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The World Bank has announced the suspension of new loans to Uganda following the enactment of the anti-homosexuality law in the country. President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-LGBT law in May, which imposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and a 20-year prison sentence for “promoting” homosexuality. The World Bank …

Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given a three-week ultimatum to the central bank governor and his deputy to resign. NDC accuses Ernest Addison of recklessness and mismanaging the bank – with the bank accused of illegally printing money and spending over $8.6m on travel expenses. …

US former President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused his Democratic rival Joe Biden of preventing him from campaigning by pushing prosecutors to indict him, despite pledges of independence provided by the US Department of Justice. “Joe Biden took me to court in the middle of an election campaign that I’m …

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken warned in an interview that Wagner was taking advantage of the instability caused by the coup in Niger, as the group of Russian mercenaries had already moved closer to neighboring Mali. US secretary of state tells BBC he doesn’t believe Wagner, who initiated a failed …

Talks between the governing Kenya Kwanza and the opposition Azimio la Umoja coalitions to end political tensions over the rising cost of living and electoral reforms are due to resume, local media reported. Azimio led deadly protests in March and July against President William Ruto’s government to demand the reconstitution …

Around 13,000 people have been called to temporarily leave their homes in a district of Düsseldorf, in western Germany, after the discovery of an American bomb dating from the Second World War, the city’s firefighters said. The American bomb which weighs one ton must be defused overnight from Monday to …

French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday refuted the idea that Operation Barkhane was a failure, in response to an open letter from around a hundred senators addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron. “Today Niger, yesterday Mali, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso rejected France, French forces, French companies”, …

An Interpol operation against organized crime based in West Africa, specializing in internet scams, led to the seizure of two million euros and the arrest of a hundred people in various countries, the international organization announced Tuesday in a press release. During this operation called “Jackal” targeting organized crime groups …

The remains of five government workers who were kidnapped in Cameroon’s restive South-West region in 2021 have been exhumed in a remote village, after a former separatist fighter who recently surrendered to authorities revealed that they had been killed and buried. He then led security forces to the burial site …

Niger coup leader Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has apppointed Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, a former finance minister as the new prime minister. Mr Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine replaces Mahamadou Ouhoumoudou, who was in Europe during the coup. Mr Zeine, reported to be in his 50s, served as cabinet director and finance …