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Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara trial fixed for October 11 in Ouagadougou

The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon killed with 12 others in a 1987 coup, will begin on October 11 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s military prosecutor announced Tuesday. “The military prosecutor at the military court of Ouagadougou, informs national and international opinion that the trial of those accused in the case of the assassination of President ...

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Burundian economist in transformative wood art

Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura is also the central African country’s artistic and creative powerhouse. Clovis Mwizero, an economist-cum artist lives here. With his wife, Mwizero has created La Maison du Bois where he designs and makes decorative objects and furniture out of wood. “La Maison du Bois is an art company, a family business founded by two people who are ...

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App disrupts health care services in eastern DR Congo’s Goma

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services. “Wiiqare” helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or on credit. “Our goal is for everyone to have access to health care. When you feel sick and ...

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Ivory Coast steps up Ebola vaccinations after second case

The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus had been detected in Ivory Coast. World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that as of Monday, there had been one confirmed and one suspected case, with nine contacts identified so far. No deaths have been reported. He said the WHO ...

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Nigerian Diplomat Maltreated In Indonesia

The Federal Government on Tuesday summoned Usra Harahap, the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, over the alleged assault on a Nigerian diplomatic agent in Jarkarta, Indonesia. The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who revealed this in a statement said the incident is against international law and the Vienna Conventions governing diplomatic and consular relations between states. Onyeama said “The Ministry ...

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Nigeria suspends ‘Hushpuppi-linked’ police officer Abba Kyari

Nigeria has suspended one of its most highly respected police officers after he was indicted in the US on money laundering charges. Deputy Commissioner Abba Kyari is accused of taking bribes from Nigerian Instagram celebrity Ray Hushpuppi, who has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the US. Mr Kyari has denied the allegations. The allegations shocked many Nigerians as he ...

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Tunisian President Kais Saied sacks defence minister and acting justice minister

Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic. Street clashes erupted Monday outside the army-barricaded parliament, after Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move the biggest political party ...

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Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman Mbowe charged with terrorism

A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with terrorism-related offenses, following his arrest that drew international concern and criticism of the country’s new president. Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe was detained last week along with 15 other members of the party in a late-night crackdown government critics said bore the hallmarks of the oppressive rule ...

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DR Congo students protest police killing of maskless classmate

Students continue protest at the University of Kinshasa campus in the Democratic Republic of Congo where, police are regularly accused of harassment and of pocketing mask fines they collect. The protest stirred after a police officer shot a student over the weekend for not wearing a mask while filming on the streets of the capital. The schoolmate of the now ...

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Oil firm confirmed request to fund coup in Madagascar

Oil firm Benchmark Group said Monday it had been approached for funds to topple Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina, days after the government said it had foiled an assassination plot. Benchmark, a majority shareholder in crude extractor Madagascar Oil, said it had “received an email from the Madagascan-French citizen Paul R. soliciting 10 million euros for political destabilisation purposes”. Local media ...

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