On Friday, 95 Libyan nationals were seized by South African police from a suspected covert military training facility. Authorities are now looking at other areas of the nation for possible unlawful bases. Found on a…
Nigeria: Lawmakers reject gender equality bill citing religious…
Nigerian lawmakers rejected the gender equality bill for the third time in five years. The lawmakers cited “socio-cultural and Islamic concerns'' as reasons to reject the bill. The bill was focused on eliminating discrimination on…
In the Central African Republic, palm wine benefits…
Africa - The Central African Republic's Kapou village has a reputation for producing significant quantities of palm wine. This activity has been the main source of revenue for young and old for decades. Philemon owns…
Secret burials were performed for Burundi’s prison inmates
Burundi - Families of the victims of the fire at the Gitega jail in Burundi are still in the dark regarding the whereabouts of their loved ones a week after the blaze broke out. Some…
Ethiopia demands to release reporters detained under emergency…
Ethiopia - As the situation gets turbulent in Ethiopia, there are an increasing number of incidents that show that the military is gaining excessive control over each affairs of the country on the government's orders.…
French officials finally give the charge of military…
Mali - On Tuesday, the French officials at the military base in the Malian city of Tumbuktu handed over the keys to controlling after taking charge of the area for the last nine years It…
Nigeria will destroy one million expired COVID-19 Vaccines…
Nigeria - Nigeria will destroy one million Coid-19 vaccines amid the new variant of the Covid-19 virus, Omicron. Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) announced the news on Monday.…
Germany finalizes the documents to sum up its…
Germany - The two different stands taken by Morocco and Germany have made their diplomatic bond weak with every passing day. Given their fair share of differences, Germany has decided to prepare a ‘solemn declaration’…
Burkina Faso’s President appoints a new Prime Minister
Burkina Faso -Following the resignation of Christophe Dabire, the government of Burkina Faso has announced the selection of a new prime minister. Lassina Zerbo, the former head of a top nuclear watchdog, has been appointed…
Climate change impacts are being evaluated by the…
South Sudan - The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan has paid a visit to the areas in the country's north that have been flooded. The weather in the country's Unity state is…
Liberia’s senator & Ex-warlord Prince Johnson slapped with…
Liberia - The United States of America has slapped sanctions on Liberia’s ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson on grounds of alleged corruption. The sanctions have been imposed under Global Magnitsky Act, according to…
Al-Burhan, Sudan’s top general, warns against foreign interference
Sudan - During a speech after attending the conclusion of a military drill in the Maaqil district of the northern Nile River State, Sudan's senior general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan warned against foreign meddling in the…
A prison fire in Burundi has resulted in…
Burundi- At least 38 detainees are believed to be dead and 69 critically injured after a fire broke out in the main jail in Burundi's capital, Gitega, on Tuesday. The occurrence was confirmed by the…
South Africa has been “punished” for the discovery…
South Africa -Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Macky Sall of Senegal have expressed their displeasure with rich countries for imposing travel bans on them after the country revealed the discovery of a novel…
Libya lawmakers criticize election commission
Libya - Some of the pro-Haftar Libyan officials have shown their disappointment toward the country’s election commissions as well as the judicial poll supervisors. As per a report, the Libyan lawmakers have advised above officials…
As Gambians vote in the presidential election, there…
Gambia - In Saturday's presidential election, Gambians are hoping for the better, with some celebrating the country's current condition and others voicing unhappiness. One voter expressed it this way: "Because the Gambian people are suffering,…
Seif al-Islam, Ghadaffi’s son, has been cleared by…
Libya - A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can run in the 2018 presidential elections, rejecting the country's highest electoral body's decision to ban him.…
Mass Vaccination In Focus With Omicron Spread Scare…
Kenya - The locals of Kenya are now rushing for vaccination after the outbreak of news about the Omicron variant. It is said that the new variant is more contagious than the earlier ones, and…
Summit calls for More investment in sustainable agriculture…
Africa - The use of Africa's fertile land to drive sustainable agriculture and improve food supply has been recommended by investors. This was one of the findings reached by business executives and policymakers during the…
