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Ugandan police arrested a private security guard, who allegedly shot dead a Congolese national and his girlfriend, whom he was keeping in Bukasa, Makindye division in Kampala city, reports Dailymonitor. The deceased have been identified as Siviwe Katembo, 33, and his girlfriend whose identity is yet to be known. The …

At least 47 people, including 30 civilians have been killed in a clash between Islamist militants and government troops, in northern Burkina Faso. The ministry of communication said 19 others are wounded after suspected jihadists raided a military convoy escorting civilians on Wednesday. The army said government troops had “neutralised” …

As reported by local media in Nigeria, the Lagos state government has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop what they referred to as “menace”. The team is expected to begin operations in the next few days. A state official in charge of youth and social …

After an agreement with the Ghanaian government, the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to cancel its strike. The association has been asking the government the restoration of service conditions agreed upon with the government in 2012. The teacher’s association started an indefinite strike last Monday denouncing poor …

Government in Nigeria said under a new law which came into effect on Tuesday, it will disband state-owned oil company. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation would be replaced by an independent company. President Muhammadu Buhari said the Petroleum Industry Law, which was nearly 20 years in the making, marked the …

Just 12 months after Uganda has been declared polio-free, the Ministry of Health has announced a fresh outbreak of this crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease in the country. The Ugandan health ministry in an August 12 press statement said Uganda, like other countries in the continent, is experiencing an …

Kevin Munoz, the White House spokesman on Twitter announced that the US has sent over 488,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda. The doses included part of “500 million shots pledged and purchased this summer” by President Joe Biden’s administration for the Covax initiative, which delivers vaccines to poorer …

More than 30 civilians were killed on Tuesday following two days of inter-communal violence in restive Warrap State in central South Sudan, authorities said. Warrap is the home state of President Salva Kiir. Violence has been rife in a number of areas in the state, including Tonj-North and Tonj-East counties, …

At least seven people have died and many houses destroyed after heavy rains in Addis Ababa the Ethiopian capital. Rivers burst their banks in the capital causing flooding. The city’s mayor, Adanech Abiebie, tweeted that the “damage to life and property was severe” in several areas in the city. ከክረምቱ …

The trial of former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré and 13 co-accused over the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara will start on 11 October. Mr Compaoré who currently lives in Ivory Coast and may be tried in absentia, was forced in 2014 to leave Burkina Faso after he …