Mali military removes President and PM
Mali military seizes power once again nine months after a coup
Mali faces the spectre of another coup only nine months since the last one. We speak to opposition leader Soya Djigue, who says his party has been tasked with putting forward a candidate for the position of PM;
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo affected by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo fear further aftershocks and eruptions. We hear from the International Federation of the Red Cross coordinating aid on the ground;
The western region of Kenya is on high Covid-19 alert following a spike in infections;
Ethiopia awards a telecom licence to a consortium led by Safaricom, in a move that will end the state's monopoly over the county's telecommunications sector.
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