Africa

Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has, by decree, dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré from his functions and dissolved the government. “The prime minister’s functions are over, the government is dissolved,” a presidential decree said. The West African country has been plagued since 2015 by recurrent jihadist attacks …

At least a 12 people were killed and many others wounded in inter-communal clashes between Arab Choas herders and Mosgoum farmers in Kousseri, in the far northern region of Cameroon. Some of the Mosgoum farmers attacked Kousseri town and set on fire the market and some houses belonging to Choas …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

Two soldiers in Uganda have been condemned by the country’s military court after they were accused of killing three people during protests last year. The two soldiers killed three in protests following the arrest of then-presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, at a campaign rally. The first …

The US President, Joe Biden has appointed businesswoman and politician, Meg Whitman as the the country’s new ambassador to Kenya. The new ambassador says that she looks forward to working with the Kenyan government if confirmed by the senate. Read also: Sudan: more than 100 killed in West Darfur clashes …

More than 100 people have been killed following days of ethnic clashes between Arab tribesmen and fighters from the African Masalit community in West Darfur state in Sudan. The fighting in the Kreinik area has displaced thousands, including across the border into neighbouring Chad, the United Nations says. “Armed men …

Former Malawian Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamveka and former central bank boss Dalitso Kabambe have been arrested by police on charges of abuse of office and fraudulent accounting. A police spokesman said the two, while serving in their respective positions, allegedly procured and masterminded the falsification of financial records with intent …

Seven UN peacekeepers were killed and three others injured in an explosion in Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said. They had been travelling in a logistics convoy in central Mali when it was targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device, or IED. Read also: Ethiopia: PM …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has returned to his usual work in the capital, Addis Ababa, after spending days leading federal troops to fight rebels in the north, his office said. “I am returning to the office as I have completed the first phase [of the conflict],” he was quoted …

South Africa’s parliament has failed to secure the two-thirds majority it needed to amend the constitution to pave the way for land expropriation without compensation. During a debate on Tuesday, ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) party MP Mathole Motshekga, who chaired the committee that drafted the bill, said parliament had …