Tunisia’s Court ordered opposition leader Nabil Karoui’s release on Tuesday, six months after his imprisonment on charges of financial corruption and tax cheating. Karoui has been on a hunger strike since June 5 in protest of his lengthy detention. According to Karoui’s lawyer, Nazih Souii, the court appears to have determined that Karoui, 57, the […]
In a small province near Johannesburg, thousands of people have come out on a quest to find unidentified crystal-like pebbles. They are said to be a precious stone that was discovered and identified by a cattle herder a few days prior. As the news is spread fast, people are coming to grab this lucrative opportunity […]
June 21 is reserved for election in Ethiopia even as the African country battles out a bloody and long conflict in the Tigray region and reports of famine in the region. This is leading to escalated tensions between Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic groups. The elections were initially scheduled for August 2020 but had to be delayed […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region has long been a hotbed of rebel activity, frequently as a result of strife in neighboring Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. Uganda’s Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is one of the most notorious groups active there right now. The Ugandan Islamist militant group was founded in the 1990s and initially […]
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has recognized that he has failed to fulfill a promise he made when he was elected in 2015. In a television address, he stated that the fight against Islamist militants in the north had unintended consequences, such as spreading violence to other areas. Mr Buhari expressed his “sincere sympathies” to […]
Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary-general at the president’s office (SGPR), appear to be crossing swords over the recent scandal of mismanagement of funds from a $338 million national COVID-19 response plan. Last month, Cameroon’s Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court unveiledsome discrepancies in reports of public health and scientific […]
Kenya lifted a ban on direct flights from Somalia on Thursday, ending a month-long standoff that saw air transport between the two countries halted. Kenya has “took full notice of intercessions made and has decided to reopen Kenya’s airspace to all flights originating from Somalia and departing from Kenya to Somalia,” according to its Foreign […]
On Thursday, Lesotho said that three of its diplomats had been expelled from South Africa for illegally selling duty-free alcohol. South Africa has given diplomats and their families 72 hours to leave the country, according to Maseru’s foreign affairs ministry. The decision was made because the diplomats broke the law, “particularly, the illicit trade in […]
Central African Republic and France have been facingstrained political and diplomatic ties Central African Republic (CAR) Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada on Thursday tendered his resignation along with his entire cabinet. “I have just handed over to His Excellency the President of the Republic Faustin Archange Touadera my resignation and that of the government,” Ngrebada wrote […]
According to a UN assessment, Somalia National Army trainees fought with the Eritrean army in the Tigray region in what can only be described as an illegal international military action. The investigation also reveals the situation of other families whose sons were allegedly recruited to go to Ethiopia but never arrived. The report on the […]
The state-owned power utility company, Eskom announced major power cuts in South Africa. This is not the first time that country will be facing this issue, last month as well there was a 24 hour power cut as the company’s transformers and machines were busted due to overhead of power. This time company announced that […]
Kenyatta says entry of private mobile money players will boost investment, development in Ethiopia Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Ethiopia to open up its telecommunications sector to private mobile money business investors. It will not only invite foreign investment into the region, but will also facilitate further development of the telecom sector. This […]
According to recently collected data by the United States conflict tracker ACLED, has claimed over 2,800 with around half being civilians, has also internally displaced numerous people within the country. At least eight in ten displaced Mozambicans move in with family, friends or strangers. The statistic is according to humanitarian aid agencies. On arrival in […]
The very recent elections in Ethiopia threw light on their Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who assumed office in 2018. He has always been praised as a peacemaker and economic reformer in a country that had been otherwise known for repression and extreme poverty. Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the […]
Eritrea has blamed the US government for the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. In a letter to the UN Security Council circulated on Monday, Osman Saleh accused President Joe Biden’s administration of “stoking further conflict and destabilization” through interference and intimidation in the region, apparently to “resuscitate the remnants of the TPLF regime”. The […]
Mali’s military-led by Col Assimi Goita led a coup in the country & detained the interim leadership Amid the ongoing political chaos, the head of Mali’s junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, is all set to be sworn in as the new president of the West African country. Days after detaining President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister […]
The militant group of Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram, was dead. A person purporting to be ISWAP leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said on the audio recording that Abubakar Shekau died around May […]
Roughly over 135 people have been killed by armed men that were linked to Alqaeda and ISIL. Despite no group has claimed responsibility so far. Government spokesman, Ousseni Tamboura told the reporters that seven children included the victims and another 40 residents were also wounded. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore called the killings “barbaric” and […]
Talking about uncertain political and economical force, Mali in Africa tops the list. This year in May, the Malian Army led by Vice President Assimi Goita captured President Bah N’daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Minister of Defence Souleymane Doucoure. The operation was headed by Assimi Goita, the head of the junta that led the […]
The jihadist are reigning their ugly head once again as they continue to grow in power, this time, in the African continent. The efforts by the French forces have not been enough to wade them off. A multi-national approach to the whole thing is starting to gain criticism. There has been an attempt to encroach […]