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What began as a peaceful demonstration outside a proposed Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki has escalated into a full-blown confrontation, with Kenyan police deploying tear gas and water cannon against hundreds of residents who say they were never consulted about the project. The protests, which saw an air base cordoned off by demonstrators late last […]

Benin government moved in late May to strengthen laws against the production and circulation of counterfeit banknotes, targeting an underground economy of forged currency that regional economists said has been quietly eroding commercial trust across West Africa. The legislative amendment, signed into law by President Romuald Wadagni administration, introduced stricter penalties for counterfeiting operations and

The African Development Bank Group revised its 2026 growth projections downward in early June, confirming what millions of Africans on the ground had already been feeling — that the continent economic momentum was stalling, and that external shocks were arriving faster than the continent institutional buffers could absorb them. The bank updated assessment showed growth

Nigeria main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, named former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election on June 1, 2026, setting up what analysts described as the most consequential electoral contest in Africa largest economy since the end of military rule. The decision was confirmed at a closed

The director-general of the World Health Organization arrived in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 1, 2026, landing in the heart of one of the most complex humanitarian emergencies the continent has faced in years. The rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus was spreading in an

Guinea stood at a political inflection point this week as voters cast ballots in legislative and municipal elections — a poll critics called a crucial test of the country post-coup transition roadmap. The elections, held on June 1, 2026, came after years of military rule following the 2021 coup that toppled President Alpha Condé. Counting