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Libya’s state oil company said Thursday it was resuming full oil production, nearly two months after halting operations at two of its main fields amid a political crisis. The National Oil Corporation said in a statement that it would resume production at the Sharara and El-Feel oil fields , as …

The war against terrorism and a political process to achieve lasting peace in Mali seems to have pitted Bamako against Algiers. During the 79th United Nations General Assembly high-level week, heads of governments and representatives took to the podium of the multilateral body one after the other. If calls, pleas, …

Cameroon soccer great Samuel Eto’o was banned by FIFA on Monday from attending any national team games for six months. Eto’o, who has been president of the Cameroon soccer federation since 2021, faced two charges from an incident at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia on Sept. 11. FIFA …

The Algerian Foreign ministry announced on Thursday (Sep. 26) the reintroduction with immediate effrct of a visa for holders of a Moroccan passport. The ministry notably cites “destabilization actions” and the organization of “human and drug-trafficking, espionage and the deployment of Zionist agents.” The end of the visa exemption regime …

Sudan’s ex-leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted form power several years ago, has been moved from a jail north of Omdurman to Merowe hospital, which is situated some 450 kilometres away from the capital Khartoum. His legal team requested for the 80 year old to be transferred due to medical …

As torrential rains across Central and West Africa have unleashed the most catastrophic floods in decades, residents of Maiduguri, the capital of the fragile Nigerian state of Borno — which has been at the center of an Islamic extremists’ insurgency — said they have seen it all. The floods, which …

Whitney Houston’s epic concert in South Africa staged after President Nelson Mandela’s landmark election will be hitting theater screens this fall. Houston’s performance in 1994 has been turned into a fully-remastered theatrical release called “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban),” according to a statement Tuesday from several collaborators, …

One tech-led charity organization is working in central Uganda to address digital gaps in hard-to-reach communities of Africa by creating internet hubs. Daniel Okello is a very busy nurse at this health facility located 26 kilometres south west of Uganda’s capital Kampala. He attends to at least 100 patients every …

The French league’s legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé the 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he’s entitled to, the league said Thursday. The league confirmed the decision without more details, a day after the France superstar rejected a mediation offer …

A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed more than 50 people, the country’s emergency response agency said. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned …