Suez Canal traffic ‘normal’ after stuck vessel refloated
Ismailia – Suez Canal maritime traffic was “normal” on Monday after a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain ran aground... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Update on Benin elections with muted turnouts
Cotonou – Benin voted for a new parliament on Sunday with opposition candidates authorised to stand for the first... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Tunisia opposition say police tried to block rally
Tunis – Tunisia’s main opposition alliance on Sunday warned that freedom of assembly and expression were under threat, after... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
UN urges ‘impartial’ probe after 28 killed in Burkina Faso
Geneva – The UN rights chief called on Saturday on the transitional authorities in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso to swiftly... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Egypt hands Ukrainian life sentence for drug smuggling
Cairo – A Cairo court has sentenced to life in prison a Ukrainian woman arrested at the Egyptian capital’s... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Kenya seeks inclusion in 2023 AFCON
Nairobi – Kenya appealed on Monday to the Confederation of African Football to be included in the 2023 Africa... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Brazil patrols government buildings retaken from rioting Bolsonaro supporters
Brasilia – Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Monday,... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Five migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
Tunis – Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and five more were missing after their boat sank off Tunisia... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
Butchers on trial in France over alleged horsemeat fraud
Marseille – Twenty-five people go on trial in southern France on Monday accused of butchering horses from the pharmaceutical... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
UN rights chief ‘shaken’ by Kenya LGBTQ activist’s murder
Geneva – The United Nations’ rights chief voiced alarm Saturday at the grisly murder of LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin... Read more
9 Jan, 2023
