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The first Moroccan-produced tests to diagnose breast cancer and leukaemia will become commercially available within months, cutting costs and waiting times for patients in the country and across Africa. Most of the diagnostic kits for cancer and other diseases in Africa are expensive imports from outside the continent, usually from Europe and the US. Breast […]

Foreign Minister Qin Gang is starting his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries, the Foreign Ministry announced Monday. Qin, who until recently was ambassador to the United States, will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt from Jan. 9-16, spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily media briefing. In Egypt, Qin will […]

The state-run Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), is calling for thousands of plantation workers who fled the country’s separatist conflict to return to work. About half the company’s 20,000 workers left more than four years ago over unpaid wages and after deadly and brutal attacks. The company last week said it was safe to return, but […]

Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused by Mali of being mercenaries have returned home after six months in captivity. The troops arrived at Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport late on Saturday, a day after receiving a pardon from Mali’s military ruler. Emerging from their plane home on Saturday, each soldier held a small Ivorian flag and smiled as […]

Escalating conflict and climate change threaten the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative. Promoters of the Great Green Wall have called for strong political will in engendering peace and increasing investment in environmental preservation, which the project launched 16 years ago seeks to enhance. Competition over natural resources that are affected by climate change […]

A cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain briefly ran aground in the Suez Canal before being refloated and towed away, according to the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. The incident involving the 225-metre Marshall Islands-registered M/V Glory had sparked fears of a repeat of a blockage in 2021, when the large container ship Ever Given […]

“I am deeply saddened by today’s tragic road accident in Gniby, where 39 people died and many were seriously injured. I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” President Macky Sall said in a tweet. The incident involved two buses that collided with one another, […]

Between 2015 and 2018, the European Union, Japan, and the United States exported 14 million used vehicles worldwide. Forty percent of these went to African countries. Used vehicles serve real needs in the continent by supporting mobility and generating livelihoods for millions of people, including mechanics, sprayers, and other garage operators. But they also contribute […]

A 60-year-old man who was mauled to death over the weekend by his own dogs in the South African town of Lichtenburg, has been formally identified as Zambian football star, Philemon Mulala. Mr Mulala’s wife is reported to have found him lifeless in the garden of their home and quickly called for the emergency services […]

The self-declared republic of Somaliland has confirmed that oil has been discovered in the Sallahey area of the Marodi-Jeh region, its ministry of energy and mineral resources said in a statement posted on Facebook. The ministry said it had launched scientific investigations after a black liquid spilled from a water well drilling site in the […]