Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) is a grassroots network for solidarity that works in the Agadez area of Niger. It helps people who are trying to cross the Sahara Desert, which is one of the most dangerous ways to move around the world. APS doesn’t try to stop people from migrating; instead, it works on saving […]
The feast of sweets during Ramadan in Egypt is made up of scrumptious candy, cookies, pastries, and other desserts. These delightful confections are created using a variety of different textures, flavours, and aromas. Families enjoy Ramadan dessert treats together after breaking their fast and are often sold by street vendors throughout the city of Cairo. […]
A thick layer of black paint, a giant canvas painted red… The talents of Abobo, in Ivory Coast, are expressing themselves. The painters are telling the stories of their hometown, with its colours and characters, to the visitors of the Adama Toungara museum. “This artwork reminds us about the history of this place, which used […]
The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Thursday South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister were in running to become the next director-general of the Geneva-based body, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time. WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell announced that a selection committee, after meeting in recent […]
The troopers who took energy in Mali on August 18 before embarking on a transition supposed to carry civilians returned to electricity introduced on Wednesday the launch of the 11 civilian and navy personalities arrested throughout their coup. “The vice-president of the transition (and chief of the putschists, Colonel Assimi Goïta, editor’s note) informs the […]
South Africa’s largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor state of transport, corruption and the lack of measures to combat the deep crisis generated in Africa’s second largest economy by the pandemic. The national strike hit key sectors such as transport, industry or education […]
The International Monetary Fund approved new emergency aid for 28 countries on Monday — 22 of which are African. Funds received will enable these nations to either pay back their debts or mitigate the debilitating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their soil. In April, the IMF cancelled the debts of 25 of the economically-challenged […]
The Egyptian metropolis of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost city considering the fact that a number of hundred of its younger guys went into exile by way of neighbouring Libya. In September, fifteen extra guys tried the unsafe journey to Europe and have considering disappeared — leaving in the back of their […]
West Africa’s ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders now call on bilateral partners to resume help to Mali in a statement signed by means of Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the modern-day president of the regional organisation. With the nomination of yesterday’s government, the […]
Mali’s meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study stay on state television by using the president’s secretary-general Sekou Traore. At least four central cabinet posts – defense, security, […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday paid tribute to the country’s teachers on World Teachers’ Day. “Let’s take a moment to recognize our teachers, in particular in this challenging time. Students and mother and father comprehend your indispensable service, now extra than ever. Let’s work collectively to reopen our school rooms safely and get again […]
The Rector of International Aviation College, Ilorin and former appearing Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Benedict Adeyileka has stated two key methods the federal authorities can revamp the aviation industry are to overhaul the insurance policies that guide the quarter and to make sure the implementation of those policies. Adeyileka in […]
Malaria cases in northern Mali have spiked, according to medical workers, claiming 23 lives in the often lawless desert region last week alone. Mali’s ministry of health said this week that 59 people have died of malaria in the north since the start of the year, almost double the number of deaths over the same […]
Archeologists in Egypt announced on Saturday that they had discovered at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country’s capital Cairo, one containing the pristine mummy of an ancient priest. This is than 2,600 years since they were buried. The ornate sarcophagi have remained unopened since they were entombed near the […]
Oromo ethnic humans in Ethiopia on Saturday celebrated Irreecha, or thanksgiving holiday, in the country’s capital. Thousands of Oromo people, clad in colourful traditional clothes, had been considered flocking to the capital’s downtown as part of a procession to thank the God. Irreecha is celebrated yearly in Ethiopia around quit of September to mark the […]
The United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper signed a 10-year navy cooperation deal in Rabat, Morocco on Friday — two days after signing a similar deal in Tunisia as he made his final stop on a North African tour aimed at strengthening the fight against Islamist extremists in war-torn Libya and the Sahel-Sahara region. […]
Mali’s junta has removed a major obstacle to the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions. On Thursday it took out a major prerogative devolved to their transition leader who is supposed to bring civilians back to power in the country. The soldiers who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on August 18 have renounced that Colonel Assimi Goïta, […]
Police in Kampala are maintaining seven suspects in connection with murder and aggravated robbery. They are accused of killing and robbing Muhammad Kasozi, a resident of Kitezi in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, on May 10. Kasozi used to be reportedly lured from his administrative center in Mpererwe-Kalerwe in Kampala to Kasubi to sell maize in […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a 10-year military cooperation deal with Tunis Wednesday at some point of his first stop on a regional tour, hailing US-Tunisia collaboration over the combat in neighbouring Libya. The previous decade has viewed growing cooperation between the Pentagon and Tunisia, especially on counter-terror training and securing the North African […]
Up to 2.1 million human beings in Somalia are expected to face an acute meals insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. The crisis predicted to show up “through December 2020 in the absence of humanitarian assistance,” is due to “the combined effects of […]