Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an end-of-year…
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Egypt: Tourist killed in shark attack
A shark attack off of Egypt’s Red Sea coastline has left one tourist dead and another injured, officials have said. In a statement, the north African nation’s environment ministry said…
DRC: Dozens dead after ferry capsizes
At least 38 people have died and more than 100 others remain missing after a ferry carrying passengers travelling for Christmas capsized on a river in the northeastern Democratic Republic…
DRC: Mysterious disease is severe malaria- health authorities
A previously unknown disease making the rounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a severe form of malaria, the country’s health ministry has announced. Health authorities on Tuesday…
Angola: Rwanda -DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator President Lourenco calls off meeting
Peace talks between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to end the conflict in the eastern DRC have been called off, according to the Angolan presidency,…
DRC: Mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children
Just four months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency over mpox – which has overwhelmed health systems in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year – a…
Sudan: At least nine killed in drone attack on hospital in Darfur
At least nine people have been killed and 20 others injured following a drone strike that hit a hospital in the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s northern Darfur region. The…
Tunisia: At least nine people die, six missing as boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered the bodies of nine people while six are still missing after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, a judicial official says of the latest refugee boat…
Turkey: President Erdogan offers to mediate in Sudan-UAE disputes
Turkey can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the head of the Sudan Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah…
Burkina Faso: Leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré dissolves government
Burkina Faso’s ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government. The dismissal of the head of government and his…