Mali says has caught up on debt payments
Bamako – Mali announced on Friday it had “settled all unpaid” debt repayments after tough sanctions imposed by West... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Four policemen killed during protest in east DRC
Beni – Unidentified gunmen killed four policemen in Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, the army... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
Ouled Essi Masseoud – Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo pushes for amnesty with eye on 2025 vote
Abidjan – President Alassane Ouattara last week lifted the shadow of a jail sentence over his erstwhile bitter rival... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Senegal president’s camp keeps absolute majority in parliament
Dakar – Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition narrowly won last month’s legislative election, according to final results, but has... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
All Blacks to put early ‘squeeze’ on Boks
Veteran lock Sam Whitelock says the All Blacks will flip the script on the Springboks with a lightning start... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Burkina junta says army to win back areas lost to rebels
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s army will deploy a new strategy to push back jihadist insurgents and recapture lost territory,... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Over 150 endangered vultures poisoned to death in southern Africa
Johannesburg – At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa,... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Eleven died in Gambia’s worst floods in 50 years
Banjul – The Gambia suffered its worst flooding in “nearly half a century” late last month, killing 11 people... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Ethiopia says completes third filling of Nile mega-dam
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia announced on Friday it has completed the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
