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A football player from Tunisia, Nizar Issaoui, set himself on fire in a protest against "police injustice" and later perished from the wounds he received, according to his family.He had appeared in a...

In Kenya's coastal Kilifi county, four individuals were discovered dead on Thursday and around a dozen more were sent to the hospital after being rescued while anticipating the end of the world.According to police,...

Local media has reported that individuals thought to be security personnel have detained a well-known Ethiopian journalist.Freelance journalist Dawit Begashaw was allegedly "abducted by security forces" on Wednesday night, according to reports.The journalist's current...

Thabo Bester, a murderer and rapist who faked his own death in prison and escaped to Tanzania has now been deported.Following his arrest last week in Tanzania, Bester was taken to South Africa via a...

Residents of the Ethiopian city of Debrebirhan have told the media that at least two civilians who had sought refuge in a displacement camp have died during clashes there as protests in the nation's Amhara...

The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has praised the African Development Bank Group's efforts to assist the continent in coping with the effects of global economic issues. The Egyptian leader...

Around 1,200 migrants are being rescued by the Italian coast guard from overcrowded boats off the coast of Sicily in two massive operations.On one of the fishing boats, there are about 800 passengers, while...

After working for more than ten years in Ghana and other African countries, sports broadcast journalist George Addo Jr. has joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).George has spent the previous 10 years working for...

Zimbabwe will soon adopt a law that will make it unlawful for other countries to hire its health staff, according to the vice president of the country, Constantino Chiwenga.The move aims to prevent the...

Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria, has written to UK court officials pleading for clemency in the case of organ trafficking convictions for Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice.Last month, it was...

The signing of the final deal to restore a civilian administration has been delayed once more by Sudanese officials as tensions between military factions grow.Negotiations centered on a draft agreement that was scheduled to...

Following a complaint about noise pollution from neighbors, a Nigerian court has given the owner of a raucous rooster until Friday to kill it, according to local media.According to two neighbors, the cockerel's constant...

To stop bloodshed before the presidential and legislative elections in October, Liberian political groups signed a peace agreement on Tuesday.The agreement signed by 26 political parties, according to President George Weah, demonstrates the nation's...

Kenya is getting ready to launch its first ever earth observation satellite, marking a significant milestone in the nation's space research endeavors.Next week, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Nation-1, also known as Taifa-1...

The 2023 World Literacy Award has been awarded to an Ivorian digital entrepreneur and smartphone designer, Alain Capo.The prize's website states that it "recognizes individuals and organizations for their outstanding endeavors that promote literacy learning"...

A Moroccan playwright has disclosed to the international media that a writer who was responding to treatment after setting himself on fire has passed away on Sunday April 2, 2023.Ahmed Jawad "died in a...

Local authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's east claim that a landslide on Sunday morning killed at least 19 people.The death toll is sure to increase, according to a representative from the...

The leader of the Kenyan opposition, Raila Odinga, has alleged a deadly threat on his life on Friday March 31 2023, during the anti-government protests in Nairobi.Odinga claimed that as he was travelling...

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the composer and piano-playing nun who died this week at the age of 99, had an extraordinary life, which included being a trailblazer for women's equality and walking barefoot for a...

An oil and gas conglomerate, Conoil Producing Limited, owned by Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga, has been sued by Eastline Energy Resources Limited, a Nigerian-owned oil and gas servicing company, for failing to pay its...

Concern over TikTok seems to be spreading in some circles.Particularly when it comes to data security, governments in the West are starting to take action, but so far there hasn't been much official commentary...

A paralympic gold medalist from South Africa, Oscar Pistorius, was denied parole after asking for an early release from jail ten years after killing his girlfriend in a gunshot.“We were … advised at this...

Gen. Chol Thon Balok's appointment as the next defense minister has been rejected by vice-president of South Sudan and head of the opposition SPLM-IO party, Riek Machar.The general, who is a member of President...

On Friday, protesters marched through Cape Town, South Africa, to voice their opposition to the harsh anti-gay law that took effect in Uganda last week.The proposed law, known as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, is ready...