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Former Chadian president Hissène Habré will be buried in Senegal where was imprisoned. He allegedly died of covid-19, according to reports. He has been serving a life sentence in Senegal for crimes against humanity. Read also: Niger: hundreds of jihadists attack a military post On Wednesday, his family declared that …

Hundreds of Islamist fighters have attacked a military post in the southern region of Diffa, the defence ministry in Niger says in a statement. The attack left sixteen soldiers dead and nine other wounded, it said. During the fight, Nigerien army succeeded in killing 50 members of the Boko Haram …

Authorities in Zanzibar have announced their plan to build sub-Saharan Africa’s tallest skyscraper that will cost $1.3bn. The 70-storey Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower will exceed the semi-autonomous archipelago’s annual budget by more than 60%, AFP news agency reports. It will involve a man-made island with a marina for yachts and …

In a statement, the Nigerien army said it has killed 100 jihadists in an operation in a south-western region near the Burkina Faso border. The operation held in the Torodi area and followed an attack that killed 19 security officers on a resupply mission on 31 July. Another team that …

Former Secretary-General of the South African ruling party Ace Magashule has rejected his suspension and taken his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Ace Magashule, a former top official in the African National Congress (ANC), was ousted in May after being charged with corruption. He lost his bid to …

Evariste Ndayishimiye the Burudan president has lambasted the judiciary for being so corrupt, saying that thousands of cases remain unresolved. He told a gathering of senior officials from the justice ministry that he had come before them to shed tears on behalf of the people. “Don’t you feel pity for …

A Red Cross employee is reported to have been killed in Cameroon during an attack in Bamenda, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Diomède Nzobambona, 62, was working on water and sanitation projects in the restive North-West Anglophone region. “The circumstances of his death have yet …

The first group of Afghan refugees including 51 persons has successfully landed in Entebe international airport. It has been announced by Uganda’s foreign ministry in a statement. The ministry says the group is transiting through Uganda and will move on to the US and other countries. The evacuation followed the …

Health ministry in Ivory Coast announced that the first person to be tested positive for Ebola virus since 1994 has now recovered. It was about a woman, 18 years old who travelled from Guinea to Abidjan by bus two weeks ago and then tested positive for the ebola disease. Ivory …

Following the seizing of power of Taliban militants in Afghanistan, the Rwandan government has announced its intention of hosting dozens of Afghan schoolgirls. Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the founder of a privately run School of Leadership, Afghanistan (Sola), said on Tuesday that about 250 students, staff and family members were en-route to …