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Kenya said it was scrapping a requirement for people to wear masks in public as part of an easing of Covid-19 restrictions in place for two years. The announcement comes as rates of Covid infection in...

At least 17 civilians have been killed in Sudan’s Darfur region, officials said Friday, in the latest violence between rival groups that has left dozens dead this week alone. Recent fighting has seen heavily armed forces...

Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda died on Friday at the age of 85 after a long battle with colon cancer, his son Andrew said. “He is gone”, Andrew Banda told an AFP correspondent in Lusaka. The...

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday ordered a crackdown and a census of motorbikes across the country, after a video of a young woman being assaulted by several of them caused a scandal. In the video,...

By Ebi Kesiena Thousands of male and female demonstrators were back in the streets of Khartoum on Tuesday. The rally came as women across the world celebrate International Women's Day. Demonstrators were back in the streets...

Moroccan truck and taxi drivers are observing a three-day strike in protest at spiraling fuel costs, a union said on Tuesday, as oil prices spike over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Around three quarters of drivers are...