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The Nouakchott-Oumtounsy airport opened in 2016. Alamy

Man arrested after storming plane at Mauritania airport

March 25, 2021
Ksanet Junior Secondary School, which was shelled as federal-aligned forces entered the city and looted allegedly by Eritrean forces, in Wukro, north of Mekele, on March 1, 2021. Every phase of the four-month-old conflict in Tigray has brought suffering to Wukro, a fast-growing transport hub once best-known for its religious and archaeological sites.   AFP

Atrocities committed in Tigray war, Ethiopian government says

March 23, 2021
 Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Um Rakuba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, December 11, 2020. AP

Starvation drives Tigrayan refugees back towards war zone to seek food

March 23, 2021
President Mohamed Bazoum’s government has declared three days of national mourning folowing the attacks. AFP.

Niger announces three days of mourning after 137 killed in attack on villages

March 23, 2021
Kenyan police officers Naftali Chege (L) and John Pamba will face trial over the alleged killing f Alexander Monson, a British citizen who was found dead in his prison cell in 2012. Reuters

Kenyan policemen to face murder trial over UK aristocrat's death

March 23, 2021
A man cries after hearing opposition presidential candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas had died from Covid-19, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Reuters

Republic of Congo presidential candidate dies of Covid as election results roll in

March 22, 2021
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas cheer during their party’s last rally of the presidential campaign. AP

Republic of Congo election in doubt as candidate treated in hospital for Covid

March 21, 2021
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrive at the Sahel Coalition Conference in Berlin, Germany. Getty

US releases $80 million in humanitarian aid for Sahel

March 20, 2021
Somalia has been urged to hold elections as soon as possible. AP 

US calls on Somalia to hold immediate elections

March 19, 2021
Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes oath of office following the death of her predecessor John Pombe Magufuli at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Tanzania swears in Samia Suluhu Hassan as first female president

March 19, 2021
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (R) and his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok. Mr Madbouly spoke to the UN about the 'bitter' standoff with Ethiopia over the mega-dam project. AFP

Egypt seeks international help in row over Ethiopian mega-dam

March 18, 2021
Chris Coons speaks during a Senate confirmation hearing in Washington. Reuters

Biden dispatches senior US senator to Ethiopia in latest warning shot on Tigray

March 18, 2021
Sudan's Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan has said Ethiopia must recognise Sudanese sovereignty over border areas settled by Ehiopian farmers. AFP

Sudan demands Ethiopia recognise border territory

March 18, 2021
Tanzania's President John Magufuli speaks during a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on February 24, 2021. Reuters

Tanzanian President John Magufuli dies aged 61

March 18, 2021
A Red Cross worker in protective clothes prepares to administer a Covid-19 rapid test. AP

Uganda launches Covid-19 rapid test kit and eyes Africa market

March 17, 2021
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