Morocco footballers stuck in Guinea during coup attempt
Rabat – Morocco’s national football team was “safe” on Sunday in the Guinean capital Conakry, a Moroccan official said,... Read more
5 Sep, 2021
Ugandan academic freed, ‘new wave of repression in S Sudan’: Here are your top news headlines
A prominent Ugandan academic arrested on accusations of spying for regional rival Rwanda has been released following an intervention... Read more
5 Sep, 2021
Civil society in Morocco, Algeria urge ‘reason’ after ties cut
Rabat – More than 200 Moroccan and Algerian civil society figures on Saturday appealed for a “return to reason” following... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Ethiopia says more aid trucks enter war-hit Tigray
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia said on Saturday that more than 150 aid trucks had entered war-torn Tigray over the past... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Libyan army units use artillery in Tripoli clash
Tripoli – Two Libyan army units used heavy artillery in an exchange of fire overnight centering on a barracks... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
First Covid-19 Delta cases emerge in poverty-stricken Niger
Niamey – The first cases of Delta variant of Covid-19 have been recorded in the impoverished Sahel state of Niger,... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Uganda releases prominent academic accused of ‘espionage’
Kampala – A prominent Ugandan academic arrested on accusations of spying for regional rival Rwanda has been released following an... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Mali commander freed after being held over police violence
Bamako – A special forces commander in Mali was freed on Friday after angry police officers marched to the... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
South Sudan facing ‘new wave of repression’, Amnesty warns
Nairobi – South Sudan is witnessing a “new wave of repression”, global rights group Amnesty International warned on Friday,... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Tanzania opens probe into rape allegations against police
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian police said on Friday they were investigating allegations that some of their own officers raped... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
