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Morocco is seeking to develop a local military industry, in particular with the manufacture of intelligence and combat drones, said the Moroccan Minister in charge of the administration of National Defense, Abdellatif Loudyi, quoted Saturday in a report of a parliamentary meeting. “The Moroccan government wants to develop certain sectors …

A 22-year-old lady was shot by an unknown gunman as she visited her fiancée at his house in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region, Ghana. She visited her boyfriend during which the unknown gunman attacked the house and in the process, shot her, her family said. It is not …

An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly …

Voices are being raised in South Africa for pit bull dogs to be banned as pets, after an eight-year-old child was allegedly mauled to death last Saturday by a pit bull. According to reports, South Africa has one of the highest numbers of deaths related to dog attacks in the …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change. In a post on social media, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. He …

The head of Nigeria’s electoral commission, Mahmood Yakuba, said he is worried about attacks “intensifying” as the country prepares for February’s upcoming presidential elections. There are concerns that next year’s tightly contested race could be more turbulent than usual, with Mr Yakuba adding that the commission had already tracked 50 …

An old Benz school car carrying about 25 pupils on Terchire-Adrobaa Street in the Tano North district of Bono Region, Ghana was involved in an accident which left four dead and several others injured. Eyewitnesses narrated that the driver slid off the slippery road upon getting to a sharp curve, …

Market vendors in Essam-Debiso, Ghana are in shock after discovering a jar containing objects believed to be used for ritual purposes at the heart of the market. The pot concoction was discovered when the traders went to the market for business. The pot containing a live snake, a headless vulture, …

A 25-year-old man was arrested by Nigeria’s Bauchi State police, for the kidnapping and horrible murder of a five-year-old child. Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim into his room with sweets. Later, he called the victim’s father on phone and threatened him to bring the sum of 5 …

A woman reportedly left a taxi, walked to the third continental bridge in Nigeria, climbed it and jumped into a lagoon, after a stormy argument with her fiancé, local media reported. The cab driver said she was having a heated conversation with her fiancé before she got out of the …