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At least 38 people were killed when a cyclone slammed into Madagascar's second-largest city this week, authorities said Thursday, as Mozambique braced for the storm's arrival

Senegal's largest university said Thursday it had suspended student associations after violent demonstrations over scholarship payments turned deadly.

The bodies of two Nigerians fighting for Russia have been found in eastern Ukraine, the country’s authorities said Thursday.

On Thursday, exiled Malian imam Mahmoud Dicko Dicko urged an end to the jihadist violence engulfing the Sahel countries, insisting, ‘we must find a solution for the entire sub-region’.

Access to electricity in Africa was a central topic at the recent World Governments Summit in Dubai. While hundreds of millions of Africans still live without power, new solutions are emerging, particularly around solar-powered micro-grids.

Mass Russian drone strikes hit Ukraine’s Odesa region overnight, killing one and injuring six, damaging port and energy sites and disrupting basic city services.

On the 'Lover's Canal' in Ganvie, a lake village in Benin, love can flow in unusual ways. Long a place for chance encounters, this stretch of water has over the years become a favoured meeting spot for young men and women in search of a soulmate

The Programme is to support long-term economic diversification and resilience, with a focus on evidence-based policymaking, green growth and inclusive development. The post Nigerian gov’t launches BOGA Fund Programme to drive economic diversification beyond oil appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

It includes the possibility of imposing a “naval blockade” on ships carrying migrants for a period of up to six months.

Traditional Dambe boxers traded heavy blows before a cheering crowd in north-western Nigeria on Thursday.