Morocco announces $1 billion drought relief plan
Rabat – Morocco said on Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture industry,... Read more
17 Feb, 2022
‘It’s the state of our economy that keeps me awake,’ says Cyril Ramaphosa amid anti-migrant protests
Cape Town – South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said his government was closely watching ongoing anti-migrant protests to... Read more
17 Feb, 2022
Nigeria begins 24-hour supply to end fuel shortage
Lagos – Nigeria’s state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Burkina junta chief sworn in as president
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over three weeks... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Two killed in twin al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia, police say
Mogadishu – Al-Shabaab militants launched simultaneous attacks on police stations around Somalia’s capital Mogadishu overnight, killing two girls and... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Algeria president announces youth unemployment benefit
Algiers – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Tuesday that the government would introduce youth unemployment benefits as the North... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
At least five killed by jihadist landmine in north Nigeria
Kano – Five people were killed when a civilian convoy hit a landmine planted by jihadists in northeast Nigeria near... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
US priest used wrong baptism words for 26 years
Los Angeles – Thousands of Catholics in the United States may have to be re-baptized after the church discovered a... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Ethnic militia kills 18 in eastern DRC, official says
Bunia – Eighteen people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in remote northeast Democratic Republic of Congo by CODECO,... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
Jacob Zuma loses appeal bid to have lead prosecutor Billy Downer dropped from his graft case
Johannesburg – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday lost a new bid to delay his corruption trial over... Read more
16 Feb, 2022
