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The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has been jailed, the AFP news agency said in a post on social media platform X, citing a lawyer. The military regime accuses Sylvia Bongo of alleged embezzlement of public funds. Gabon army officers seized power on Aug. 30, annulling an election …

Kenyan authorities have announced plans to end a six-year agreement allowing more than 100 Cuban doctors to work in Kenyan hospitals. Health Minister Susan Nakhumicha said on Wednesday that the move will help address challenges faced by Kenyan health workers, including the lack of employment opportunities. “We have decided not …

Military leaders in Niger have demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, accusing the U.N. of excluding Niger from its General Assembly last month. The army officers who seized power in a coup in July did not have a representative …

Air France announced the postponement until further notice of the resumption of its flights to Mali, after the government of this country declared on Wednesday that it had not yet given authorization for their restart. Air France said on Tuesday it would resume flights to and from Mali’s capital Bamako …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a teenager for issuing a false alarm about his missing manhood in Asaba, Nigeria. “The 18-year-old suspect raised a false alarm that an old woman inside a tricycle touched him and his manhood (penis) disappeared,” according to reports. “Over 100 misguided touts gathered …

Gunmen shot dead an auto technician as he chatted with a woman in his car in Diobu Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The mechanic and his female company were still in the vehicle, about three gunmen arrived at the scene, shot him in the head and fled,” …

Two children of the same parents have been brought before a Kwara State Magistrates’ Court for the alleged murder of their uncle in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The two suspects conspired to attack their 54-year-old uncle who attempted to mediate in a misunderstanding between them and …

A 15-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his grandmother in Gbonasua, in the Jaman South municipality of Ghana’s Bono region. “The teenager hit the 70-year-old woman on the head with a club,” accoording to reports. “The boy single-handedly dragged the life­less body of the grandmother into a backyard …

Three survivors and four relatives of the victims of a terrorist attack in Mozambique have sued the French multinational oil company TotalEnergies. The survivors and relatives, who are British and South African, are accusing Total of involuntary manslaughter and negligence for failing to protect its subcontractors. Dozens of people including …

Cameroon’s media regulator has lifted its suspension on the TV channel Canal+ Elles, which it sanctioned in September for broadcasting “programmes conveying obscene practices with a homosexual tendency”. The National Communication Council said the channel – a subsidiary of the French media group Canal + International – was allowed to …