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Somalia bans TikTok, Telegram and 1XBet over ‘horrific’ content, misinformation
Somalia has banned TikTok, messaging app Telegram and online-betting website 1XBet to limit the spread of indecent content and propaganda,...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s NNPC obtains a $3 billion loan to stabilize the foreign exchange market
The biggest economy in Africa, Nigeria has been trying to increase its reserves and stop the decline of its currency,...
Read moreDetailsBRICS nations to meet in South Africa seeking to blunt Western dominance
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for...
Read moreDetailsSenegal’s main opposition coalition loses one of its founding parties
Less than 6 months before the presidential election, Senegal's main opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi is on the rocks. The...
Read moreDetailsMalian army recovers a UN base coveted by the former Tuareg rebellion
The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced on Sunday that it had "anticipated" , for security reasons, its withdrawal...
Read moreDetailsGhana opposition warn president on Niger troop plans
Ghanaian opposition lawmakers have raised alarms regarding the proposed Ecowas initiative to potentially employ military intervention in Niger, aimed at...
Read moreDetailsNigeria central bank to make moves impacting FX markets in days
Nigeria's central bank plans to take measures that will impact currency markets in a few days time, its acting governor...
Read moreDetailsEthiopian MPs approve state of emergency in Amhara region
Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence...
Read moreDetailsNiger junta says it will prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum for treason
The military junta that seized power in Niger in a coup last month has said it will prosecute ousted President...
Read moreDetailsOusmane Sonko, Senegal’s embattled opposition leader, has been hospitalized.
Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, on hunger strike, since shortly after his arrest last month, was admitted to a...
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