Morocco’s Mohammed VI unveils new government
Rabat – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Thursday named a new government led by Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire tycoon... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
Guinea PM pledges to stick to junta transition plan
Conakry – Guinea’s new prime minister Mohamed Beavogui on Thursday promised to follow a plan to restore civilian rule set... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Algeria urges Morocco to quit Western Sahara buffer zone
Algiers – Algeria, the main backer of Western Sahara’s Polisario Front independence movement, called on Morocco on Thursday to... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Burkina ex-president to snub trial on Thomas Sankara assassination
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, the main accused in a long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Algeria tells France to ‘decolonise its history’ in new spat
Bamako – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has told France to “decolonise” its history, in the latest verbal broadside between... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Abiy replaces defence, peace ministers in new Ethiopia cabinet
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday appointed the former head of war-hit Tigray’s interim administration as... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Burkina names new army chief in military revamp
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday revamped the military by axing his army chief of... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
WATCH | ‘I’ll retire at 55, but will lead EFF as long the party needs me,’ says Julius Malema
Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has revealed his intention to retire at the age... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Sixteen soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Bamako – Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Guinea junta names development veteran Mohamed Beavogui prime minister
Conakry – Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who claimed power in Guinea following a September 5 military coup, on Wednesday named development... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
