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A leading opposition politician in Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, on Thursday received a two-month suspended prison sentence for libel in a case involving the tourism minister, the minister’s lawyer El Hadji Diouf said.
Equatorial Guinea said it has recorded 13 cases of Marburg disease since February, after the World Health Organization urged the country to officially report new cases.
Parole board in South Africa to decide if Paralympian who murdered his girlfriend can leave jailOscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian convicted of murder, could leave prison within weeks if a parole board decides on Friday to release him halfw…
Exclusive: group says military is compromising children’s right to education with its campaign against militantsEgyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases while dozens more have been destroyed during a 10-year w…
A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society.
On the eve of a Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quarterly report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores a sharp increase in violence in the east of the country, with at least 700 civi…
Senegal’s opposition coalition maintained its call for demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday during leader Ousmane Sonko’s defamation trial despite a ban on protests by police authorities.
The Senegalese opposition announced on Tuesday that it would push ahead with demonstrations in Dakar on Wednesday and Thursday despite a ban, while authorities said they had arrested four members of a group seeking to prevent the resumption of the tri…
India will continue to work with African nations to promote regional security, foster stability, and enhance defence capabilities; Defence Minister RajnathDefence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday, said India will continue to work with African nations to promote regional security, foster stability, and enhance the defence capabilities together.Speaking at the first edition of the India-Africa
Noting that India has emerged as a leading defence exporter in recent years, Singh invited African countries to explore Indian defence equipment and technologies.Speaking at the India-Africa Army Chiefs’ Conclave in Pune on Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh proclaimed that India is steadfast in its commitment to provide support in all defence-related matters to African partner countries,