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Marijuana worth 12,000 rand ($600), has been uncovered during a dawn raid at a prison in Empangeni city in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal province, state broadcaster SABC reports. The acting National Commissioner of Correctional Services Makgothi Thobakgale led the raid at the Qalakabusha correctional centre. The prison has seen several …

Mariano Nhongo, a rebel leader in Mozambique has been killed following an intense gun battle with government troops in his forest hide-out in central Sofala province, police have said. Mariano Nhongo, former leader of the Renamo Military Junta was killed along with a close associate of his. Mariano Nhongo had …

Two men have been arrested for killing two protected elephants at the Wologizi national park in Liberia, the park’s head, John Flomo, has told AFP news agency. The bodies of the elephants were discovered with their tusks still intact earlier this month, AFP reports. Read also: South Africa: a German …

A German tourist and a crew member have died after a luxury houseboat caught fire on a dam in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, local media report. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said it was investigating the cause of the blaze, the BBC reports. The boat was reportedly on …

Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a rebel group in Ethiopia say federal troops and their allies have launched coordinated attacks on all fronts. They said heavy artillery, tanks, fighter jets and drones were being used against them, BBC News reports. A senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said …

The African Union says it wants to extend and expand its military operation in Somalia, where they have been fighting Islamist militants for 14 years. The AU said the new mission would be run jointly with the United Nations. It said the expanded Amisom force would include soldiers from other …

Nearly 120 school pupils in South Sudan have been hospitalised after a deworming exercise by public health officials led to them falling ill, local media reported. Local media reported that the children were allegedly given expired tablets or an overdose, but this was denied by the health ministry. “Preliminary findings …

The head of an Islamic school has been suspended by the government in Nigeria’s north-central Kwara state after a video emerged showing a group of students being repeatedly lashed. The students, who included some males and a female, were accused of drinking alcohol at a birthday party of one of …

Laurent Delahousse, the head of the European Union in Liberia said he is sorry for saying that the Liberian capital Monrovia is a “disgusting” and “dirty” city, following a backlash. Speaking at an event organised by the Monrovia City Corporation last week, the EU envoy in Liberia said that Monrovia …

The Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has asked “total respect” from France as the diplomatic tensions among the two countries are worsening. In his first public comments on the matter, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said France should forget that Algeria had once been its colony. The current dispute between the two countries was …