AFRICA 07.08.21: Egypt. Egyptian actress Dalal Abdel Aziz died aged 61 as a result of having contracted COVID-19.

AFRICA 01.07.21: DR Congo. At least 10 people were killed in a terrorist raid on the city of Beni in the east of the country.

AFRICA 02.06.21: Mali. The African Union has suspended Mali from the African Union over its second coup in nine months.

AFRICA 05.04.21: Sudan. An armed attack by militias in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State left at least 18 people dead and 54 others injured according to the Sudanese Doctors’ Committee.

AFRICA 01.02.21: Somalia. Al-Shabab militants stormed the Afrik Hotel in the capital Mogadishu and started shooting at guests.

Africa 02.01.21: Niger. Scores of villagers were slaughtered by suspected Islamist terrorists in coordinated attacks on two villages near the border with Mali.