What’s at stake in the homecoming of I Coast’s Gbagbo
Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, returns home next week after almost a decade in which he was tried... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
The ‘inconvenient’ Mrs Habyarimana straining France-Rwanda ties
Paris – The fate of an elderly Rwandan widow, who has spent decades trying to avoid a trial for... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
30 000+ children risk death in famine-hit Tigray, says UN
Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Use force wisely to tackle insurgency, Mozambique told
Johannesburg – Mozambique should combine its military response to a spiralling jihadist insurgency with aid to disenchanted communities and... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Kenya lifts ban on Somalia flights
Kenya has lifted a ban on direct flights to and from Somalia, reports say. According to BBC, the development... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa to meet G7 leaders in UK
Carbis Bay – G7 leaders meet on Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Macron announces Sahel troop drawdown, calls for new force
Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced a major drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Nigeria’s Twitter ban provokes outcry
Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria’s media and activists fear their country is slipping into repression after the government suspended Twitter... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Windies look to pounce on unsettled South Africa
Gros-Islet – West Indies start a two-Test contest against South Africa on Thursday with the home side believing they... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
Drowned migrants get 'dignified' burial in Tunisia cemetery
Zarzis (Tunisia) (AFP) – A cemetery in southern Tunisia for migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean in the hope... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
