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By Enyichukwu Enemanna The CEO of South African state-owned company, Andre de Ruyter, has been "released" from his job "with immediate effect," the company said Thursday in a statement. The CEO is leaving his job earlier...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Nigeria Police on Thursday announced a suspension in political rallies after supporters of two major political parties, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) clashed on Wednesday Both parties...

By John Ikani Burkina Faso held a ceremony on Thursday to re-bury the remains of former leader, Thomas Sankara, and 12 others who died with him in a 1987 coup. Soldiers and community leaders were present...

By John Ikani Reports from the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanoma indicate that a Biafran separatist leader has been arrested in Finland. Simon Ekpa was reportedly taken into custody by plainclothes police officers just before he was...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna South Africa's health department on Thursday announced the death of at least one person without any travel history in cholera-related disease as the number of confirmed cases in the country hits five. Two...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Barely two weeks after Pope Francis met with several thousands of displaced persons in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the country's President, Salva Kiir has called on the about 2 million IDPs...