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More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso.

TRT World says More than a dozen mutinous soldiers have declared on state television that a military junta seized control of Burkina Faso.

Six people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in a crush outside Cameroon’s stadium hosting an excellent Africa Cup of Nations AFCON…

The Independent says The Africa Cup of Nations match between Mali and Tunisia descended into chaos and ended in confusion.

A fire erupted at the South African parliament on Sunday, with flames bursting from the roof of a building and a plume of smoke that…

The Tunisian presidency on Sunday dismissed the country’s consuls in Paris and Milan and ordered financial audits at the European missions.

The Guardian says The Omicron variant has fuelled a “worrying” surge in coronavirus cases in South Africa and is rapidly becoming the dominant strain.

France’s military involvement in the Sahel is encountering growing opposition in the region, with protests in Sahel that were once isolated to urban centres spreading.

Morocco suspends flights announcing the suspension of all “direct” passenger flights due to the new variant, Omicron. The measure comes into effect Monday and will be in place for at least two weeks.

Aljazeera says A 16 year old has died after being shot in the head by security forces in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said in a statement.

Aljazeera says the Ugandan police have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people, officials said, following twin suicide bombings claimed by an ISIL.

The Independent says The UK government is urging British people to leave Ethiopia immediately as the security situation is “deteriorating”.

Aljazeera says At least 69 people, including a mayor, have been killed in an attack by gunmen in southwestern Niger, the government has confirmed.

PM Abdalla Hamdok ‘insisted on the legitimacy of his government and transitional institutions’, information ministry says.

France24 says Security forces clashed with protesters Thursday furious over a military coup that derailed a fragile transition to democracy and sparked an international outcry.

France to return African artifacts looted treasures to Benin. At the ceremony  French President, Emmanuel Macron was a special guest at a ceremony marking the…

France24 says protesters were defiant on the streets of Sudan early Tuesday to denounce a military coup, as international condemnation ramped up.

France24 says Military detained 5 senior Sudanese government figures, as pro-democracy group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup.

BBC Sport says Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, with police treating her husband as a suspect.

Aljazeera says the WHO said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, marking a major advance against the disease

Wednesday, Algerian authorities announced the arrest of 30 people on suspicion of their involvement in setting the forest fires in the country in August.