The governments all over Africa keep revising their wage levels and salaries in the public sector due to the problem that revolves around the issue of inflation and cost of living. Africa Minimum Wages, For July 2026, there are revisions of salaries in Kenya and Zambia, besides Zimbabwe and Nigeria, where wages are becoming a […]
West Africa is experiencing one of the biggest changes in its history after the official split of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). ECOWAS after Sahel split trade and travel rules, As a result, the split not only affects future cooperation but also brings uncertainties regarding trade, […]
Silverstone Air has introduced two daily return flights on the Nairobi-Eldoret route. The carrier, which operates two Dash 8-100s, one Dash 8-300s, a cargo plane as well as two Fokker 50s, made its maiden flight on Friday from Wilson Airport, Nairobi to Eldoret International Airport in Uasin Gishu County. According to officials of the company, […]
Security forces in Sudan have killed at least two protesters in an early morning raid on their camp outside the army headquarters, sparking off yet even more protests in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum. Live footage broadcast by Arab television stations showed chaotic scenes, with protesters running away as black smoke rose from tents […]
Sudan’s security forces have used force to try to break up a long-running sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, protesters say. Gunfire has been heard in the capital and casualties are reported. Sudan has been governed by a Transitional Military Council (TMC) since President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a coup in April. Protesters […]
Inside the world of a Serbian national “who travels the world fomenting revolution”. Srdja Popovic has been at the centre of training anti-government activists from his native Serbia to Sudan, Swaziland, Venezuela, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Burma, Vietnam, Belarus, Syria, Somalia and Zimbabwe. Popovic is the founder and executive director of the Belgrade-based Centre for Applied […]
THE much-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which is expected to boost intra-African trade, has finally come into force. AfCFTA came into being on May 30 after it was ratified by 22 member countries including Zimbabwe, in what the African Union (AU) believes will be a continent-wide market of 1,2 billion people worth US$2,5 […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday met for talks with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in Addis Ababa. Abiy’s office said the two: “held discussions on bilateral issues, including further strengthening cooperation in regional peace & security. Relations between the two countries have received a greater boost in recent times with visits by both […]
The body which oversees elections in Algeria says it is not possible to hold presidential elections as planned on 4 July. A statement from the constitutional council said it was up to the president to name a new date for the vote. Algeria has seen months of anti-government protests. Long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in […]
Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued from conflict-torn Libya and airlifted to Rome on Thursday by the UN refugee agency. “Due to the violent clashes and deteriorating security conditions in Tripoli, 149 refugees and vulnerable asylum seekers were evacuated and transferred to Rome,” the United […]
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnesty International. Amnesty International is an international human rights organisation that has been part of a phalanx of anti-establishment non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe. In a statement […]
The presidency has photoshopped an image of Kenya skyline for the cover of the Ghana Beyond Aid Charter document. The document put together by a committee headed by the senior minister, Yaw Osarfo Marfo and launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May Day depicts high rise buildings over a green landscape. One of […]
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos State on Friday ordered a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rickey Tarfa, to present a fresh medical report explaining his health condition. Justice Adedayo Akintoye gave the order following Mr Tarfa’s application for more time to recuperate from a surgery. Mr Tarfa is standing trial on a 26-count charge […]
As Sudan’s protesters ratchet up the pressure on the transitional military council to hand over power to civilian rule, they should also demand an end to their country’s role in the war in Yemen. Such a call is closely tied to the Sudanese protesters’ broader demands for an end to socio-economic inequality and to dictatorship. […]
Terrorists are criminals whose actions are not sanctioned by an religious groups and the fight against terrorism must he seen in that light according to Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. The president on Thursday (May 30) made a historic visit to one of the biggest mosques in the capital Nairobi, joining the faithful in prayers and […]
A lot is being said and celebrated about the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, in the wake of its maturity on Thursday (May 30). The African Union, AU, initiative aims to create a continent-wide market of 1.2 billion people worth $2.5 trillion. Different African countries have made varying levels of commitment. The highest being […]
The offices of Al Jazeera Television in Sudan was ordered shut and the network’s licence withdrawn by the country’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) Friday. According to the director of the Khartoum branch, officers appeared at the outlet, seize their belongings and instructed them that the TMC had revoked the work permits of all members of […]
The lead speaker at the third June 4 revolutionary lecture, Professor John Bright Kobla Aheto, has said for Ghana to achieve good public governance it needs a dynamic and broad-minded leader who is an upright steward and possesses a flawless vision to pioneer the country’s transformation. He described the current political dispensation as a big […]
The Nigerian Army has again accused some Non-Governmental Organisations operating in the North East of breaching security and sabotaging ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the zone. The army spokesman said that preliminary investigations revealed that the Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram had been receiving “humanitarian support of food and drugs supplies from some NGOs operating in […]
A 28-year veteran of migration law whose Rwandan clients have all been denied Australia’s protection says the resettlement of two members of a violent Hutu rebel group shows a “frustrating” double standard. Australia’s deal with the US to take in two former members of the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, once designated a terrorist […]