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The Nigerian police say they are hunting for a group of gunmen who attacked an orphanage and kidnapped at least six children in Abuja, the capital. The gunmen stormed the orphanage in Abaji area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. They kidnapped children are aged between 10 and …

AstraZeneca vaccine is the one choosen by the Malian government to fight against the covid-19 pandemic in the country. The government intends to immunize 4.2 million people by the start of April. Health minister Fanta Siby said on Friday that the vaccination would first target medical staff, the elderly and …

Egypt, the most populous Arab nation has begun the process of vaccinating its more than 100 million citizens against the coronavirus. The country has recorded nearly 9,000 deaths from the disease. The first recipients of a vaccine were a doctor and a nurse. They were given a Chinese-made injection. Vaccines …

Serious allegations of sexual violence are being reported in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, including a high number of alleged rapes in the city of Mekelle, Pramila Patten, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, says. Government forces seized control of Mekelle, the regional capital, on 28 November after several …

According to the UN refugee agency, more than two million people have been displaced within their own countries by what it called the unrelenting violence in the Sahel region in Africa. The UNHCR said this was the highest number ever seen, and warned that the communities hosting the refugees in …

A 45-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to two years in prison for spending 2million Naira that had been erroneously transferred into his account, the country’s anti-corruption agency says. The judge in the south-western city of Ilorin also ordered Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, who had pleaded guilty, to repay the sum …

The information is reported by our colleagues of Beninwebtv. According to the online media, health workers and nurses were arrested by the police for not wearing a mask in the Departmental University Hospital Center of Borgou on Monday, January 18. According to the departmental director of health , Ibrahim Mama …

The confiscation of alcohol during raids conducted by Mozambique’s police to enforce Covid-19 restriction measures has been condemned by the main opposition party Renamo. Last weekend, police raided bars and restaurants and confiscated alcoholic drinks. Bars had been ordered to close under new measures and restaurants had their opening hours …

The authorities in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, have started distributing food rations to vulnerable families affected by a 15-day coronavirus lockdown that started on Tuesday. All movements outside homes require an approved permit from the police, except for essential service providers. Households started receiving sacks of rice, maize flour and beans …

After the presidential elections whose results he contested, ,the main challenger of Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine is still stranded at home. His lawyers ask the High Court of Justice of Kampala his liberation. The lawyers of Bobi Wine demand that he be summoned and tried in order to verify the …