Nigeria extends shea-nut export ban to boost domestic
Nigeria extended a ban on shea nut exports by a year, reinforcing a drive to
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Nigeria to hold inquest into death of Chimamanda
An inquest into the death of Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21-month-old son will formally
UN sanctions paramilitary leaders over Sudan atrocities
The UN Security Council has announced new sanctions on four leaders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid
Islamist militant attacks on Niger, Benin and Nigeria
Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are rapidly increasing their attacks on the
Ivory Coast unsold cocoa stocks set to soar
Ivory Coast will have accumulated about 200,000 metric tons of unsold cocoa by the end
South Africa says most of a group of
South Africa’s government said on Tuesday that 11 of a group of 17 men who
Gunmen kill at least 25 in twin attacks
At least 25 people were killed, and several houses were torched after gunmen attacked two
US, Burkina Faso sign health cooperation memo
The United States and Burkina Faso signed a five-year bilateral health cooperation memorandum of understanding
More than 1,700 Africans fighting for Russia, Ukraine
More than 1,700 Africans are fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister
Ramaphosa thanks Putin for release of South Africans
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for helping to
Zimbabwe rejects ‘lopsided’ US health aid deal over
The US funding would have gone towards supporting programmes for HIV/Aids treatment and prevention, tuberculosis