In a development quite contrary to expectation, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has welcomed the extension of South Sudan's transitional period until February 2027. The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, had expressed his…
Tunisians protest Trump’s ‘Deal of Shame,’ call for…
Hundreds of people in Tunisia demonstrated on Wednesday in the centre of the capital Tunis against a recent Middle East plan by United States president Donald Trump. According to protesters, “Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan”:https://www.africanews.com/2020/01/29/twitter-uses-apartheid-label-for-trump-s-israeli-palestine-plan/…
Abiy’s chief of staff new head of Ethiopia’s…
Ethiopia has a new head of the Information Network Security Agency, INSA; the national cyber security outfit tasked with safeguarding the country’s information and information infrastructures. Prime Minister Abiy in a raft of recent appointments…
Mali musician Ballake Sissoko claims US customs broke…
Sissoko plays the kora, a traditional West African musical instrument similar to a harp. He says when he returned to Paris on 4 February following a US tour, he opened up the instrument's case to…
Kenya asks AU to intervene in Djibouti’s UNSC…
Kenya has asked the Africa Union to ensure it protects the integrity of the continental organisation and fidelity to its procedures over Djibouti's insistence to continue its bid for the UN Security Council non-permanent seat.…
Egyptian engineers attend training in Russia for construction…
Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, has organized a training course for Egyptian engineers in the western Russian city of Kursk, concerning construction of the nuclear power plant Kursk II in Russia, which began…
Ghana quarantines two suspected coronavirus cases
Health officials in Ghana are investigating two suspected cases of coronavirus in the capital, Accra. The suspected cases involve two men, a Chinese national and an Argentinian national, who live together, but travelled on different…
African Union 2020 Summit Commences
The annual African Union Summit has kicked off in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January, will run until the 10th of February. Comprising statutory meetings and side events, the summit…
Equatorial Guinea donates $2m to China to help…
The government of Equatorial Guinea has announced a solidarity contribution of $2 million to China over the rampaging coronavirus outbreak. The decision was reached after a cabinet meeting this week. It was chaired by President…
SARS attaches state capture-linked Trillian’s assets
The South African Revenue Service has attached the assets of state capture-linked firm Trillian and its sole director, Eric Wood. During a liquidation application heard in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, brought…
Tanzanian preacher granted bail over deaths in stampede
Tanzania's Boniface Mwamposa has been released on bail after he was arrested over a stampede that killed 20 people on Sunday during an outdoor religious service he was leading in the northern town of Moshi.…
Nigeria customs intercepts $8m cash stashed in car…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced the seizure of over $8 million at the main airport in the commercial capital of Lagos. Hameed Ali, NCS comptroller-general, told the media at a press briefing…
Tanzania arrests Pastor Mwamposa after 20 killed in…
The Tanzanian government has arrested Pastor Boniface Mwamposa after twenty people were killed and a dozen others injured in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern Tanzanian city of Moshi. He was arrested…
Anglophone regions tense as Cameroon parties campaign for…
Ahead of Cameroon’s legislative and municipal elections scheduled for February 9, the country’s ruling party held a meeting under a heavy police presence with fear of secessionist attacks. It was held in Buea, the capital…
Nigeria: Okada Riders Take Protest To Ikeja Again,…
Commercial motorcycles riders popularly known as Okada in Lagos on Monday stormed the Ikeja area of the city to register their displeasure at the ban on their operations. This was after hundreds of riders including…
Eritrea dismayed at unfriendly, unjustified U.S. travel ban
The East African nation of Eritrea on Sunday expressed “dismay at this unfriendly act” after the Trump administration included it in the latest six countries to face U.S. visa restrictions. Eritrea’s information ministry asserted the…
Stampede at anointed oil passage kills 20 in…
Tanzania says 20 people have died in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern city of Moshi. The stampede was caused by church faithful being ushered to pass through one exit at the…
French defense ministry to send 600 more troops…
France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamists militants in Africa’s Sahel, south of the Sahara, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Sunday. The reinforcements would mostly be sent to the…
Tanzanian politican barred from US for rights ‘violations’
A leading Tanzanian politician who launched a crackdown on homosexuality has been banned from visiting the United States, the US State Department said. In a statement dated Friday, the US said the sanctions on Paul…
