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A dozen civilians were killed on Monday and four others are reported missing in northern Burkina Faso in attacks attributed to jihadists near the border with Niger. The unidentified armed men attacked the group of civilians as they were going to a weekly market in the town of Markoye, about …

Government in Ethiopia has declared a nationwide state of emergency as war escalates in several regions in the country. The government had earlier urged people in the capital Addis Ababa to arm themselves, as rebels from the northern Tigray region advance to the south. A local news site, Addis Standard, …

The US billionaire and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has pledged $ 2 billion through his Bezos Earth Fund, for land restoration in Africa. The US billionaire had previously indicated he would make investments worth $ 1 billion during an event with Prince Charles on Monday. “We must conserve what we …

Two survivors have been rescued from a collapsed building in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, news agency AFP reports. The partially built 22-storey block of luxury apartments came down on Monday in the wealthy Ikoyi neighbourhood. At least five people have died and dozens are missing, the authorities say. Despite …

Six people including four lecturers have been kidnapped by armed men in the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital, the local police has announced. The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university and abducted the victims in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said. The armed men have …

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the death of more than 5 million people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of 2019. This assessment, which takes into account the deaths recorded by the national health authorities, only represents a part of …

The United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) accused the army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of beating a human rights activist to death. On Twitter, the UN Joint Human Rights Office said activist Cabral Yombo succumbed to injuries after being tortured by soldiers who were under …

Three Chinese nationals kidnapped in July escaped their captors and were rescued by security forces, the Malian army said in a statement. The three Chinese were kidnapped by armed men at a construction site in the south of the country. In a statement, the army said the hostages had managed …

Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says his dissolved government could pave way to a solution in the country after the coup. The information ministry that is still loyal to the prime minister said he spoke during a meeting with ambassadors at his home, BBC News reports. Mr Hamdok whose …

Unvaccinated Ugandan Members of Parliament will be denied access to the country’s parliament building from Monday. According for deputy Speaker Anita Among, the move was to “demonstrate a good example in support of the government’s public health policy”. Uganda’s parliament becomes the third state institution to ban non-vaccinated people after …