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Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out near a government compound where Embalo had been chairing a …

Recycled bottles are being used to build houses for people who lost their homes in flooding in central Mozambique, local media report. The project, funded by Tearfund, will last for three years. The homes will be some of the first ecological houses in that part of the country. Two have …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a second report on corruption during the reign of his predecessor Jacob Zuma. The President should receive a total of three reports. The second part was received behind closed doors unlike the first one which was presented on live TV. The latest volume …

A student from the Kenyan city of Mombasa was whipped after eating five chapatis instead of one allowed at the educational institution. The schoolboy, 13, is now in hospital, according to reports. Teachers have been accused of beating up the boy with a hosepipe but the school administration says it …

In a very brief telephone interview with AFP, Guinea-Bissau President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló reassured his population that everything was fine and that the situation was under control. This Tuesday, February 1, 2022, shootings were reported in the city center near the country’s institutions. Armed men in civilian clothes opened fire …

The European Union has said it will impose travel bans and asset freezes on five members of Mali’s government following the report on elections scheduled for February. The measures, which have political support of all 27 EU governments and should take effect later this month, follow a raft of restrictions …

Mutinous soldiers arrested Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his ministers as they were holding a meeting, BBC News reports, citing a local journalist. It has not been possibly to independently verify this allegation, and no official word has been given yet of the whereabouts of Guinea-Bissau’s president and prime …

Reports point to an ongoing coup attempt in Guinea Bissau where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam are missing. According to informations, armed men in civilian clothing opened fire at the ministerial palace in the capital, Bissau, where the president and prime minister were holding a …

The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) bloc’s Climate Services Centre (CSC) has warned of heavy rainfall that could be triggered by an impending tropical storm, called Batsirai. The CSC said Batsirai is evolving from the south-western Indian Ocean. Countries in the region that are likely to be affected are Malawi, …

South Africa will no longer require people who test positive for Covid and don’t show symptoms to isolate, according to new regulations announced by the government. The country has also reduced to seven from 10 the number of days required to isolate for those showing symptoms. This follows a “substantial” …