Attempted bombing in north Ghana fuels jihadist fears
Accra – Criminals in northern Ghana tried to blow up a bridge using explosives for the first time in... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
DRC president slams ‘barbaric war’ in talks with Comoros leader
Moroni – The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday denounced the “barbaric war” being waged... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
‘Ramaphosa is a dictator,’ says Julius Malema after his EFF party thrown out of SONA
Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned the sequence of events that led to the party... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Eritrea leader calls Tigray rights abuse claims a ‘fantasy’
Nairobi – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Army chief ousted in jihadist-torn Mali
Bamako – Six senior Malian military officers, including the army chief of staff and head of the national guard,... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Algeria recalls France envoy over wanted dissident
Algiers – Algeria recalled on Wednesday its envoy to France “for consultations” after Paris intervened to fly out via... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
HRW urges sanctions on Eritrea over forced conscription
Nairobi – Human Rights Watch called on Thursday for targeted sanctions against Eritrea, accusing its government of rounding up... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Morocco decries ‘unjust’ EU actions over Pegasus spyware
Rabat – The Moroccan parliament decried on Wednesday an “unjust campaign” against it at the European Parliament ahead of... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
In northern Nigeria, fuel, cash crisis taints election campaign
Kano – It was just after dawn and tempers were fraying outside the First Bank in the northern Nigerian... Read more
10 Feb, 2023
Algeria sentences ex-president’s brother to 12 years
Algiers – An Algerian court has sentenced the brother of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to 12 years in prison... Read more
9 Feb, 2023
