In September, Florida residents crowded a government meeting to oppose plans for a massive trash incinerator in Miami-Dade County. Protesters wearing green shirts that read “MIRAMAR SAYS NO TO INCINERATOR! NOT IN OUR BACKYARD,” feared…
G7 Countries Urge Tunisia to Resume Constitutional Path
The Group of Seven (the G7) countries, yesterday, urged Tunisian President Kais Saied to select and name a prime minister as soon as possible. This statement - asking Tunisia to return to the constitutional norms…
Several were arrested from Tanzania’s main opposition party,…
Tanzanian authorities have arrested numerous members of the country's largest opposition Chadema party, marking the country's latest crackdown on a group advocating constitutional reform. It came after President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government detained Chadema leader…
After trying all other routes, African Union finally…
The political situation in Somalia has been degrading since the country let in foreign involvement in internal matters and gave up its military power in search for regional control. Now as the things are reaching…
Libyan Parliament speaker calls for holding planned elections…
Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh has stressed the need for holding general elections in the country in December 2021 as per schedule. On Wednesday, Saleh held a meeting with Spanish ambassador to Libya Javier Garcia-Larrache…
At the Berlin summit, African leaders renewed their…
African leaders gathered in Germany for a summit renewed their calls for Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers, claiming that the decision would provide countries with more affordable vaccines. Africa has received the fewest vaccines of any…
‘No Zambian should go to bed hungry’: President…
Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema vowed to ensure that citizens can have three decent meals a day. Hakainde Hichilema made his inauguration speech - addressing a packed stadium in the capital, Lusaka. He said his government…
Egyptian and Japanese foreign ministers met to discuss…
At a meeting in Cairo on Monday, Japan's foreign minister exchanged views with his Egyptian counterpart. In a statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Toshimitsu Motegi and his delegation discussed with Egyptian officials "methods…
AU monitors report high tensions before and after…
Following the Thursday vote to pick Zambia's new leader, African Union election observers reported heightened tensions in the country. The mission also confirmed that tensions between the incumbent ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the opposition…
Zambia votes for its next president today
Zambians, on Thursday, started voting in an election showdown between President Edgar Lungu and his opposition rival Hakainde Hichilema - after a tense campaign overshadowed by economic woes and the overall impacts of the coronavirus…
Following a case of the Marburg virus, WHO…
At least four people have been identified as contacts of a man who died in Guinea from the Ebola-like Marburg virus, according to the World Health Organization, which has sent specialists to the West African…
Nigeria’s ‘kidnap epidemic’: over 200 school children kidnappings…
Northern Nigeria is witnessing a worsening form of violence – school children are regularly being abducted by armed bandits. This year till now over 1000 students have been kidnapped from schools. Many have been released…
Korir of Kenya and Chemutai of Uganda take…
At the Olympics, Emmanuel Korir won gold and led a Kenyan one-two finish in the 800 meters. Korir drove past Peter Bol of Australia on the final turn and stormed home to win in 1…
Foreign ministers from Egypt and Algeria meet in…
Sameh Shukry, Egypt's foreign minister, met with Ramtane Lamamra, Algeria's foreign minister, in Cairo on Saturday. Shukry told reporters at a joint press conference that Egypt is closely monitoring the political unrest in Tunisia following…
Devastations and riots in South Africa
South Africa is on its knees, and everything raises concerns that the situation will not improve anytime soon. That is the adage that is the most popular in South African newspapers these days, which tells…
Biden renews push for stronger business ties between…
On Tuesday, United States of America’s President Joe Biden announced that the administration is pushing for expanding business ties between US firms and Africa. The focus of this relationship would be on sectors including health,…
In South Africa, Pfizer will manufacture the Covid-19 vaccine
From 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories will complete the final step of their Covid-19 vaccine production in Cape Town, South Africa, to primarily supply the African continent, where a paucity of doses delays immunization campaigns.…
Tanzania’s Chadema party says chief Freeman Mbowe arrested…
Tanzania's main opposition party has said that its leader Freeman Mbowe has been detained by the police ahead of his address at a scheduled conference aimed at demanding constitutional reforms in the East African country.…
Ethiopia completes second-year filling of mega-dam on the…
Ethiopia on Monday announced the completion of its second-year target of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir on the Blue Nile River even as tensions with Egypt and Sudan have escalated. Taking to…
