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April 05, 2024
Togolese Opposition Members Arrested Over Campaign Against New Constitution

LOME — Nine Togolese politicians who were running a campaign against a new constitution that could allow President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his 19-year rule have been arrested, a spokesperson for an opposition coalition said on Thursday.
April 04, 2024
Kenya Announces Plans to Raise Capital Requirement for Banks

NAIROBI, KENYA— Kenya plans to increase the capital requirements for commercial banks to account for emerging risks in areas like information communication technology, ICT, and climate change, the East African nation’s central bank governor said on Thursday.
April 04, 2024
Senegal’s President Announces Oil, Gas and Mining Audit

DAKAR – Senegal’s newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday delivered a televised speech where he said the West African nation will conduct an audit of the oil, gas, and mining sectors.
April 04, 2024
Uganda Court Upholds Controversial Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more details.
April 03, 2024
Diplomats Debate Make-Up of Transitional Council for Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Diplomats at a regional Americas body on Wednesday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with a transitional council, a move which could trigger the long-awaited deployment of an international security force.
April 03, 2024
Kenyan Doctors Strike Extends into Week Three

Kenyan public hospital doctors who have been on strike since last month convened in two major cities on Tuesday to discuss their grievances against the government. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more.
April 03, 2024
Kenya Doctors Union Declines Proposal to End Strike

NAIROBI—Kenyan public hospital doctors rejected a government offer aimed at ending a weeks-long strike that has severely disrupted health services, their union chairman said late on Tuesday.
April 03, 2024
Nigerians Feel Relieved After Release of Kidnapped Students

The last set of children from the more than 100 students and staff who were abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest on March 7 have returned home. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more details on the relief felt by locals.
April 02, 2024
Nigeria Moves to Reduce Electricity Subsidies

ABUJA—Nigeria plans to axe an electricity subsidy for 15% of consumers to reduce its 3.3 trillion naira ($2.6 billion) cost, part of a series of reforms to ease pressure on public finances, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said on Tuesday.
April 02, 2024
Uganda Court to Deliver Verdict in Petition Against Tough Anti-Homosexuality Act

KAMPALA — Uganda's constitutional court is due on Wednesday to deliver a verdict on a petition seeking to annul the nation’s tough Anti-Homosexuality Act, AHA, lawyers who are representing the petitioners said on Tuesday.
April 02, 2024
Nigerian Coach Using Swimming to Raise Mental Health Awareness

Nigerian swimmer Samuel Akinrodoye has tried to raise awareness of mental health issues in Africa's most populous nation, swimming nearly 12 km — the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more details.
April 02, 2024
Kenya Doctors Strike Enters Third Week

NAIROBI — Kenyan public hospital doctors who have been on strike since last month convened in two major cities on Tuesday to discuss their grievances against the government.
April 02, 2024
At least 12 Killed, 15 Children Missing in South Sudan Attack

JUBA — Youths attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials said on Tuesday.
April 02, 2024
South Africa Citrus Growers Expect Boost in Exports

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa expects to increase citrus exports this year as younger trees begin to produce and help to offset the impact of infrastructure challenges and higher input costs, the national growers' association said on Tuesday.
April 01, 2024
Review of IMF Loan Program to Egypt Nears Completion

CAIRO—The next review of Egypt's IMF loan program should be completed by the end of June, when authorities will be able to draw on a further $820 million, an IMF official said on Monday, after an expanded loan program was agreed last month.
April 01, 2024
Israeli Troops Leave Devastated Al Shifa Hospital

JERUSALEM/CAIRO—Israeli forces left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation, leaving a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian bodies scattered in the dirt.
April 01, 2024
Mali Political Parties Call for Elections, Junta Shuns Transition Promise

BAMAKO — Malian political parties have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed to organize polls within a promised 24-month transitional period back to democracy.
April 01, 2024
Libya PM’s Residence Targeted with RPGs, Authorities Say

The residence of Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah was targeted with rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday in an attack that left no casualties, a Libyan minister told Reuters.
March 31, 2024
Fighting Continues in Gaza Amid Resumption of Talks

CAIRO— Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new round of talks in a bid to secure a truce with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
March 30, 2024
Philippines Catholics Re-Enact Easter Crucifiction

CUTUD, PHILIPPINES—Catholic devotees were nailed to crosses in sweltering heat north of the Philippines capital Manila on Good Friday in a re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion.

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