Covid-19: Malawi nurses go on nationwide strike against poor working conditions

Two persons have been kidnapped as one pero=son sustained an injury in Kurfi local government in Katsina State.

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Parents of abducted Katsina students assemble at school premises, keep vigil

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Tensions mount ahead of Thursday's vote in Uganda. Security is beefed up in the capital after a violent campaign. France condemns the killing of over half a dozen people in a village in Cameroon. The army has denied accusations from some locals who say that soldiers were responsible for the massacre. And a fall off in global demand for the beans has led to a pile up in Ivory Coast's ports. It's the world's top producer but around 100,000 tonnes of unsold stock have stacked up

Border drills in Katsina seized items worth N304M

Police parade suspects of rape, human trafficking in Katsina

A total of N30 million naira has been donated by the Nigeria Governors' forum, to the victims of Katsina Central market.

The arrest of two notorious suspects by the Police has led to the uncovering of another mass grave in Katsina - Ala local government area of the state

Some 17,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine destined for the arms of Malawians have instead ended up in the incinerator, after low uptake meant they went unused and eventually expired. But Malawi's health minister Khumbize Chiponda says the government is still committed to reaching its inoculation targets.

There is a housing crisis taking place across many parts of Africa. A joint venture involving CDC Group – the UK government’s development finance institution – and the European building materials multinational LafargeHolcim, is 3D-printing houses and schools in a fraction of the time it would normally take.

Lazarus Chakwera, the president of Malawi, who is also currently chair of the Southern African Development Community, gave an interview to FRANCE 24 from Dubai. He hailed Malawi and Zambia as "examples of what democracy is about". Chakwera insisted that overall, "democracy is getting consolidated" on the continent, in spite of "erratic events", referring to the recent coups in Mali, Guinea and now Sudan. He described such coups as being "not the African way".