The UAE, seeing the protracted conflict that has laid Sudan to ruins, has given increased humanitarian assistance towards its people. It was after the outbreaks in April 2023 that the UAE entered extensive relief operations…
NEWS: Dozens protest reforms in Sudan
Dozens of Sudanese took to the streets in Khartoum Friday against recent reforms by the government, which they deem anti-Islamic. These reforms include allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol. âWe wonât allow bars to reopen, we…
NEWS: Niger Republic deports Nigerians
No fewer than 42 Nigerians have been repatriated from the Niger Republic. They were removed for entering the country without valid documents. Abdullahi Dalhatu, Acting Controller, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Katsina State, said this in…
Malian PM apologises for âexcessesâ by security forces…
Maliâs prime minister has apologised for âexcessesâ by security forces who opened fire last week on anti-government protesters, but rejected opposition demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign. Last Friday, the latest in a series…
NEWS: Remains of late Ivorian PM arrives for…
Remains of former Ivorian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibally, who died in Abidjan last week, arrived in his home town of Khorogo in northern Ivory Coast aboard an armed forces plane. The procession then made…
Togo issues arrest warrant for ex-prime minister AgbĂ©yomĂ©…
A Togolese court has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition figure AgbĂ©yomĂ© Kodjo, who came second in the February presidential election won by president Faure GnassingbĂ©, and who now lives in âhiding in Togoâ,…
NEWS: SAA staff want say on decisions
Employees of the troubled national carrier SAA are demanding to be part of the decision-making structures at the reconfigured airline now expected to emerge from its ruins. Cosatu affiliate the SA Transport and Allied Workersâ…
NEWS: Deadly cattle raids resurge in Uganda’s Karamoja…
How to shelter livestock is an issue that has been at the heart of discussions in Uganda. After more than 10 years of relative calm, poachers have returned to service in the Karamoja subregion, in…
Covid-19: Cape Town cop, 38, dies alone during…
A Cape Town sergeant, who self-isolated after finding out she had Covid-19, ended up dying alone in her flat, her sister said on Tuesday. Chriszelda Coetzee, 38, had been in the police force for almost…
NEWS: Somalia’s army chief survives suicide car bomb
Somaliaâs army commander, General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh has survived a suicide car bomb attack that targeted his convoy at the heart of Mogadishu but left at least one person dead and two others injured, an…
South Africa: Battered and bruised, another woman found…
East Rand residents came out in numbers to support the family of a 31-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her live-in lover in yet another episode of gender-based violence. Thokozile Kubheka died on Friday…
Zindzi, Mandela’s daughter dies in South African hospital
South Africaâs ambassador to Denmark has died in Johannesburg at the age of 59, a family source has confirmed to the public broadcaster SABC. Ambassador Zindzi Mandela was the daughter of South Africaâs anti-apartheid icons…
Uganda: 16-year-old girl killed in suspected ritual sacrifice
Police in Busia District have launched investigations into the death of a 16-year-old girl, whose body was found decapitated in a suspected act of child sacrifice. Mercy Bridget Mwanga, a Primary Six pupil at Mawero…
Sudan ratifies law banning female genital mutilation
Sudanâs ruling body ratified a law banning the widespread practice of female genital mutilation, the justice ministry announced Friday, handing the movement for womenâs rights in the African country a long-sought victory. The Sovereign Council…
NEWS: Buhari writes South African President, laments huge…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualization of the Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR), as the continent celebrates Anti-Corruption Day, July 11, 2020. In a letter to South…
NEWS: Mali president calls for dialogue amid crippling…
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital with some pushing their way into state television…
South Africa: Top cop gets 2-year jail term
Former officer-in charge of Gweru CID, Detective inspector, Leonard Gwandu, was on Thursday jailed for an effective two years after being convicted of criminal abuse of office after he released a stolen vehicle. Gwandu released…
Sudan reshuffles cabinet amid mounting economic, protest pressures
Sudanâs transitional government announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, hoping to defuse public discontent over economic collapse and other crises that have tested the countryâs path toward democracy. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok accepted the…
NEWS: Police arrest four COVID-19 escapees in Rwanda
Rwandan police on Thursday arrested four people who had escaped from a COVID-19 treatment centre in Eastern province. The quartet, who contracted the disease and were receiving treatment at the centre set up at a…
