🇨🇩🇷🇼 DR Congo army admits its soldier crossed into Rwanda

The Republic of Democratic of Congo (DRC) has confirmed that one of its soldiers crossed into Rwanda on Saturday.

The armed soldier who crossed the Rwanda-DR Congo border at Petite Barrière was shot and killed by Rwanda Defence Forces who were on patrol after he had shot and injured a police officer at the border.

#DRC #Rwanda

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🇳🇬 Gunmen kill three police officers in Nigeria's south-east

Three police officers were on Saturday killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Agbani, a community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east.

The gunmen stormed the checkpoint at about 8 a.m. and opened fire on police officers on duty, killing three of them at the spot.

#Nigeria

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🇸🇩🇺🇳 Sudanese protesters call for the removal of a German diplomat from the UN mission

Over the past few weeks, the calls from protesters in Sudan have become louder. Carrying signs that say "Volker out!" and "No to foreign interference," thousands of Sudanese people have indicated that they would like to see the back of German diplomat Volker Perthes, who heads the United Nations' Integrated Transition Assistance Mission Sudan (UNITAMS).

Established by a 2020 UN resolution, the mission is tasked with supporting Sudan in its transition to democratic rule.

#Sudan #UN

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🇳🇬 Two medical doctors abducted in Nigeria

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River, disclosed that the abductors of two of its members had demanded N100 million (about $227,2k) as ransom to secure their release. The two medical doctors were abducted on Friday alongside two others at the Ikomita section of the Calabar-Ikom Highway.

Police confirmed the incident, saying his command would do everything humanly possible to secure their release unhurt.

Just after the demand for N100 million ransom, the National Assembly assured Nigerians of its commitment to seek funding for the Nigerian Army in order to deal with its major challenges.

#Nigeria

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🇨🇩 In eastern DR Congo, at least twenty dead in heavy rains and landslides

At least twenty people have died in the past two days in landslides and floods caused by heavy rains in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, administrative and police sources announced.

Most of the deaths was recorded at an artisanal gold mining site in Rubaya, North Kivu.

#DRC

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🇫🇷 Macron accuses Russia of 'predatory' influence in Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of feeding anti-French propaganda in Africa to serve "predatory" ambitions in troubled African nations, where France has suffered military setbacks and a wider loss of influence over recent years.

Speaking on the sidelines of a summit of French-speaking nations in Tunisia, Macron said there was a “predatory project” pushing disinformation into African countries, which was “a political project financed by Russia, sometimes others”.

#France

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🇿🇼 Over 4,000 Zimbabwean doctors and nurses left the country in 2021

Zimbabwean health workers have left the country in droves over the past year, the Health Services Board chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikosana revealed on Sunday.

More than 4,000 health workers have left since 2021. This includes more than 1,700 registered nurses who resigned last year and more than 900 who left this year.

Health workers went on strike in June demanding to be paid in U.S. dollars as inflation further weakened the local currency.

#Zimbabwe

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🇬🇶 Vote counting underway in Equatorial Guinea's polls

According to some members of the voting centre, the day was calm and without incidents, with a high participation of people in the elections, while the opposition has suggested voting irregularities.

A member of the Independent National electoral Commission described a calm election day.

#EquatorialGuinea

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🇫🇷🇧🇫 France not ruling out pulling special forces from Burkina

France has not ruled out withdrawing its special forces in Burkina Faso, where protests against the French military presence have been increasing, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in an interview published Sunday.

#France #BurkinaFaso

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🇨🇲 Cameroonians attack presidential celebration event in France

A Cameroon cabinet minister was allegedly killed at a venue in France where President Paul Biya was to celebrate his 40th year in power.

In a video shared on social media, a number of men and women can be seen storming the venue and destroying the well decorated hall before leaving minutes later, with a body lying in a pool of blood.

The Cameroonian government had not confirmed the death of the minister or released a statement on the attack by Sunday night.

#Cameroon

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🇰🇪 In Kenya, 5-storey building with over 100 tenants collapses hours after evacuation

A five-storey building that had been housing more than 100 tenants in Ruiru Town, Kiambu County collapsed hours after they had been evacuated.

The building collapsed Monday morning hours after the tenants were evacuated when cracks were seen on its pillars on Sunday afternoon.

This is the second building to collapse in Kiambu within one week. On November 17, another 5-storey building collapsed in the same town.

#Kenya

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, new law bans MPs with criminal conviction from participating in future elections

Members of Parliament with a criminal conviction will no longer be allowed to contest future elections.

According to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of 12 months before the date of nomination as a candidate.

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🇳🇬 Treatment of wastewater in Nigeria's oil fields is failing, raising the risk of health hazards

The Niger Delta region produces some 2 million barrels (320,000 cubic metres) of oil a day and has always accounted for more than 75% of Nigeria's export earnings. Together oil and natural gas extraction comprise 97% of Nigeria's foreign exchange revenues.

But despite the fact that the oil industry has contributed significantly to the nation's prosperity, the producing regions have suffered severe environmental damage. The people who live there have been subjected to untold hardship through oil pollution, environmental degradation, destruction of aquatic life, and other negative activities as a result of unhealthy extraction and treatment of oilfield waste.

A number of studies have reported various effects of exposure to heavy metals and organic pollutants. There have been numerous anecdotal reports of health complications that are attributed to oil and gas operations in this region.

#Nigeria

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🇰🇪🇨🇳 Kenya Discloses Part of Contract for China-Funded Railway Project, Revealing Beijing’s Ambition in Africa

The Kenyan government has disclosed some details of loan agreements with a Chinese bank that show Beijing got an upper hand in financing the construction of a railway eight years ago. The documents show the one-sided face of the contents are in China’s favor.

Analysts say it a rare move and express concerns that this could strain the Kenya-China relations.

#Kenya #China

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🇿🇦 "Go back to jail," court orders ex-South Africa’s President Zuma

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to prison after his conditional release on health grounds.

It “considers that Mr Zuma’s conditional release on medical grounds was contrary to the law.”

The court, on Monday, said Zuma’s freedom was contrary to the law after he officially completed serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court.

The 80-year-old was convicted in June 2021 for stubbornly refusing to testify before a commission investigating corruption under his presidency (2009-2018). Zuma’s imprisonment was greeted with a wave of violence and looting which led to the death of 350 persons.

#SouthAfrica

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🇨🇩 Trafigura gets $600 million from Africa's TDB for DR Congo cobalt mines

Commodities trader Trafigura has agreed a $600 million syndicated financing facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to develop cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

#DRC

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🇲🇱🇫🇷 Mali bans activities of NGOs funded by France

Mali announced a ban on the activities of NGOs funded or supported by France, including humanitarian groups, amid a worsening row between Paris and Bamako.

The West African nation's interim Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga justified the move in a statement on social media, calling it a response to France's recent halt to development aid for Mali.

#Mali #France

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🇳🇬 Gunmen kidnap 130 in raids in north-west Nigeria

The authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara say at least 130 people have been kidnapped by gunmen in a series of attacks in two different parts of the state.

Gunmen on motorcycles raided two areas taking women, children and the elderly, Ibrahim Dosara, the state's information commissioner, said.

"They were using the victims as ''human shields'' because of the ongoing ''heavy bombardments'' of their hideouts," he added.

Security forces have been deployed to rescue the victims.

#Nigeria

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