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Residents of Aboadze and Abuesi, two fishing communities in the Shama District of the Western Region have been battling with perennial water shortage for the past nine months. Trekking to the Volta River Authority (VRA) area and to Inchaban, a nearby town with the yellow gallons, popularly known as 39;Kufuor gallons, 39; in search of water have become a daily routine for the residents, particularly women and children.

The Supreme Court has adjourned indefinitely the case seeking an interpretation of the extent of the powers of the Auditor General vis- agrave;-vis the Audit Service Board. This was due to the failure of the four lawyers in the matter to abide by the court 39;s orders to file their joint memorandum of issues.

An international operation coordinated jointly by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the international police organization INTERPOL has disrupted trafficking networks that supply terrorist groups across West Africa and the Sahel, the UN agency reported on Monday. 

With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an escalation of armed attacks, amid reports that armed groups have taken control of towns near the capital, Bangui.

Ethiopia's prime minister says no civilians were killed in the Tigray conflict. Three witnesses say otherwise.

Claims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.

The Central African Republic says forces loyal to François Bozizé plan to march on the capital Bangui.

Captain Joyce Beckwith married into a ballooning family and has since become Kenya's first female pilot.

Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mexico and Pakistan are likely to have to wait for the coronavirus vaccine.

Antibody tests show that up to a third of South Africans may have contracted coronavirus during the first wave.

The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago, although others reportedly remain missing.  

Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan’s Pibor county, where people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. 

Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.

Attacks by armed groups in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been forced to move multiple times, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. 

Militant activity is spreading across northern Nigeria with other groups expressing allegiance to Boko Haram

Italy's PM wins the release of 18 fishermen based in Sicily who have been detained since September.

The UN also blames a failure to distribute vast mineral and gas revenues to the local population.

Sam Jalloh saw his best friend killed in front of him. He vowed to get away - and tennis was his way out.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

The UN has released $36.6 million for civilians caught up in the conflict that has roiled Ethiopia’s Tigray region since early last month, in order to secure water, sanitation and lifesaving medical supplies.