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Authorities in Libya have announced that security forces have arrested a senior Islamic State group figure. It is about Embarak al-Khazimi who was captured at Bani Walid, south-east of the capital, Tripoli. According to Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the arrest of Embarak al-Khazimi was a great success that …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame urged his fellow citizens not to visit Uganda. Indeed, relations between the two countries are deteriorating. In a televised interview on Sunday on State agency, Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, President Kagame said Rwandans fear travelling to Uganda due to the alleged illegal arrests and torture they face.  …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has received 250,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. The doses have been donated through the global Covax programme. It is the first time the country has received a vaccine other than the AstraZeneca jab. President Félix Tshisekedi himself was reluctant to take the AstraZeneca jab …

President Paul Biya proceeded early this Monday morning, to a large sweep at the level of the defense ministry. It comes just a day after the overthrow in Guinea of President Alpha Conde. From the Republican Guard, to the intelligence services, through the general staff and executives of the Ministry …

Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say at least 150 people have died of hunger as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the region. The rebel group has accused the Ethiopian government of being the cause. The government has not reacted to the claim but had previously rejected accusations by the UN …

The G7 group of industrialized countries has urged the Tunisian President Kais Saied to urgently appoint a new head of the government. “Naming a prime minister would create space for dialogue about proposed constitutional reforms”, the group said in a statement. President Saied has dissolved the government and suspended parliament …

Former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with entering Algeria illegally and sent to jail while awaiting trial. A court in the province of Constantine, in the east of Algeria, ordered that Mr Karoui and his brother, Ghazi, who is an MP, be imprisoned pending prosecution, local media …

Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State in Nigeria has announced that citizens will no longer be able to visit churches or mosques from the second week of September without proof of vaccination. According to Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, citizens should also be able to prove that they …

Straight after meeting the ex-ministers in President Alpha Condé’s government, the coup leader Col Mamady Doumbouya drove around Guinea’s capital, Conakry. People were jubilating like mad. They were just happy. Some people undressed shouted “Doumbouya, Doumbouya, Doumbouya” and “freedom, freedom, freedom”. Reada also: Tanzania: a judge in the opposition leader’s …

Elinaza Luvanda, the judge in the trial of Tanzania’s main opposition leader has stepped down after the defendants told the court that they had no confidence in him. The case against Freeman Mbowe and three others has been adjourned. They were arrested in July and charged with terrorism offences. Read …