Clashes in Guinea after call for anti-junta demo
Conakry – Dozens of young men clashed with security forces in Guinea’s capital on Wednesday after an opposition alliance... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Africa needs more self-reliance, Malawi’s Chakwera tells summit
Kinshasa – Africa needs to be more self-reliant and avoid depending on outside help, Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera told... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Cairo blaze highlights problem of unsafe makeshift churches
Cairo – An electrical fire that turned a crowded Cairo church into a deathtrap highlights a persistent problem, say... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Mali demands emergency UN meeting over French ‘aggression’
Bamako – Mali has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting to stop what it calls French “acts of... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Egypt central bank chief quits amid deepening crisis
Cairo – The governor of Egypt’s central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Angolan police block protest as election looms
Luanda – Dozens of protesters claiming irregularities in voter registration were blocked by police in the Angolan capital Luanda... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Morocco bus crash leaves 15 dead, scores injured
Rabat – A bus crash east of Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca left 15 people dead and 37 injured Wednesday,... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Workers’ strike targets power stations in Nigeria
Lagos – Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Kenya’s William Ruto says ‘no time to waste’ after vote win
Nairobi – Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto vowed on Wednesday that his new administration would be transparent, saying there was... Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Three firefighters die in Morocco forest blaze
Rabat – Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that... Read more
17 Aug, 2022
