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The African Union (AU) has suspended Burkina Faso, a week after the military overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and seized power. The institution said the country would be blocked from all AU activities until the restoration of constitutional order. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has also …

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said a protester has been killed as security forces confronted thousands of people protesting against military rule in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Sunday. The 27-year-old, Mohamed Yousef Ismail, was hit in the chest, medics said. Security forces fired tear gas to try to …

At least nine people have died and several others injured, after a bomb attack in northern Kenya on a public commuter van, locally known as matatu, local media report. The matatu was travelling towards Mandera, a town in the border area, which has been regularly targeted by militant attacks. Witnesses …

France says dozens of militants have been killed in Burkina Faso in operations involving local and French troops, the BBC reports. The assaults were conducted as part of the French-led Operation Barkhane against Islamist groups in the Sahel region of Africa – before the 23 January coup. The French military …

Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop explained the main reason for the deterioration of diplomatic relations with France. According to the minister, tensions are growing with France because the French believe his country is not acting in their interests. Mr Diop dismissed French concerns about Mali’s alleged use of Russian mercenaries …

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has warned newly appointed ministers against corruption after they were sworn in on Sunday. The Head of the State said he would not shield anyone from prosecution if they got involved in corrupt activities. “Do not accept a gift in exchange for using your office to …

During a visit to a local school on Friday, Antony Ntaka, the regional commissioner of Dodoma, the Tanzanian capital, said parents of children who do not attend school will be arrested. He made the emotional announcement , two weeks after the start of the academic year. At that school only …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who currently chairs the West African bloc Ecowas, says a peaceful resolution must be found to the situation in Burkina Faso, where soldiers seized power earlier this week. Ecowas has already condemned the coup – the third in the region since last year – and West …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso of its governing body after military coup that ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The regional bloc said its has decided to send a delegation to the capital Ouagadougou, Reuters reports, citing two diplomatic sources. It was not …

In his first speech on Thursday, Burkina Faso’s new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said that the country will return to constitutional order when conditions are right. “When the conditions are right, according to the deadline that our people will define in all sovereignty, I commit to a return …