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[AI London] Malian authorities must urgently disclose the fate and whereabouts of lawyer and pro-democracy politician Mountaga Tall and his son Cheick Mamadou Tall, Amnesty International said six months after their abductions.
[UN News] The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for greater protection for civilians caught in conflict in northern Ethiopia following deadly drone strikes this past weekend.
[RFI] Monday marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists - chosen in memory of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, two journalists from Radio France Internationale murdered in Mali on 2 November 2013. According to a report by Unesco, attacks and harassment targeting the press continue to go largely unpunished in Africa and across the globe.
[RFI] Health authorities investigating two suspected Ebola cases in north-eastern Nigeria confirmed on Monday that both samples were negative after two rounds of testing.
[Africa CDC] Kigali, Rwanda -- African Union Member States are a step closer to a coordinated response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), injuries and mental health conditions following the finalisation of a multisectoral action plan at a five-day technical meeting convened by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Launched by the African Development Bank Group, the 'AfriCircular Growth Programme' is welcoming its first cohort. The programme aims to help these businesses scale up to strengthen green industrialisation and the local processing of African resources.
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana has endorsed calls for structured and good-faith dialogue involving the African Union (AU), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the African diaspora and countries involved in the transatlantic slave trade and chattel enslavement.
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An explosion followed by a fire at a metallurgical plant in Cameroon has left at least 4 people dead and 16 others seriously injured. The incident took place in Douala on Monday morning on the premises of Metafrique Steel in the Bassa industrial zone.
South Africa and Rwanda will be excluded from a major US-Africa duty free trade deal, Washington said on Monday. It blamed “practices inconsistent with the deal’s eligibility criteria," including barriers that undermine US trade and practices that pose a threat to US national security.
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The case, part of the "Farmgate" scandal, has left President Cyril Ramaphosa mired in an impeachment saga.
The move comes barely a week after Rwanda's defence ministry was hit with sanctions by the US Treasury.
Algerian military personnel escorted trucks carrying fuel to Niger over the weekend.
Britain’s King Charles will address his country’s role in transatlantic slavery with “unflinching honesty and sincere sorrow” in a speech to Commonwealth leaders, Buckingham Palace says.
The family of Pengo Bossio Wangi, the young Black man killed in the racist attack that took place on October 23 near Paris, hopes for an "awakening" against racism in the country.
The walls of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum came alive on Sunday on the opening night of a dazzling light show. Under the title ‘Eternal Sun,’ the show marks the museum’s first anniversary by bringing to life stories that have shaped Egyptian civilisation for centuries.
Egypt on Monday raised more than 650 million dollars in its initial public offering of the state-owned Banque du Caire. The offering comes as the country advances reforms under an International Monetary Fund programme to boost private sector participation in Egyptian economy.
Russia has agreed to stop the recruitment of Ghanaian nationals to fight the war in Ukraine, Accra said in a statement.
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A first convoy of Algerian soldiers was seen in northern Niger this weekend, a week after Algerian lawmakers approved the deployment of troops to the neighbouring country, according to RFI.
Hundreds of Supporters of Cape Verde President Jose Maria Neves cheered him on at a rally in Sao Vicente, as campaigning in the country's presidential election kicked off on Saturday
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation's latest report, finds broad progress on economic opportunity and human development over the past decade, but also steep declines in security, human rights and public participation
