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At least seven people have died and many houses destroyed after heavy rains in Addis Ababa the Ethiopian capital. Rivers burst their banks in the capital causing flooding. The city’s mayor, Adanech Abiebie, tweeted that the “damage to life and property was severe” in several areas in the city. ከክረምቱ …

The trial of former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré and 13 co-accused over the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara will start on 11 October. Mr Compaoré who currently lives in Ivory Coast and may be tried in absentia, was forced in 2014 to leave Burkina Faso after he …

Pope Francis, in an interview with Vatican Media, called for vaccination against Covid-19. He called it “an act of love for ourselves, our families and our friends.” The Sovereign Pontiff urged people to get vaccinated, saying it is a simple way to promote the common good and take care of …

The parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has voted to extend the state of emergency in Ituri and North Kivu, the two eastern provinces that have been rocked by insecurity. Out of 335 MPs, 334 voted in favour while one abstained. The state of emergency imposed by President Félix …

Aminou Masari, governor of the north-western Katsina state has urged citizens to acquire weapons to defend themselves from armed criminal gangs carrying out kidnappings for ransom. He blamed them for the continued attacks by armed gangs. According to the governor the attackers were emboldened by people’s ‘’meek submission’’ to their …

Seven people have been shot dead at an oil and gas facility in the south-east of the country, Nigeria police reports. The attack took place at Assa in Imo state. The source of the attack which left six oil workers and a police officer dead is not yet knwon. Assaults …

Police in South Sudan say two Catholic nuns were among five people killed in an ambush by armed men along the Juba-Nimule road on Monday. Sr Regina Roba and Sr Mary Daniel Abud had been returning to the capital city of Juba in a private minibus from the church’s centenary …

A businesswoman in Kenya has pleaded guilty to keeping money sent to her erroneously on a popular mobile money transfer platform, the Nation news site reports. Elizabeth Karimi Muthoni received 271,200 Kenyan shillings ($2,400) from Bakar Hussein Mohamed through Mpesa on 14 July. She withdrew part of the money and …

More than 600 Portuguese firefighters were trying Tuesday to tackle wildfires which broke out the day before in the tourist region of the Algarve (south), making a slight injury among the firefighters and leading to the evacuation of a dozen hamlets, local authorities said. The fire broke out overnight from …

Uganda will take in 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the crisis in their country. Refugees Minister Esther Anyakun said President Yoweri Museveni agreed to take in the refugees at the request of the Americans. It follows the weekend’s lightning Taliban takeover and collapse of the federal authorities. The first group of …