The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said security expenditures…
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Gabon’s Bongo set for return to world stage at summit (Guardian)
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is scheduled to make a comeback on the international diplomatic…
Kenyan women fight back against street harassment (BBC)
Young women and girls in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements, are writing their…
Death toll in Tunisia bus accident rises to 26 (Guardian)
At least 26 people were killed when their bus careened into a ravine in the…
Thirteen French troops killed in helicopter crash in Mali (BBC)
Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an operation against jihadists in…
Mali army loses 24 soldiers in Niger border attack (BBC)
Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in eastern Mali, the country’s…
Ghana plans to ban rice, poultry imports (ThisDay)
Rice importers would be ordered to cease their trade in three years if everything goes…
Herman Mashaba: Johannesburg’s black mayor resigns over DA race row (BBC)
One of the most senior politicians in South Africa’s historically white main opposition Democratic Alliance…
Why I went public about being raped, 67 years later (BBC)
Prominent Ghanaian journalist, BBC columnist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene recently wrote about her…