What to know about Ethiopia peace talks
Nairobi – Warring sides in Ethiopia’s devastating two-year conflict are sitting down at the negotiating table Africa this week... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Watchdog says Ramaphosa farm scandal probe could take two years
Johannesburg – Investigations by South Africa’s ombudswoman into a scandal involving a 2020 burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farmhouse... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Rights group says hundreds massacred in Mali by Islamic State jihadists
Niamey – Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State group have massacred hundreds of people in northeast Mali this... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Sudanese protest to call on UN to end tribal conflicts
Khartoum – Around 150 Sudanese protesters rallied on Thursday in front of the United Nations headquarters in Khartoum to... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Kenya’s new cabinet sworn in two months after vote
Nairobi – Kenyan President William Ruto’s cabinet was sworn in on Thursday, two months after he narrowly won a bitterly-fought... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deaths
Libreville – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chad to let outside investigators probe clashes last week between security... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Namibia asks Germany to negotiate genocide deal
Windhoek – Namibia said on Thursday it had asked Germany to renegotiate the genocide agreement reached last year between... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
Second day of Ethiopia peace talks in South Africa concludes
Pretoria – The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
US accuses Russia’s Wagner of worsening security in Mali
Dakar – Mali’s security situation has become “significantly worse” due to the ruling junta’s choices, including an alleged decision... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso sets up government on ‘war footing’
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation’s territory,... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
