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Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS, testing regional unity

YoopyaJan 29, 2024January 29, 20240

LAGOS, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Defying pressure by leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore constitutional rule, junta leaders of

Pope says Africans are ‘special case’ when it comes to LGBT blessings

YoopyaJan 29, 2024January 29, 20240

VATICAN CITY, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of

Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children

YoopyaJan 22, 2024January 22, 20240

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due

Two opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates

YoopyaJan 22, 2024January 22, 20240

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery starts production after years of delays

YoopyaJan 13, 2024January 13, 20240

ABUJA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, after years of construction

Africa’s Catholic hierarchy refuses same-sex blessings, says such unions are contrary to God’s will

YoopyaJan 12, 2024January 12, 20240

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement Thursday refusing

Nigeria’s Tinubu suspends humanitarian minister facing financial probe

YoopyaJan 10, 2024January 10, 20240

ABUJA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president has suspended the minister of humanitarian affairs with immediate effect and asked the corruption watchdog to investigate financial

Ousmane Sonko, the opposition leader’s bid to run in presidential election rejected by the Senegal’s highest judicial body

YoopyaJan 7, 2024January 7, 20240

Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s bid to run in next month’s presidential election, citing a lack of documentation. One of

Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius freed on parole after serving nearly 9 years for girlfriend’s murder

YoopyaJan 5, 2024January 5, 20240

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole early Friday morning and was believed to be at his uncle’s mansion

Nsue to captain Equatorial Guinea at Cup of Nations finals

YoopyaJan 2, 2024January 2, 20240

MALABO, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Veteran striker Emilio Nsue will captain an Equatorial Guinea squad with a strong Spanish flavour at the African Cup of