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Kenyan teachers will now be entitled to up to four months of paid parental leave following an agreement with their government employer. Female teachers will get 120 days of maternity leave while their male colleagues will be entitled to three weeks of paternity leave. This is an increase from the …

Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday voted for an early end to a six-month state of emergency, effective immediately, adding to signs that a bloody conflict between the government and rebellious Tigrayan forces could be easing, Reuters reports. It follows the proposal by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s cabinet last month to end …

The Tigray region’s top Islamic council announced that it has severed ties with the country’s umbrella body – the Ethiopia’s Islamic Affairs Council. This comes days after Tigray’s Orthodox religious leaders announced they had cut ties with the Ethiopian Orthodox church to establish their own synod. Muslim leaders say they …

A rail collision near Munich in southern Germany on Monday left one dead and more than 10 injured, German police said. Indeed, the two local trains collided at the end of the afternoon in the area of the Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn station, south of the Bavarian capital. “There is one dead and …

At least two protesters have been shot dead as security forces confronted crowds marching in Sudan on Monday demanding the release of prisoners and an end to military rule, Reuters reports. Across the River Nile from Khartoum, soldiers fired teargas to try to disperse people who approached the disused parliament …

The Cameroonian Ministry of Public Health said that as of February 14, 1,242 cases of cholera have been detected in the country, including 35 deaths. “Five of the ten regions in Cameroon are affected by the disease,” the ministry said. It was first detected in January in the South West …

Dozens of refugees mostly from Sudan and sub-Saharan countries have protested in Tunisia complaining about their treatment and demanding to be evacuated. The migrants held a sit-in in front of UN offices in the southern port of Zarzis. “We have refugee status but this organisation (UNHCR) does not care about …

An Algerian human rights organization is preparing to take France to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for compensation for victims of nuclear tests in Algeria in the 1960s. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Algeria says many people have suffered from cancer and genetic diseases after six …

Thousands of protesters once again took to the streets of the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, to reject the October coup and demand the release of recently arrested politicians. Protesters are calling for the release of three politicians, members of the previous civil-military government, recently arrested. Pro-democracy protesters are also demonstrating …

A teacher at Asaba Nursery and Primary School in Nigeria’s Delta State has been arrested for allegedly whipping a 19-month-old pupil to death, police report. The teacher allegedly left several marks on the toddler’s body after whipping him last Monday. According to reports, the suspect, believed to be the son …