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Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Ethiopia to immediately lift restrictions on several social media networks that began a month ago. The blocked sites include Facebook, Messenger, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube. It is…

A dramatic collision between a passenger bus and train in the neighbourhood of Ikeja in Nigeria’s city of Lagos has left three people dead. Rescuers helped another 84 people from the wreckage on Thursday morning. …

Kenya’s Trade Minister Moses Kuria has said that a Chinese-run retail business in the capital, Nairobi, “is a middle-class conspiracy”. He told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that the China Square shop does not benefit low-income…

Casualties are feared after a collision between a train and a passenger bus in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, local reports say. The accident reportedly happened at a railway crossing in the Ikeja area on the mainland of Lagos…

"France must give priority to Morocco, a Francophile country because it is its natural partner in the region", Frédéric Encel. The French magazine "Paris Match" published, on 1st of March, 2023, an interview with Frédéric…

The UN Security Council has extended sanctions and an arms embargo against Sudan by a year. The 15-member council voted to renew the mandate of the panel of experts charged with monitoring and implementing the sanctions and embargo until…

Kenya has imposed an indefinite ban on milk powder imports to cushion local processors and farmers from surplus production and low prices in anticipation of the long rains. The rainy season is expected to improve fodder production and…

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked his foreign minister, less than a week after dismissing the defence and interior ministers. No explanation was given for the dismissal of Mayiik Ayii Deng, which was announced in a decree on…

A German company says it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $34bn (£29bn) green energy project in Mauritania. Egyptian and Emirati firms are also part of the deal. The facility will produce up to eight million tonnes of…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called for caution following media reports that a pro-Ukrainian group may be responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines supplying Russian energy to Europe. While not pointing to any…