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The Donkorkrom Magistrate Court remanded four suspects who were arrested for cultivating about 80 hectares of cannabis in a forest reserve in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region, Adomonline website reported. The suspects, Blewu Nomenyo, Korsi Mawuena, Charles Kale, Emmanuel Kojo and the leader, Anakpo Micheal, a teacher …

German troops spotted several dozen Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali on Monday, the day the last French soldiers completed their operations and left the country, Reuters reported citing a German military document dated Tuesday. The document said 20 to 30 persons in military uniforms not belonging …

The new Kenyan president, William Ruto, is speaking for the first time since his rival, Raila Odinga, rejected the results, saying he will hail freedom of speech and democratic values. “Blackmail, intimidation, threats have come to a stop. I want to promise the people of Kenya that our administration will …

The Senegalese president, head of the African Union, Macky Sall was in Bamako, the Malian capital, to meet authorities on the case of the arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers for more than a month now, accused of plotting a coup. President Macky Sall discussed with his Malian counterpart about the …

Zimbabwe’s Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested ruling Zanu PF MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena on allegations of fraud and money laundering involving $5m (£4.1m) sterling), reports the official Herald newspaper. Mr Wadyajena was arrested on Tuesday alongside four others who include suspended officials of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco). The anti-corruption …

At least three firefighters died on Monday evening during a fire in a forest in northern Morocco, the country’s authorities said. Two others were seriously injured. The five firefighters were in their vehicle which fell into a ravine as they battled the flames, they added. “A preliminary investigation says this …

Intense fighting resumed earlier on Tuesday between Congolese soldiers and M23 rebels in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the rebel group controls several localities in the Rutshuru territory in addition to an important city at the border with Uganda. “Around 3:20 a.m., three of our position in Rwanguba, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the United States of “dragging” the Ukrainian conflict and seeking to “destabilize” the world. According to the Russian president, the United States is trying to destabilize the world, alluding to the recent visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the United States House of …

Liberian President George Weah on Tuesday announced the suspension of three government officials after the United States accused them of being involved in public corruption. The sanctions target Weah’s Chief of Staff Nathaniel McGill, Liberia’s Chief Prosecutor Sayma Syrenius Cephus and Bill Twehway, the managing director of the National Port …

Equipment supplier One All Sports becomes the new partner of the Cameroonian national selection, replacing the French, Le Coq Sportif. The Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) on Monday announced the choice of One All Sports as the new equipment supplier of the Indomitable Lions. This American equipment famous in motorsports but …