factory’

Nigerian police have rescued 24 babies and four expectant mothers from an illegal maternity home in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt, a spokesman said on Thursday. “In a covert operation on Tuesday, our men burst a child trafficking...

UN partial suspension of South Sudan aid hits children

The United Nations’ (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended part of its food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage, heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people. The move to suspend aid will affect almost...

100 killed in Burkina Faso attack

Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso over the weekend, a local and a security source said on Monday. The attackers struck on Saturday night in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province,...
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