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At least 16 worshippers have been killed and many others wounded by gunmen in a mosque in the Nigerian Niger state, local media have reported. Niger state government official, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane told the BBC that the attackers opened fire on the Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers on Wednesday. …

Dozens of inmates at Boma prison in western Democratic Republic of the Congo have escaped, enjoying loud music being played during a burial in the neighborhood to distract the guards. Nine inmates were arrested near the prison and one injured when guards fired into the air while 19 inmates were …

The governor of Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria has banned food distributions to tens of thousands of people displaced by Islamist extremists, BBC News has reported. Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum told aid agencies that they would not be allowed to distribute food or other items to people who, …

A member of the Kenyan afro-pop band Sauti Sol, Chimano, has come out as gay as he explained the idea behind his new song, Friday Feeling, in which he featured members of the LGBT community. Chimano told local media that he was now living his truth and would use his …

Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has, by decree, dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré from his functions and dissolved the government. “The prime minister’s functions are over, the government is dissolved,” a presidential decree said. The West African country has been plagued since 2015 by recurrent jihadist attacks …

At least a 12 people were killed and many others wounded in inter-communal clashes between Arab Choas herders and Mosgoum farmers in Kousseri, in the far northern region of Cameroon. Some of the Mosgoum farmers attacked Kousseri town and set on fire the market and some houses belonging to Choas …

The Nigerian government has announced that a million of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the country expired last month and said they had been withdrawn before then and will be destroyed. The government said in the statement that it “now politely declines all vaccine donations with short shelf life or …

Two soldiers in Uganda have been condemned by the country’s military court after they were accused of killing three people during protests last year. The two soldiers killed three in protests following the arrest of then-presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, at a campaign rally. The first …

The US President, Joe Biden has appointed businesswoman and politician, Meg Whitman as the the country’s new ambassador to Kenya. The new ambassador says that she looks forward to working with the Kenyan government if confirmed by the senate. Read also: Sudan: more than 100 killed in West Darfur clashes …

More than 100 people have been killed following days of ethnic clashes between Arab tribesmen and fighters from the African Masalit community in West Darfur state in Sudan. The fighting in the Kreinik area has displaced thousands, including across the border into neighbouring Chad, the United Nations says. “Armed men …