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Burundi has banned rickshaws, motorcycle taxis and all other forms of two- and three-wheel public transport from the commercial capital, Bujumbura. Private bicycles and motorbikes are also banned. Police are stationed on roads leading to the city to make sure the vehicles remain on the periphery. The government says drivers …

Former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga held in Bamako’s central detention center for four months, died Monday in a clinic in the capital, Bamako. He had been imprisoned after being charged in particular with “forgery, use of forgery and favoritism” within the framework of an investigation into the purchase …

Mr Nathan Okori, father of Parliament Speaker Jacob Oulanyah whose death was announced on Sunday, said his son did not die of natural causes and that he was “poisoned”, Ugandan DailyMonitor reports. “I know all of you who have come here are mourners. His (Oulanyah’s) death is not easy news …

A 59-year-old Ugandan woman was publicly whipped by village elders as punishment after she was caught having sex with an 18-year-old man. Ms. Katsigaire was allegedly caught in the act by residents of her village having sex with an 18-year-old boy. According to reports, women in the village suspected Dame …

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing-737 carrying 132 people on board crashed in southwest China on Monday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said, without immediately providing a report. According to local media, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 took off shortly after 1:00 p.m. local time (05:00 GMT) from the …

At least 65 people have been injured when two trains collided south of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. No fatalities were reported and the injured have been rushed to local hospitals, emergency services said. “The injured were taken to hospitals and there were no deaths,” civil defence spokesman Moez Triaa told the …

Everyone in Tunisia will have a chance to express their views on plans for a new political system before a panel gives directions for constitutional reforms, President Kais Saied said on Monday. The Tunisian president has said everyone will have a chance to comment on his proposals for political reform. …

Tributes have poured in for Uganda’s parliament speaker Jacob Oulanyah who died on Sunday while undergoing treatment in the US. President Yoweri Museveni announced the death of Mr. Oulanyah without giving information on the cause of death. Mr Oulanyah, 56, had held the speaker’s position for about 10 months. President …

Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema is boycotting a planned national dialogue because the agenda does not include talks about a new constitution. Freeman Mbowe, Chadema’s chairman, was recently held on terror charges for eights months and announced the boycott on Friday at his first press briefing since his release. The …

At least 70 migrants have died or gone missing off Libya in the past two weeks, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Thursday, Reuters reports On 12 March, a boat reportedly carrying 25 migrants capsized near the Libyan coast of Tobruk. Authorities rescued six migrants …