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US officials added that any future aid would be “dependent on the Somali Federal Government taking accountability” and remediating the matter.

Heavy snowfall closed several roads and trapped dozens of vehicles across parts of Algeria on Wednesday, while blanketing wide areas of neighbouring Tunisia, according to authorities.

The US and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow the US to continue its controversial effort to bring white South Africans to the US as refugees.

The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit his country, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday.

South Africa has softened its anti-trust regulations to allow firms battling high power costs to jointly build energy infrastructure and collectively negotiate supply contracts.

A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies.

Prosecutors say Abubakar Malami siphoned public funds between 2015 and 2023 and laundered the cash through associates.

Claude Pivi, sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, dies from diabetes-related complications, prosecutor says

Security minister accuses former transitional President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of orchestrating the coup plot.

The Arab league says the visit undermines regional peace and security and exacerbates political tensions in Somalia, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa.