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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday softened a cybercrime decree that was widely criticised by rights groups, by scrapping a five-year prison sentence for the dissemination of "fake news"
Burkina Faso has inaugurated its first gold refinery as its military-led government seeks to strengthen economic sovereignty after breaking ties with its traditional Western partners.
Speaking following a fact-finding mission, they also accused the Spanish armed forces of 'torture' and 'inhumane treatment'.
A pilot on a flight from the United Arab Emirates stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash the aircraft carrying dozens of Israelis on Wednesday, Israel's prime minister claimed
The world airline body said this significantly outpaced the 3 per cent growth in cargo demand across the region.
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The deadly fighting has also spread to neighbouring regions, stranding tourists in Lalibela.
Anti-migrant group March and March staged demonstrations against illegal immigration across several South African provinces on Wednesday. The movement had set the date of September 30 as a deadline for undocumented immigrants to leave the country.
The Liberation Movement of São Tomé and Príncipe failed however to win an outright majority, setting the stage for talks on a coalition government.
At least two people, one of them a child, died and six went missing after a dramatic shipwreck off the Tunisian coast, near the Gulf of Gabes, according to the European non-profit humanitarian organisation Sea-Watch on Tuesday
In his address in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV called on all parties involved in the latest episode of violence in northern Ethiopia to engage in dialogue.
Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new chapter in Africa's industrial journey"
The government authorises the hunting of 23 elephants and dozens of other wild animals for independence day feasts.
The UN Environment Programme says food loss and waste generate an estimated 8 to 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
A game of rock, paper, scissors is used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year's two-day London Marathon.
Benjamin Daniel, known as Ben Dancer, danced non-stop for 176 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds between September 22 and 29, in an attempt to break the world record for the longest individual dance marathon.
A presidential spokesperson said preparations were underway without saying when they would arrive or how many Burundi had agreed to receive.
He attributed those macroeconomic gains to a stronger financial-sector framework, saying this should help maintain confidence in Zimbabwe’s economy.
After a recent spate of femicides shocked South Africa, the country's president Cyril Ramaphosa ordered urgent action to better protect women.
The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.
Public school teachers in Libya are continuing their strike over pay and working conditions, with demonstrations held in Tripoli for a third consecutive week.
Piracy off the Somali coast has increased in recent years after dropping when international naval operations began in 2011.
