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Guinea’s newly elected president, former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya, has appointed a prime minister to the west African country’s government less than two weeks after being sworn in.Amadou Oury Bah, who already served as prime minister from February 2024 to January 2026 under the country’s junta, will remain in the role under the new government, …

Guinea’s President Doumbouya confirms new prime ministerTue, 27 Jan 2026 12:57:39 GMT Read More »

 In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.Mandera county along Kenya’s borders with Ethiopia and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a full-blown water …

‘Our children are next’ fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestockTue, 27 Jan 2026 06:57:14 GMT Read More »

The next Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament is set for mid-2027, but already there have been reassuring comments and criticism for co-hosts Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.    Morocco were hugely successful hosts of the latest edition of the premier African sporting event, which ended this month with their national team losing the final 1-0 to …

Support and criticism for east African co-hosts of 2027 AFCONTue, 27 Jan 2026 06:55:11 GMT Read More »

Just over a week after the United States launched strikes targeting militants in Nigeria on Christmas Day, a roadside bomb ripped through an armoured troop carrier, killing at least eight Nigerian soldiers.Then, days ahead of a high-profile US-Nigeria security meeting in Abuja last week, armed gangs kidnapped more than 170 churchgoers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna …

Can the US halt jihadist violence in Nigeria?Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:49:16 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s military will try several officers over an alleged plan to oust President Bola Tinubu last year, it said Monday, acknowledging a plot the government had initially denied.In October, the military said 16 officers had been arrested over “issues of indiscipline”.Despite official denials, sources across the Nigerian government and military had told AFP they were …

Nigerian military officers to face trial over 2025 coup plotMon, 26 Jan 2026 19:16:20 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s military said Monday it will try several officers over an alleged plan to oust President Bola Tinubu last year, acknowledging a plot the government had initially denied.In October, the military said 16 officers had been arrested over “issues of indiscipline”. Despite official denials, sources across the Nigerian government and military had told AFP they were …

Nigerian military says will try officers over 2025 coup plotMon, 26 Jan 2026 17:36:28 GMT Read More »

A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people will be charged over a further 52 deaths at another village, prosecutors said Monday.In a case that made global headlines when it came to light in 2023, hundreds of people died in what became known as the “Shakahola …

Kenya starvation cult preacher to be charged over 52 more deathsMon, 26 Jan 2026 14:12:53 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia declared the end of an outbreak of Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.It was the first recorded outbreak of the virus in Ethiopia, and had claimed nine lives from 14 cases since first detected in mid-November in the town of Jinka, about 430 …

Ethiopia declares end of Marburg outbreakMon, 26 Jan 2026 13:30:44 GMT Read More »

The corruption trial in London of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian oil minister and the first woman president of OPEC, had its start delayed Monday for legal and technical reasons, lawyers said.The 65-year-old faces five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, related to her time as Nigeria’s Minister for …

Ex-OPEC president’s corruption trial sees start delayedMon, 26 Jan 2026 12:43:13 GMT Read More »

Laurent Kone’s wattle-and-daub house, with its tarpaulin roof and no electricity, lies down a bumpy red-earth track in western Ivory Coast.For 30 years, he has been growing cocoa and is typical of the smallholders who have been the backbone in making the west African country the world’s leading producer of the crop.But the country currently …

Ivory Coast cocoa growers rue ‘curse of brown gold’Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:39:50 GMT Read More »