Amputees in Sierra Leone face severe social and economic challenges. The civil war from 1991 to 2002 left most of them without limbs because the rebels used amputation as a form of terror. To this…
Tunisia has arrested a senior member of the…
Tunisia -Noureddine Bhiri, the vice chairman of Ennahdha and a close associate of Rached Ghannouchi, the Islamist party's leader and the president's nemesis, was arrested Friday, according to reports. "Civilian agents aboard two cars detained…
Sudan’s gold mine disaster kills at least 31…
Sudan - On Tuesday, a basic gold mine collapsed in Sudan, killing at least 31 workers. The fatal accident happened in Nuhud, a town some 500 kilometers west of Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head…
United States Sends Ultimatum To Somalia President After…
After Somalia's President Farmaajo announced Monday that he was suspending Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble ahead of elections, the United States sent an ultimatum to President Farmaajo. The US State Department's Bureau of African Affairs…
Gambia: Court rejects election result challenge to Barrow’s…
Gambia - The Supreme Court of Gambia has rejected a plea that challenged the victory of sitting President Adama Barrow in the presidential election conducted on December 4. The challenge plea was made by the…
A South African court has blocked Shell’s oil…
South Africa - On Tuesday, a South African court barred Shell from using seismic waves in the Indian Ocean to look for oil and gas. Environmentalists concerned about the impact of oil giant Shell on…
No more Shell monopoly in South Africa, orders…
South Africa - Shell is known to be a big shark in the petroleum industry so much so that it is known to mint money by mooching people and smaller businesses. It is also known…
South Africa mourns the death of an anti-apartheid…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has praised Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa as a man of "great intellect, integrity, and invincibility against the forces of apartheid." Tutu's death was reported on Sunday, December…
South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and Nobel laureate, Desmond…
South Africa - South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial discrimination in the country, died on Sunday. He was 90 years old. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…
At least six people were killed in a…
Congo - Officials and AFP reported that a bomb blast killed at least six people in the eastern city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. The bomb went off in the…
Thousands of Sudanese marched in Khartoum on Christmas…
Sudan - Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators gathered on Saturday, two months after a military coup, demanding that soldiers "return to the barracks" and a transition to a civilian government. Despite a large deployment by security…
In the midst of protests in Darkar, Senegal,…
Senegal - Senegal will welcome a new commuter railway line on Monday, December 27 after waiting for the project's completion for the past five years. Once the TER regional express begins service, this transportation system…
Covid-19 threat: Coronavirus surge worsens Africa’s severe poverty,…
Africa - The Covid-19 surge has affected Zimbabwe and other African nations severely. Nearly two years into a global pandemic, a new surge in coronavirus cases, and the omicron variant of Covid-19 crashed businesses in…
Sudan orders security deployment ahead of anti-coup protest
Sudan - Scared of the scale of the damage that the Sudanese population is capable of doing with the large-scale anti-coup protests, the military has cut phone tires and restricted the internet along with deploying…
Libya’s presidential candidates have called for unity
Libya - After the postponement of the presidential election, Libya's presidential candidates have called for unity. The presidential contenders in Libya are demanding that the elections be held on Friday, as planned. Despite a recent…
Nigeria Feels No Remorse Destroying Near Expiration 1…
Nigeria -While Nigeria destroyed a huge one million lot of expired Astra Zeneca vaccines, it happily received the ones donated by the US too. The skepticism over vaccine efficacy has forced the continent to the…
The EU’s training mission in Mali has been…
Mali - A new general has taken command of the EU training mission in Mali (EUTM). A number of European embassies as well as Malian military brass were present at the ceremony, which took place…
Final call on Libyan elections has been taken,…
Libya - After going back and forth on the decision to go ahead with elections, Libya has announced that it will not be proceeding with the scheduled elections due to the disguises that are taking…
According to the United Nations, one out of…
Somalia -Following three seasons of inadequate rainfall, the UN warned on Monday that one in every four Somalians is at risk of acute famine as a result of a drought that has slammed the country…
