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Reports from Bissau, the capital of the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, say there has been gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace. Unconfirmed reports say soldiers have surrounded the building. President Umaro Sissoco…
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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the attorney general who is also the justice minister. No reasons have been given by the presidency. Local media have linked the sacking to the pardoning of prisoners on New Year’s…
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Lions and pumas at a South African zoo may have contracted Covid from their handlers, according to a study by scientists at the University of Pretoria. The scientists warn of the risk of new variants emerging if the virus “establishes…
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Kenyan police now say that incidences of decomposing bodies being recovered from a river in the western part of the country have been going on for two years. However police spokesman Bruno Shioso told the BBC that investigations had yet…
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Mozambique military forces say they have captured a jihadist leader, a Tanzanian citizen, in Nangade district in the northern Cabo Delgado province. The 39-year-old leader, known as Ali, was captured alongside six other Islamic State…
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the need to protect the constitution. This is after the tourism minister made accusations against judges and attacked the country’s constitution. Lindiwe Sisulu wrote in an article…
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West African leaders have imposed sanctions on Mali after the country’s military government announced a long delay to elections originally planned for next month. The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, which met in Accra on Sunday,…
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South African scientists – hailed for their discovery of Omicron – are investigating the “highly plausible hypothesis” that the emergence of new Covid-19 variants could be linked, in some cases, to mutations taking place inside infected…
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Twelve missionaries who were abducted in Haiti managed to get away on their own, their organisation has said. The group escaped their captors at night and used the stars for navigation to trek through dense bush for hours, a spokesman…
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Police in the Indian city of Amritsar say a man suspected of trying to commit a sacrilegious act at Sikhism's holiest shrine has been beaten to death.  The incident took place during a prayer service at the city's Golden Temple on…
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