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 territories in east ...
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.
The bus was carrying some 35 ...
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 in Egypt, which welcomed leaders ...
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 the moon and beyond, space ...
Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, at least 19 dead (Update 3)
A Precision Air flight carrying 39 passengers made a crash landing into Lake Victoria on Sunday while attempting to reach a nearby airport in Tanzania, the airline said.
At least 19 people ...
Nine health workers kidnapped in restive northwest Cameroon
Nine health workers have been kidnapped from a government-run hospital in Cameroon’s restive northwest, one of two regions where armed separatists have been fighting government troops to create a ...
Emirates suspends Nigerian flights again over trapped ticket sales
Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline said on Thursday.
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Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths
Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country’s Medicines Control Agency ...
Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying
With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 ...
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country’s president said in ...
Ethiopia’s Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO
Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going ...
Nigeria loses compensation bid over Glencore bribery
Nigeria’s bid to claim compensation from a British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore GLEN.L over bribes paid to officials at Nigeria’s state oil company was ...
Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding that the government was ...
Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa
The first formal peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray started in South Africa ...
Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif killed in police shooting in Kenya
Well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Nairobi when police hunting car thieves opened fire on the vehicle he was travelling in as it drove through their roadblock ...
Uganda says coffee exports down 14 per cent yr/yr due to drought
Uganda’s coffee exports declined last month due to the impact of a drought affecting many growing areas across the country, the state-run sector regulator said.
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UN backs African Union’s call for Ethiopia ceasefire
The United Nations on Monday backed an immediate end to hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and a return to peace talks, calling for all sides to protect civilians and ...
U.S. puts sanctions on al Shabaab financial facilitator network
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on six men it said were part of a network that has engaged in weapons procurement, financial facilitation and recruitment for ...
South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a ...
Gunfire, confusion grip Burkina Faso day after coup, fire breaks out at French embassy
Gunfire rang out across Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday and fire broke out at the French embassy as self-declared leader Ibrahim Traore accused President Paul-Henri Damiba of staging a ...
Burkina Faso soldiers announce overthrow of military government
Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West ...
Flutterwave adds Nigeria’s eNaira as payment option for merchants
Africa-focused fintech firm Flutterwave said on Wednesday it has added Nigeria’s eNaira as a payment option for merchants, a move that could help boost adoption of the digital currency.
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Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia rises to 11
he death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 11, most of them Tunisians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, TAP state news ...
Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa’s food security
Continent will see more vehicle traffic and waste burning as the population is set to double by mid-century By Gloria Dickie Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops inside ...