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Uganda on Wednesday issued a final tender to company controlled by TotalEnergies to construct a $3.5 billion oil pipeline through to Tanzania. The final approval will provide a way forward to the construction of the pipeline that will be used to transport the country’s crude to international. The signature follows …

Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile. At a factory on the outskirts of Cairo, run by their startup TileGreen, noisy machines gobble up huge amounts of …

Ahead of an unlimited bus drivers strike, fear is growing among Senegalese passengers as tension builds among drivers. On Monday, a new fatal bus accident cost the life of at least 19 people, bringing the death toll of car crashes to about 60 in a matter of days. In order …

Riot police stormed the home of a Zimbabwean opposition member of parliament on the outskirts of Harare on Saturday, arresting him and 24 others who were holding a party meeting, the party and authorities said. Costa Machingauta, his wife and 17-year-old daughter were beaten by police at their home in …

The US Ambassador to Sudan has urged former rebel groups who did not take part in a post-coup political deal to join talks seeking to restore civilian rule. Last month, military leaders and some civilian factions agreed on the first of a two-phase political process aiming to end the political …

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, current president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), visited Ouagadougou on Wednesday in a bid to offer his “support” to Burkina Faso in the face of jihadist violence.. Mr. Embalo met with Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the transitional president who took power on …

France’s deputy foreign minister, on a visit to jihadist-torn Burkina Faso, denies accusations that Paris is seeking to meddle in the already troubled former colony. Speaking after her exchange with junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, junior minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou affirms that France “is imposing nothing” on Burkina Faso. “I have …

**On Monday (Jan. 09), a Kenyan court allowed the police to hold five suspects over the death of activist Edwin Chiloba.** The suspects include a freelance photographer, who was reportedly a lover of the 25-year-old and is accused of killing him. They appeared in court in the Rift Valley town …

The Senegalese government has announced a rise in fuel and electricity prices starting Saturday January 7th 7 pm GMT. The cost of diesel and petrol will increase by 100 CFA francs. As for electricity, the increase will be applied in instalments and will not affect users who consume less than …

A journalists’ union in South Sudan confirmed on Friday that six staffers with the national broadcaster have been detained in connection with footage apparently showing the country’s president urinating on himself during an event. The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation footage aired in December and was widely shared online. It showed …