- — DRC: Lumumba's remains laid to rest in Kinshasa on Independence day
- The country's first Prime minister's coffin has a place in a specially-built mausoleum.
- — Nigeria: Workers kidnapped at mining site, including four Chinese
- Heavily armed men attacked a mine in central Nigeria on Wednesday killing security personnel and kidnapping workers, including at least four Chinese, local authorities said in a statement on Thursday.
- — France: MC Solaar performs albums inspired by African griots & American rap
- Claude M'Barali better known as MC Solaar, a French rap legend, set the ball rolling for Jazz à Vienne festival. He sang a melting pot of his first three albums which marked the history of rap in the 90s, with a strong jazz influence.
- — Central African Republic: MINUSCA recaptures Ouanda-Djallé from rebels
- Central African Republic: MINUSCA recaptures Ouanda-Djallé from rebels
- — New Zimbabwean president in Pan-African Parliament
- The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the African Union's consultative assembly, elected a new speaker on Wednesday.
- — War kills more civilians in Sahel
- The number of civilians being killed through conflicts keeps rising. These civilians are caught up in a spiral of massacres and reprisals, according to statistics and observers.
- — UN Oceans conference tackles marine sustainability challenges in developing countries
- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented at the Oceans conference in Lisbon Wednesday the latest report on the fisheries sector and outlined a relatively optimistic scinario. Ugandan Margaret Nakato raised awareness on the challenges faced by small holders.
- — Togolese remain vigilant over security threat despite state of emergency
- "We are too afraid with the situation. We see clients, we are afraid to take them, because at that moment we don't know who is who. We are too afraid. In the morning like this we can go out . before when there was security.. before, we can go out, we can work at least 5,000 to 6,000. but not today"
- — UN envoy to DRC warns security council on escalating security situation
- “During the most recent attacks, the M23 behaved more and more like a conventional army than an armed group. The M23 has increasingly sophisticated firepower and equipment, especially in terms of long-range mortar and machine gun firing capabilities, as well as precision fire on aircraft. ......”
- — Libya: 20 people found dead in desert near border with Chad
- The vehicle had come from neighbouring Chad and reached some 120 kilometres (75 miles) into Libyan territory before breaking down, the statement added.
- — Senegal's opposition postpones banned demonstrations, vows to fight ruling party in polls
- The opposition in Senegal has postponed its demonstrations against the government, previously banned by the authorities, and announced its participation in the July 31 legislative elections that it had previously threatened to prevent.
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