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Singer Akon’s $6bn futuristic Senegalese city unstarted, locals left in dark

Mbodiene – A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Cairo – Egypt signed a $4.45-billion contract on Wednesday with a consortium including Siemens to construct a high-speed electric... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Juba – Two employees of a South Sudan pro-democracy group were arrested on Wednesday, the non-profit’s chief said, warning of... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Bunia – Suspected jihadists killed four people and burnt up to 14 vehicles of a convoy under military escort... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Kigali – A popular Rwandan rapper known as Jay Polly died in custody early on Thursday, officials and media reports... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Abidjan – Outrage persisted on Wednesday in Ivory Coast two days after a TV host laughingly encouraged a convicted rapist... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Johannesburg – South Africa said it has declined a request to host Afghans who have fled into Pakistan to... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Lagos – Nigerian gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped 73 students after storming a high school in the northwest of the country,... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Johannesburg – Sadio Mane scored as Senegal won and his Liverpool teammate Naby Keita created a goal as Guinea drew... Read more

2 Sep, 2021