Tanzania approves $3.5 billion pipeline project
Dar Es Salaam – Tanzania’s government gave its approval on Tuesday for the construction of a $3.5 billion crude... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy
Antananarivo – Tropical Cyclone Freddy was poised to strike eastern Madagascar on Tuesday, slightly weakening after brushing Mauritius with... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
Sierra Leone opposition select candidate despite corruption charges
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Monday named former foreign minister Samura Kamara as its presidential candidate... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
Two killed in western Mali attack
Bamako – An improvised explosive device went off Monday at a police checkpoint in western Mali killing an officer... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Botswana loses a third of rhino to poaching in five years
Gaborone – Botswana revealed on Monday that it suffered a huge spike in rhino poaching during five years up... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
New toll says 51 Burkina Faso troops killed in ambush
Ouagadougou – At least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
WATCH | Mauritius lashed by rains as intense Cyclone Freddy arrives
Port Louis – Mauritius cancelled flights and closed its stock exchange on Monday as an intense tropical cyclone approached... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Tunisia’s Ennahdha leader faces new police investigation
Tunis – The head of Tunisia’s dissolved parliament is facing a new police inquiry, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Scottish leader hopeful in trouble over gay marriage
Edinburgh – Controversy deepened on Tuesday in the race to succeed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as leader of Scotland’s... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
Rebels and troops clash in DRC despite summit call
Goma – Fighting flared on Monday between the DRC’s army and M23 rebels in the country’s troubled east, just... Read more
21 Feb, 2023
