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Zambia awaits Edgar Lungu’s funeral as burial dispute drags on
Eight months after the death of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, on 5 June 2025 in South Africa, the question...
Read moreDetailsNigerian army announces death of Boko Haram commander Abu Khalid
Nigeria's armed forces said on Sunday that a key commander of the islamist organisation Boko Haram was killed in a...
Read moreDetailsGuinea president keeps mines minister in post-election government
Guinea President Mamady Doumbouya, who came to power in a coup and was sworn in for a seven-year term last...
Read moreDetailsGhana offers levy cut as sweetener for higher gold royalty regime, lobby says
Ghana's finance minister has offered to cut a mining levy by two percentage points to help push through a new...
Read moreDetailsUN to deploy ceasefire monitoring mission in Congo, Qatar says
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo will send its first team to monitor a ceasefire between Congo’s government and...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Dangote refinery expands gas deals with NNPC to secure fuel for expansion programmes
Three Dangote Group subsidiaries said on Monday they had bolstered gas supply contracts with NNPC units to support expansion plans,...
Read moreDetailsOromo Liberation Army denies its fighters target civilians
In the forests of Ethiopia’s largest region, a shadow war grinds on. Hunted by government drones, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau junta releases opposition leader, vows inclusive government
The junta that seized power in Guinea-Bissau in a coup in November has vowed to bring the revolutionary PAIGC party...
Read moreDetailsUK foreign minister says Ethiopia visit to focus on migration
Britain's foreign minister said she would use a visit to Ethiopia on Monday to focus on measures to try to...
Read moreDetailsNigeria charges nine with 2025 massacre that killed 150
Nigerian prosecutors filed 57 terrorism-related charges on Monday against nine men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Yelwata community in...
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