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Ellen Thorburn, the Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Chad, urged the Transitional Military Council (CMT) to “keep up on its commitments” not to stand in the next elections. Mrs. Thorburn spoke on the occasion of the celebration of the accession of her country to independence. After her, it …

A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his girlfriend with a machete in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria, for destroying his iPhone 11 pro max mobile phone. The man identified as Godspower Adigheti and the deceased, Gift Oloku, had an altercation, which resulted in a fight. Nigeria State …

Women’s rights activists in Ivory Coast expressed their dissatisfaction with a bill to legalize polygamy for men in the country, describing it as a step backwards in the fight for equality. According to activists, Ivorian women face systemic inequalities and discrimination. Outlawed in Ivory Coast in 1964, polygamy remains widespread …

The World Food Programme says up to 20 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are at risk of starvation by the end of the year. The worst drought in four decades is raging through the Horn of Africa. Somalia is bearing the brunt with half of the population now …

An 80-year-old woman died in the United States after being attacked by two alligators, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The victim, whose name has not been released by the authorities, fell around 8 p.m. on Friday in a pond near a golf course and near his home, said …

Egyptian authorities on Monday suspended hot air balloon flights over the pharaonic sites of Luxor, one of the country’s most touristic cities in the south, after an accident which left “only two minor injuries”. “While a group of hot air balloons were in flight, one of them collided with another …

Efforts to meet the one-third quota for female representation in all institutional bodies in Kenya are stalled as female parliamentarians face online abuse. Rights activists are warning that the process of advancing women’s representation in Kenya could slow down as a result of online abuse and harassment faced by women …

South African provincial wildlife authorities in KwaZulu-Natal killed a pride of six lions said to have escaped a game reserve and killed livestock in neighbouring areas, local media reported. It came after residents protested and threatened to hunt and kill them if no action was taken, the BBC reported. They …

The world celebrates this Monday, July 18, Nelson-Mandela International Day (Mandela Day) in tribute to the anti-apartheid hero. The day set in November 2009 thanks to a resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, recognizes the contribution that the former leader has made to the struggle for democracy …

Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state government has suspended a Muslim traditional leader (emir) after a suspected kidnapping gang leader was appointed a traditional chief. Adamu Aliero Yankuzo, a wanted suspected gang leader, was appointed and installed as the chief of the Fulani community (Sarkin Fulani) in Yandoton Daji area on Saturday. …