First US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years arrives in Khartoum
Khartoum – The first US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years took up his post on Wednesday in the... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Fighting resumes in northern Ethiopia after five-month lull
Addis Ababa – Fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia on Wednesday, with the warring... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Togo repels ‘terrorist’ attack, says official
Lome – Togo’s armed forces said on Tuesday they had repelled a “terrorist” attack that injured “several” soldiers in... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Burkina Faso builds first own drug manufacturing plant
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s prime minister Albert Ouedraogo on Tuesday visited the country’s first own pharmaceuticals manufacturing facility, which... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Somalia president vows ‘all-out war’ against al-Shabaab
Mogadishu – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday pledged “an all-out war” to eliminate Al-Shabaab in his first... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Chad makes masks, social-distancing obligatory as Covid cases mount
N’Djamena – Chad reintroduced rules making it obligatory to wear face masks in public spaces and observe social-distancing as... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia forces of major offensive
Nairobi – Tigray rebels accused Ethiopian government forces and allied militias of launching a “large-scale offensive” against southern Tigray... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Kidnapped Catholic nuns freed in Nigeria, police say
Lagos – Nigerian gunmen have released four Catholic nuns abducted early this week in southeast Nigeria’s Imo state, police... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
South African inflation hits new 13-year high, data shows
Johannesburg – Inflation in South Africa accelerated to its highest level in 13 years in July, pushed mainly by... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to be buried on Sunday
Luanda – Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last month, will be buried in... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
