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Mauritius: Government declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship

Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius have stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril. The government on Saturday...

Mali: President Keita appoints Constitutional Court judges to ease crisis

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appointed nine judges to the Constitutional Court by decree as part of a compromise intended to ease the country's months-long political crisis. The Sahel nation is in the grip of a political impasse between Keita and an...

Coronavirus: South Africa cases pass half million mark

More than half a million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in South Africa, according to the country's health minister. Zweli Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases on Saturday, bringing the tally to 503,290, along with 8,153 deaths. South Africa is the hardest-hit...

Mali’s President appoints ministers to end the ongoing political crisis

A new "restricted" government comprising six members has been formed in Mali and tasked with solving the country's protracted political crisis, according to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. What you need to know The West African nation has been scrambling to maintain...