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US military targets al-Shabaab again in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia | For the second time in two days, the US military has targeted Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, showing signs of helping the country progress, just over eight months after the nation's unprecedented withdrawal from the Horn of Africa. On Tuesday, the U.S. Africa Command launched a deadly airstrike in Somalia in an attempt to…

Jacky Ndala, president of the youth union in the party of ex-governor Moïse Katumbi, was sentenced to two years in prison. He is condemned for his comments on the bill called "consolation". This court decision is particularly commented on and concerns non-state human rights. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jacky…

This East African country was so far one of the last to have not yet started vaccinating its population. Partly due to skepticism about Covid-19. But in the face of a third wave and an outbreak of new cases, the new president Samia Suluhu Hassan does not want to take any risks. Nearly 200 new cases, nothing for a single…

According to confirming sources, the victims, who could be more, were young traders who traveled by motorcycle to the Kouki market. The government immediately attributed responsibility for the tragedy to the CPC's rebel coalition, in which the region is one of the strongholds, but many sources point instead to Russian intervention in the area.…

AfroQueer is the name of the first podcast of documentary series about the life of the LGBT community in Africa. A hot topic, as these minorities are often demonized on the continent. AfroQueer was created two years ago. Our correspondent in the region visited his studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. (Replay of December 22, 2020)…

In Senegal, the Constitutional Council this week rejected an appeal by the parliamentary opposition demanding the annulment of new laws on terrorism recently adopted by the Assembly. In addition to the benefits of the decision, the opposition denies the composition - and thus the jurisdiction - of the country's highest court, which currently has only four members instead of seven.…

At least 800 people in Uganda received fake Covid-19 vaccines last month from unapproved people as the country is battling a surge in cases from the ongoing fourth wave. The counterfeit jabs were administered over May and June during a deadly surge of the coronavirus in the East African nation, when new infections soared to record highs of about 1,700 cases per day. The fraudsters targeted people looking to pay for immunisation, including corporate employees, at a time when vaccines were in short supply, said Dr Warren…

On Thursday night, French army personnel announced that they had "neutralized" in Mali two heads of the Islamic State organization in the Greater Sahara: Rhissa al-Sahraoui and Abou Abderrahmane al-Sahraoui. When the end of his mission is announced, Barkhane maintains pressure on the terrorists. "This new operation illustrates…

Manchester United ayaa Jimcihii si rasmi ah ugu dhawaaqday saxeexa Jadon Sancho oo ay kala soo wareegtay Borussia Dortmund, iyadoo kasoo bixisay £73 milyan oo Gini, waxaanu noqday ciyaartoygii saddexaad ee ugu qaalisanaa ee ay Red Devils iibsato isagoo ku xiga Paul Pogba iyo Harry Maguire.Waxa  uu noqday saxeexii labaad ee ay United xagaagan samayso, isagoo ku xigay goolhaye Tom Heaton.“Fursadda ku biirista Manchester United waa riyo rumowday, mana sugi karayo inta aan bandhigga ka samaynayo horyaalka” Ayuu yidhi markii uu…

The son of Guinea's President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei will no longer be allowed to enter British territory and their bank accounts will be frozen. as reported from London, Marie Boëda"These measures are aimed at individuals who have lined their pockets at the expense of their…