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Mali’s military junta began talks with opposition groups on Saturday on its promise to hand power back to civilians, after mounting pressure from neighbouring countries in the weeks since it overthrew the nation’s leader.  The West…

Nigeria has recorded 31 deaths arising from COVID-19 pandemic in two days. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that 14 persons died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 4 while 17 more deaths were recorded on Wednesday,…

Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded another 438 new COVID-19 cases, even as 11 persons lost their lives to the virus. According to report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the cases were recorded from 24…

Anti-lockdown protesters in Guinea on Wednesday forced open a handful of mosques that had been shut for weeks, according to witnesses, demonstrators, and a local official. It came a day after seven people were killed in clashes with…

France will return artworks taken from Benin during the colonial conquest of the region by the start of 2021, culture minister Franck Riester said Monday on a visit to the West African country. President Emmanuel Macron pledged last year…

Oil demand in highly industrialised countries will shift from slight growth to a decline after 2020, while India and China will ensure that global oil consumption will grow over the next decades, an official said. This is according to an…

Armed protesters from Mali’s Arab community fired shots into the air, burned tyres and torched vehicles in Timbuktu on Wednesday, bringing the desert city to a standstill days before an election seen as a test of stability across…