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Four nuns kidnapped on Sunday, in southeastern Nigeria, were released by gunmen on Wednesday, according to the police. Sisters Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu and Benita Agu of the Congregation of Jesus the Savior in Nigeria were reportedly abducted on the morning of August 21, 2022 on their way …

US authorities appointed an ambassador to Sudan, a first since 1997 when they downgraded the representation in Sudan from ambassador to charge d’affaires and imposed economic sanctions. Ambassador John Godfrey arrived in the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday and expressed his joy. He said “I look forward to deepening relations between …

Uganda’s former security minister, General Elly Tumwine, died in Kenya’s neighboring capital, Nairobi, two weeks after being flown there for treatment. General Tumwiine, 68, died after a long illness, local media reported. He was one of the founder members of the National Resistance Army (NRA), which fought a five-year war …

The UN and the US have urged Ethiopian troops and regional Tigrayan forces to restore a humanitarian truce after fresh fighting broke out for the first time in several months. The chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has also called for “immediate cessation of hostilities” and urged …

Morocco is affected by wildfires which reached their climax since July and another fire broke out in the city of Ifrane on Monday August 22. According to several sources, the firefighters were mobilized in large numbers to overcome these fires particularly intense, but remained powerless. Thus, while they were initially …

Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep and missed the airport as the Boeing 737-800 they were driving was en route from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, according to a report by the Aviation Herald aviation news site When the plane was supposed to begin its descent to …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference that the conditions were not met to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow. Six months after the start of the war, peace is not on the agenda. “At the point where we are, we are not ready for a ceasefire. We have …

Cameroonian authorities sealed off at least 30 gold mines in the country due to the death of more than 30 young miners in landslides in August. In this period of heavy rainfall in Cameroon, the risk of landslides is high. This is what happened a few weeks ago with the …

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killing of Sheikh Goni Aisami, a prominent Islamic cleric last weekend in the north eastern state of Yobe, local media reported. President Buhari described the attack on the cleric as an “unprovoked and cold-blooded murder”. Sheikh Aisami was reportedly shot dead by a soldier …

Tanzanian government sacked Jonas Afumwisye, regional director of the Tanzania Railways Corporation, for opposing the introduction of fees for mobile money transfers on social networks. Mr Afumwisye confirmed he had received a dismissal letter and would appeal to the Civil Service Commission, the Citizen newspaper reports. The letter said he …