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By Ebi Kesiena South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called the more than 70 deaths in an apartment block fire in Johannesburg "a great tragedy" and said he hoped an investigation would help prevent a...

By Ebi Kesiena Witnesses and emergency services in South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, have battled all day to rescue victims as a nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building on Thursday. Such building mainly occupied...

By Riches Soberekon Gabon's new leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who seized power from President Ali Bongo Ondimba, is set to be sworn in as the "transitional president" before the Constitutional Court on Monday, September 4,...

By Riches Soberekon In a statement on Thursday, European (EU) Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell confirmed that, at present, the EU has no plans to evacuate its citizens from Gabon. Borrell emphasized that the current situation...

By Ebi Kesiena In the wake of the coup in Gabon, Cameroon President Paul Biya has also made major changes to the country’s ministry of defence. Among the posts reshuffled were the delegate to the presidency...

By Oyintari Ben Thursday marks the end of UN sanctions in Mali following Russia's veto of a regime renewal that targeted anybody breaking or blocking a 2015 peace agreement, impeding aid delivery, abusing human rights, or...