Sudan’s military leader freezes unions to curb Islamists’ influence
Sudan’s military leader issued decrees on Monday to freeze the activities of trade unions, control their finances and take over their leadership, according to a...
Africa
Somali troops overpower militants to end hotel siege
Somali security forces stormed a hotel in the capital on Monday to end a near day-long siege by al Shabaab militants who killed nine people...
Erdogan says Turkish, Egyptian ministers to meet in process of building ties
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast that a process of building relations with Egypt will start with ministers of the two countries meeting...
Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicentre’s quarantine for 21 days
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding...
Equatorial Guinea president wins re-election, VP says on Twitter
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95% of the Nov. 20 vote and his party took all the senate and parliament...
African leaders agree on ceasefire in east Congo from Friday
African leaders have declared a cessation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo starting Friday, in particular attacks by the M23 rebel group, they...
Kenya, Rwanda request M23 ceasefire and withdrawal from east Congo
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have agreed on the need for M23 rebels to cease fire and withdraw from captured...
Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal
Nineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, the Health Ministry said....
African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty
African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks...
South Africa’s new ground station to help NASA track space flights
A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa’s semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to...
