News24.com | Ivory Coast President Ouattara will not run in election
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not run in October’s election, ending months of speculation over his intentions. “I would like to solemnly announce that I…
News24.com | Jihadists kill five police in Nigeria’s restive north
Jihadists have killed five policemen in an attack on a northern Nigerian town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, residents said on Thursday. Fighters aligned to…
News24.com | DRC: Last Ebola patient discharged with end of outbreak in sight
The last patient treated for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been discharged, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, bringing the 19-month-old outbreak closer than ever to…
News24.com | Italian tourists caught trying to evade Mauritania virus containment
A group of Italian tourists tried to escape coronavirus confinement in Mauritania but were caught and sent back to their home country, the West African country said on Wednesday. The…
News24.com | 14 killed in jihadist attack on Nigeria military base
Jihadists killed 14 security personnel and civilians in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state on Wednesday, security sources told AFP. Suspected Boko Haram fighters in…
News24.com | Kenya accuses Somali army of ‘unwarranted attack’ on border town
Kenya on Wednesday accused Somalia of an “unwarranted attack” on the frontier town of Mandera, during heavy fighting over the border between government and regional forces. Already fraught tensions between…
News24.com | Military restrictions hampering northeast Nigeria aid: HRW
Tighter restrictions imposed by the authorities on aid groups operating in northeast Nigeria’s conflict zone are “stifling” efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Military…
News24.com | Africa looks to Ebola lessons in fight against coronavirus
Their continent has so far only registered two coronavirus cases, but sub-Saharan African governments are looking to their experience with Ebola as they prepare their fragile public systems for outbreaks…
News24.com | Togo opposition cries foul as court confirms president’s election triumph
Togo’s constitutional court on Tuesday rejected opposition claims of electoral fraud and declared Faure Gnassingbe the winner with more than 70% of the February vote and president for a fourth…