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Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has asked the country’s media council to “immediately discuss with media who’ve been suspended or banned in the country” so that they may reopen. Among such media is the BBC World Service, which was banned from broadcasting in, and working from, Burundi since March 2019. The …

Many Tunisian local media are reporting that President Kais Saied‘s office received a suspect parcel, prompting the authorities to open an investigation. Nobody was harmed and the letter did not find its way to the president, the AFP news agency adds, quoting Tunisia’s presidency. Local reports suggest that the parcel …

Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories say their vaccine has been shown to be effective against coronavirus variants that emerged in Britain and South Africa. They said the virus mutations had only a small impact on the effectiveness of antibodies generated by the vaccine. Pfizer said it would continue to monitor its …

Mozambique police boss has reshuffled officers previously stationed at the Namaacha border, which neighbours eSwatini and South Africa, for allegedly taking bribes to allow illegal migration. Police chief Bernardino Rafael announced that all members of the border force were facing disciplinary proceedings. Mr Rafael acknowledged that the bribery allegations did …

A former Central African Republic militia commander is set to appear for the first time before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday to faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani was handed over to the ICC on Sunday by authorities in the Central …

According to the South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize,the country will on Monday receive one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from India. The AstraZeneca doses would undergo technical processes on arrival, including quality assurance, he said. “These processes will take a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 14 days …

Health and finance ministers from Africa are to meet the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss about equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. “I will tell them that we are doing everything that we can to accelerate the roll out of vaccines in Africa. To save lives and …

Angry residents of Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s North-West region, have held a protest after the death of four teenagers on Sunday during an army operation in the city. Some of the residents carried caskets with the teenagers’ bodies during the protest on Tuesday. “These killings are pure terror,” said …

Leaders of the Murle ethnic group in South Sudan have demanded that two neighbouring communities: the Dinka Bor and the Lou Nuer, urgently release nearly 1,000 women and children they accuse them of abducting recently. They made the demand during an ongoing peace conference taking place in the capital, Juba. …

Unknown objects are parts of the patrimony that Diego Maradona left at Dubai. After his death at the age of 60, many are the questions we ask ourselves. Heirs of Diego Maradona started sharing his fortune. A part from cars, houses, jewelry and the personnal affairs that he owns in …