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Central Africa
Rebels destroy 150 schools, 22 health centres in DRC
Over the last two months some 150 schools and 22 health centres have been destroyed by rebels in the...
Southern Africa
South African president says lockdown to ease from June 1
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday a further easing of South Africa’s coronavirus lockd...
Economy
Nigeria's economy expands 1.87% y/y in Q1 - stats office
Nigeria’s economy grew 1.87% in the first three months of 2020 from a year earlier, the statistics...
East Africa
Burundi police detain more than 200 opposition election observers
Burundian police detained more than 200 opposition electoral observers during this week’s election...
West Africa
Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation
Soldiers from Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso conducted their first joint operation against jihadists a...
Mining
Workers at China Moly's Congo mine end one-day strike over COVID-19
Workers at China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) mine in Democratic Republic of Congo en...
North Africa
Trump urges Libya de-escalation on call with Erdogan - White House
U.S. President Donald Trump called for a “rapid de-escalation” of the Libyan conflict on a call ...
Business
South Africa's Tiger Brands looking at 'significant' job losses as it counts cost of pandemic
South African food producer Tiger Brands said on Monday it is looking at “significant” job cuts ...
Opinion
The solutions to Africa’s problems reside within Africa itself
Today marks 57 years since the leaders of 32 independent African nations met in Addis Ababa to estab...
