The difference between will and going to keeps showing up in English classrooms across Africa, especially in exam prep, job interviews, and daily office talk. One small choice changes the meaning. A teacher in Nairobi hears it every day: students know the rule, then miss it in real speech. Same headache, different city. Why English […]
A taxi stops near a busy square, and the first thing noticed is sound. Drums, horns, street chatter, and vendors calling out snacks. Morocco Prepares for AFCON Festival Beyond Football, and AFCON 2025 in Morocco already looks bigger than match nights. Organisers keep talking about culture, travel, city life, and crowds that want plans even […]
Gambia – Gambia citizens are heading to the polls to elect their next president. For the first time, the election will not have former dictator Yahya Jammeh appearing on the ballot. The 2016 elections removed Jammeh from power after 22 years. The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, with a population of 2.5 […]
Nigeria – Ease of doing business in a country is an important criterion for a country to flourish in this sector and improve its economy. African countries are struggling to keep pace with the world when it comes to economic matters and with the pandemic, things have become even more difficult for them. Nigeria is […]
South Africa – Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, announced the first cases of the new COVID-19 type on Wednesday, saying three passengers who had been to South Africa had been infected. Ghana, a West African neighbor, claimed it had also detected the novel Omicron form, with cases traced to Nigeria and South Africa. Since the […]
Southern Africa – The former prime minister of Lesotho has been charged with the murder of his estranged wife. His spouse at present was also charged with the same allegations last year but proceedings are yet to be concluded. As per the investigation done till now, it has been found out that she was killed […]
China – Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered one billion COVID-19 vaccines to African countries. According to Chinese media reports, nearly 200 million vaccines have already been supplied by China to the continent. Xi’s announcement comes amid concerns about the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, first identified in southern Africa. Xi […]
Libya – As desperate migrants try hazardous sea crossings to enter Europe, Libyan Red Crescent recovery teams retrieved the bodies of four people from a beach near Sabratha, 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Tripoli, on Thursday. Mohamed Al-Manobi, the commander of the recovery team, said the remains that had washed up on the shore […]
Israel – Israel and Morocco have started to engage in bettering their diplomatic ties with the recent step being a defense deal with each other. It is a landmark agreement between the two countries that made their ties recently. On Wednesday, the two came together to lay a strong foundation for each other when it […]
Sudan – On Sunday, Sudan’s military reinstated PM Abdalla Hamdok and pledged to release all political detainees. The military’s statement comes weeks after deadly unrest triggered by their coup. Lately, large crowds have taken to the streets to reject any political settlement with the army. Under an agreement inked with military leader General Abdel Fattah […]
Sudan – Sudan’s senior general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, signed a deal with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, nearly a month after a military coup, to restore the transition to a civilian government. The 14-point agreement, signed at Khartoum’s presidential palace, calls for Hamdok’s reinstatement as prime minister as well as the release of civilian […]
The United States has added Algeria’s name under special watch status into the list of religious freedom guarantees. As per the latest reports the addition is after the US observed that Algeria is violating the rights to follow any particular religion. With this, the US has placed the North African state in the same list […]
Uganda – Two suicide bombers riding motorcycles were definitely captured (by security cameras). They pretended to be boda boda riders (motorcycle taxi drivers). They detonated the bombs strapped to their bodies. They were quickly killed by this, “Ugandan police spokesman Fred Enanga said. According to police, the explosions occurred near the central police station and […]
LIbya – The registration of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, the son of the late dictator Moamer Kadhafi, to compete in next month’s presidential election has divided Libyans. Libya’s first-ever direct presidential election, with a first round on December 24, would be the conclusion of a UN-led process that began last year in an attempt to put […]
Tigray – Information flow has been badly hampered in the Tigray conflict, making it difficult for humanitarian organizations to understand the intensity of the loss of human life. Somewhat like the way Houthis were functioning in Yemen, feeding media and human rights organizations with misinformation, rebels in the Tigray region of Africa have used misinformation […]
Sudan – In a crackdown on anti-coup protests on Saturday, Sudanese security forces killed at least one protester. This happened after the military consolidated its grip by forming a new ruling council. The move comes roughly three weeks after top commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan deposed the government and imprisoned civilian leaders. “Live bullets” struck other […]
Sudan – Sudan’s senior general reassigned himself as the interim governing body’s head on Thursday. Pro-democracy groups had no immediate reaction to General Abdel-Fattah Burhan’s departure, which was announced on state television. Several other members of the body served on the previous council, which Burhan presided over before dissolving it in the coup last month. […]
Congo – Residents in Eastern Congo are now fleeing their homes as the violence in the region escalates. Despite the intervention of the Congo Army alongside peacekeepers from the UN mission side, residents have had to evacuate their homes looking for survival. Recently, the village of Komanda in the Eastern province of Ituri was retaken […]
Libya – Candidates for the December 24 presidential and legislative elections in Libya can begin registering on Monday, according to the electoral commission. “This is the true beginning of the electoral process,” the commission’s director, Imad al-Sayeh, told reporters on Sunday, referring to a decade of violence in the North African country. “Candidate registration for […]
Uganda – During a search in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, police discovered explosives and other weaponry near the site of a restaurant explosion that killed a waitress last month. A suicide belt, explosives, and an AK-47 rifle with 14 rounds of ammunition were discovered, according to police spokesperson Fred Enga in a statement released on Friday. […]